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I've had two situations pop up that left me agape in the past week.
I want to hear what others have done/said in the following predicaments because I'm becoming leary of ever handing the leash to anyone else ever again, yet we're going to be spending a great deal of time in obedience and confo classes.
Help.
Last night during our basic puppy obedience class the guy who has up to this point been using 100% positive methods; "we're not using any leash corrections *yet*" took the lead and whilst doing loose leash examples for us walked fast in the opposite direction- Khaz lept up in the opposite direction and fell flat on the hard floor. Uhm hello leash correction much.... I almost had a stroke.
Coincidentally it was the one night I forgot our camera w/vid on it. I've been taping our classes up to this point for dh.
The other incident happened in a open walk-in conformation class we'd not attended before but had great success w/the lady who owns the place w/Nina in obedience. Sorry that was wordy.
A handler in the class specialing a schnauzer offered to stack Khaz and work on examples of how she trains puppies to heel- now I'm no handling expert but I DID NOT LIKE her rough treatment on a confo lead.
There would have been no way for me to tell she was this rough judging by how well the schnauzer was doing, except the schnauzer seemed a bit like a robot in retrospect.
I WANT A HAPPY DOG, not a robot and need some phrases in my toolbox so to speak to keep my peace of mind in the future.
What if I'm ever recommended someone for handling that I decide is too rough?
I like our other confo instructor a great deal -she is very careful(a dobe person as well) but that class is only once per week.
Anyone have any suggestions for this?
All I've got so far is "thanks anyway" waiting on the tip of my tongue.
If anything let this be a warning to noobs that there are no shortage of old habits out there.
I want to hear what others have done/said in the following predicaments because I'm becoming leary of ever handing the leash to anyone else ever again, yet we're going to be spending a great deal of time in obedience and confo classes.
Help.
Last night during our basic puppy obedience class the guy who has up to this point been using 100% positive methods; "we're not using any leash corrections *yet*" took the lead and whilst doing loose leash examples for us walked fast in the opposite direction- Khaz lept up in the opposite direction and fell flat on the hard floor. Uhm hello leash correction much.... I almost had a stroke.
Coincidentally it was the one night I forgot our camera w/vid on it. I've been taping our classes up to this point for dh.
The other incident happened in a open walk-in conformation class we'd not attended before but had great success w/the lady who owns the place w/Nina in obedience. Sorry that was wordy.
A handler in the class specialing a schnauzer offered to stack Khaz and work on examples of how she trains puppies to heel- now I'm no handling expert but I DID NOT LIKE her rough treatment on a confo lead.
There would have been no way for me to tell she was this rough judging by how well the schnauzer was doing, except the schnauzer seemed a bit like a robot in retrospect.
I WANT A HAPPY DOG, not a robot and need some phrases in my toolbox so to speak to keep my peace of mind in the future.
What if I'm ever recommended someone for handling that I decide is too rough?
I like our other confo instructor a great deal -she is very careful(a dobe person as well) but that class is only once per week.
Anyone have any suggestions for this?
All I've got so far is "thanks anyway" waiting on the tip of my tongue.
If anything let this be a warning to noobs that there are no shortage of old habits out there.