Re: choosing training classes - good, bad, and ugly

2003-07-02 Thread berner1
This came through garbled for some of us, reposted for Vilma: A recent post stated "for novice dog owners, any training is better than none." I really have to disagree. Ineffective and/or abusive training absolutely CAN be worse than no training. Not only does the novice owner feel hopeless wh

choosing training classes - good, bad, and ugly

2003-07-02 Thread Brnrmom
A recent post stated "for novice dog owners, any training is better than none." I really have to disagree. Ineffective and/or abusive training absolutely CAN be worse than no training. Not only does the novice owner feel hopeless when the dog still has behavior issues -- "We took him to an obed