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Nov 14, 2007, 12:57 AM
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Re: [myHIRO] obedience class training or train at home?
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waaa... hiro, ur GR is really impressive. my 9 month old maltese can't do half of those things properly (means sometimes can, sometimes cannot) and he's been to and passed obedience class, plus we continue training at home. lol. here's my take on obedience class: like d trainer said, obedience class is more to train d trainer (us!), than to train d dog! cos if we only train d dog during class n don't carry on at home, there is no use as dogs learn through continual repetitions. so, if u already know how to train d dog (which u do), then d only advantage of classes is for d dog to socialise - which is also important so ur dog wun be like 'katak bawah tempurung' when he meets oth ppl/dogs. 'katak bawah tempurung' dogs tend to misbehave in public cos not used to seeing oth ppl/dogs. having said that, if u bring ur dog for walks often, hv play session wif other dogs, and regularly have all sorts of visitors in ur home etc, then ur dog will also get d 'socialisation' effect. so it all depends on how comfortable u feel abt ur ability to train ur GR and if ur GR has enough opp to socialise w/o class. if yes to both questions, den i think can do without lor. last note, training d dog is a lifelong process. the learning never stops. oh yes, d oth advantage of class: it forces ppl who r too lazy to do it themselves alone at home - those ppl who need someone to push them. hahaha.
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