Dog Health Questions: Is petsmart's dog training class good?

I have two 8 months old shelties. one is very gentle and friendly but the other one is barking toward anything. the barking one is very aggressive(barking) and frighten of anything. does anyone know if the dog training class in petsmart really work? or any recommendations for the MD (DC) area?

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The trainers at Petsmart would be capable of helping you train your friendly dog, but I would not, if it was my dog, take the other one to them. You need someone with a lot of expertise, a trainer who can evaluate each individual dog, by watching that dog's interactions and reactions to situations, and can devise a plan for that individual dog. Someone who uses only 1 method for each and every dog, no matter their temperaments or problems, is not the right person for your other dog. He needs specialized treatment or he might get worse instead of better. Sounds like this one is very lacking in confidence and needs positive reinforcement and lots of little successes to make progress.

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• I took my dog to petsmart classes when she was a few months old. They work if you continue to work on the behavior on a daily basis. You have to reinforce what your dog has learned.


• Petsmart training is good for the general stuff, I.E. come, sit, down, leave it...for actual behavior modification, I would recommend calling breeders in your area and asking for referrals.


• yeah pets mart is good but u should try training the dog yourself because its your dog not pets-mart's dog


• No they are not good trainers there!


• i dont know about petsmart training for dogs, but me and my boxer pup go to the petco training. and its great. the lady has been training dogs for years also they not only train your dog but they train you.


• Look into local obedience clubs to go to training at. Petsmart trainers do not have very much experience in training dogs.


• I think you'd get better results going to a private trainer. Seems like the petsmart classes teach the basics, but you may need a little more help with the behavior problems your dog needs to work on.
  
  Good luck to you!
  AJ


• I used Petsmart training for my dog and I thought it was good. They teach you the things that you need to know and show you how to teach the pup. Then you take what they teach you that week and teach the pup and then the following week they go over what you should have practiced and then they show you more. It really depends on how hard you practice at home as to how much you get from the class. Good luck


• I would NOT recommend going to Pet(not so)smart for training classes. They only hire people without experience and the 'trainers' are terrible at problem solving. The ones I have watched have no business trying to teach training classes.
  
  Go to an obedience or kennel club.