Dog Health Questions: Does anyone know of any send-away dog training programs in the Los Angeles area?

Similar to the Divine Canine show on Animal Planet. People send their out of contorl pets to a monastery where the monks there who happen to be dog trainers train the dog for a month and then give your perfectly behaved dog back.

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Balcom Canyon in Somis [Ventura County] does a really good job with training/rehabilitating tough behavior issues.

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• Yeah, but if you don't do what is necessary, the dog will not stay well-behaved.
  
  If your dog doesn't behave it is because you are not being a good owner.


• No, sorry.


• Watch the Dog Whisperer on the National Geographic channel. The guy is in the LA area.
  Usually the problem is with the human, not the dog...according to him.


• A myth. Don't you want to be in control of what happens to your dog?
  Dog trainers are not licensed or governed by any authority that will prevent a board and train facility from using electric shock collars and other forms of cruel punishment. Learning how to train your dog is part of responsible dog ownership.