Dog Health Questions: How do you find a good dog training program in your area?

Okay my dog is a year old and i want to go to a professional training program the reason we waited for a year is because most training programs i heard you had to be at least 16 to do and i am the one that will be taking him and i just turned 16. So i was wondering how you find a good training program? or find training programs in general? i got my dog from the SPCA

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Call the SPCA and ask, the one where I got my dogs from has training classes. Google dog training club + the name of the city you live in (or nearest bigger one) and you will find some. You can also find them on akc.org. Training clubs tend to have the best instructors for the money. You can also ask your vet for a list or just look in the phone book. Try to avoid the ones at pet stores as some of their instructors are pretty bad and you are in a tiny little area in the middle of a store.

When you find one, go there one night just to watch and see if you like it and talk to students there after class and see if they like it.

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• The Humane Society will have a list of reputable trainers.