Dog Health Questions: Does this seem like a good dog training club?

http://www.tcdtc.com/index.htmI know nothing about choosing an obedience class. I have a 5 month old puppy who seems more stubborn to listen than our other older dog, so I think she needs professional training. Obedience classes in my area seem scarce, so it seems to be this or Petsmart. I'd most likely go check out a class before I decide, but wasn't sure if anyone here had any comment on it first. Thanks.

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Looks like a decent place. They show on their website that you can visit the club...Go visit the club, see how they work with the dogs and the handlers.

I would take my dog there.

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• This is an obedience club, it's a non-for-profit organziation that holds AKC obedience trials. I would choose this place, head over heals over pet smart.
  
  With Obedience Training Clubs (not privately owned facities), the instructors have had to earned a certain level of obedience titles in order to teach classes. These people have trained and competed with multiple dogs to very high levels of obedience, earning UDX, OTCH's etc.
  
  I don't care whether an instructor is a member of APDT or any other organization, that doesn't mean their qualified, it just means that they paid to be listed in the listing.
  
  I am a member of an obedience trianing club, similiar to the one you posted. We have monthly meetings, we hold matches, obedience trials, rally trials, agility trials, CGC test, ATT etc.


• It looks like a good place for novices to "wet their feet". They are not breed specific and seem to cover a wide range of disciplines. Definitely avoid Petsmart. Places like Petsmart have idiots that have gone through some minimum education and have learned a method...then they get a piece of paper that says they are a trainer. They will generally pay some money to be part of some bogus organization like:
  The National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors
  http://www.nadoi.org/
  The Association of Pet Dog Trainers
  http://www.apdt.com/
  International Association of Canine Professionals
  http://canineprofessionals.com/
  
  These are places for non-trainers to make an attempt at legitimacy. A quick look at their web sites and it's easy to see the difference in real trainers.....and the fools that created these "Wanna-Be" clubs. These clubs are specifically created for the same fools that were dumb enough to think they could BUY the ability to train dogs.


• It sounds OK. I would prefer to see bios of individual trainers along with their experience.
  
  The best trainers belong to these organizations
  The National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors
  http://www.nadoi.org/
  The Association of Pet Dog Trainers
  http://www.apdt.com/
  International Association of Canine Professionals
  http://canineprofessionals.com/


• Yeah,they look OK.
  
  You dhould meet the trainer and have a chat with him/her before you take the classes.


• i think its good.. i mean its worth a shot right