Dog Health Questions: Should she even be allowed to have a training class?

So basically, there's this old woman who does a dog training class at the local centre...

When i first got my Pups i went there, to try it out and what i witnessed really put me off.

Her method of training a PUPPY to lie down was to stand on the dogs leash close to the collar so the puppys neck would be forced down and they would have no choice but to lie down.

My Pug was only little when we went there, one time he was playbowing at another dog there and the trainer came over and clapped her hands, yelled at my 5 month old puppy and told him to "STOP IT IF YOU KEEP DOING THAT YOULL BE A NASTY DOG"

I just looked at her in disbelief.

Another time someone was there with their labrador x poodle. The trainer was handling that persons dog to demonstrate something. The labrador X barked so the trainer yanked the leash and smacked said dog on the backside. The owner of that dog never came back again. Infact everyone we knew there has left since. Except this 'trainer' still uses treats... Nobody has said anything about her classes, but fellow dog owners i have spoken to say she is pretty harsh but then nothing else is said of it.. Everyone i know or where i live has been taking their dogs there and it's awful that she's teaching these new dog owners that that is how you handle/train a young dog...

I've gone to a different class since and never returned to hers.

What do you think? Should she even be able to have dog training classes?

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Wow... this broad is using the very outdated "Barbara Windsor" technique!

This way of training a puppy has been proved to be cruel, harsh and bad in later life for the dogs attitude to owner and other family members.

The more recent techniques of reward based training is a far better method of training a successful socialized and balanced dog.

Although, technically this trainer is using outdated methods, the only way to make your point is to report and boycott her classes and try to get another source of training class to open up in your area. Perhaps you may like to go on a training course and set up a better method of dog/puppy training course yourself.

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• what is this going to teach the dog??? hey, im going to choke you and hurt you until you lie down? NO THAT'S SO WRONG!!!!!! if you want to get technical, that is animal abuse and the lady should be fired for what she does with animals.


• it might depends on how hard she hit him and how bad she did it any ways that training style sucks do and reward is the best way and not going full blast im going to murder you anger like just pop them when thier bad


• dog training is like anything else., (pick an occupation). There are those that have it and those that don't. This woman should not be training.


• Good training NEVER includes hitting. Turn her in, that is terrible


• I agree that the forcing the dog to lie down by pulling the leash thing is harsh, because forcing a dog to sit or lie down can cause joint problems later on.
  I'm not so sure about the yelling at your dog.
  She should've just said either "NO!" or "QUIET" in a loud, but not screaming, low voice.
  She shouldn't hit a dog EVER. A water spray is enough, or a tap on the nose or a harsh stare-down.
  Usually people who are "Certified dog trainers" Follow what they have to do in college to get past it, but when they graduate they do whatever they want because they think that their methods are better.
  Yeah, she shouldn't be a trainer.
  You have to be POSITIVE, happy, energetic! Not screaming, angry, and frustrated.
  Try reporting her, or warning others of her violence?


• What are these ladies credentials?
  If she has trained dogs and students that have gone on to AKC or other similar titles then I have no problem with her method of training.
  
  I am not into bribery or cajoling, and if a dog deserves a correction, then so be it.
  
  Your reporting of the incidents seem to be biased and even so I can not get worked up about what you described.
  
  ADD: Of course you are a clicker trainer, I could tell by your post. PP folks don't get corrections.
  I am curious as to how many dogs you have titled with clicker training?