Rochester Ny Area

[Mitter99]

We will be adding a puppy in the next year hopefully and we like to get our puppies into group classes starting young, to get them used to being around other dogs and people. We did not live in the area when our older dog was a puppy/young adult, so we are not familiar with trainers. We live in a town near Rochester NY and are willing to drive for good classes. We would like to start checking out trainers prior to getting our pup Any recommendations? Thank you.

[dawnandjr]

I have several:
Echo Ridge Enterprises : Trish does competition training (AKC, SchH)
Empire Working Dog Club : the training director, Debbie Zappia, does SchH training and I think she is now offering obedience training at her new house.
Pet Dog Training By Pat : Pat competes in AKC and SchH. She will train at your home and do problem solving
Welcome to Boomtowne A Full Service Canine Campus : This is a nice facility. Pat even holds training there sometimes. The do have several trainers and classes.
Dog Obedience Training Club of Rochester NY - Home : Dog Obedience Training Club of Rochester, they hold trails there and lots of training classes.
Jane Jackson is another fantastic trainer but I dont have a website for her.

[Melgrj7]

Bob Minchella Bob Minchella: Dog Behavior Consultant

[holland]

www.puppyclass.net -akc obedience and rally

[VomBlack]

I second Bob Minchella, Odin and I are currently taking an advanced class with him and he's been fun to work with.

[Melgrj7]

Originally Posted by VomBlack

I second Bob Minchella, Odin and I are currently taking an advanced class with him and he's been fun to work with.

Oh cool, which day are you in class? I wonder if we've met before and not known it, lol. (I work at dogs at play and sometimes assist bob, during the week Nash is in a crate in the little room in the front when you first walk in)

[VomBlack]

Whoops, we're in the monday night advanced class.. I think i've seen you and your dog, you stopped in this week, right? :P

[Smithie86]

Debbie. Hands down. No one can touch her level and understanding in that area.

[K9SHOUSE]

Debbie Z, Denali or Pat B would be good choices that were listed already. DOTCORNY depends on the instructor you get; but for puppy not a big deal.

Bob M, I took a basic obedience class with at Lollypop Farms for one of my fosters. I don't know if it was him or Lollypop. 15+ dogs in a room, 2 assistants to help him, handlers plus their family members/kids (30 or so) against the wall facing in. I personally was stressed in the enviroment. Most of the dogs were too. If this was a higher level class where people had control over their dogs, no issue. That many people, out of control/ lunging dogs and Bob's remedy of choke collar jerks/picking an aggressive dog up using a choke was not my cup of tea.

I personally have obedience trained my own dogs with Pat Werner and Jodi Piacelli. Both run small classes, offer lots of individual attention and are right on about the dogs. Plus they both have a sense of humor about the funny things that happen at classes (like your dog pees on another dog). When I've had foster dogs that needed extra help or families that had a mandatory obedience clause in their adoption contract both were great. I've used Jodi to assist in evaluations of dogs that I was iffy about pulling or if there was something that I couldn't put my finger on and needed more input. Jodi also does pet sitting if that is something you will need in the future. I use her for that and she is one of the few people that Dakota will let in the door.

Dog training in Rochester,New York Pat

Home: Dogs at Your Feet Jodi

[Melgrj7]

Originally Posted by VomBlack

Whoops, we're in the monday night advanced class.. I think i've seen you and your dog, you stopped in this week, right? :P

Probably, I stop in often to say hi to Bob. I always close on monday nights and since I have to go into the 2nd building to grab Nash man I say hi to Bob lots of nights