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We had our 2nd training class last night. It went
reasonably well although we did have some problems.
Before the class she played some with the male GSD
she was barking at so much last week. They were
mixing it up pretty good. The male kept trying
to jump on her and do the dominance thing. Abby
was pretty much...No way Mister...put him in his
place several times.
The class was smaller. Lost 3 from last week.
We did good on the things we had been practicing.
Walking at heel...sit...down.
Where we messed up was a new thing the trainer had us
doing. Everyone has their dog in a sit and we take turns
walking our dogs around the other sitting dogs like
a slalom course. Too much distraction for Abby. She
kept spinning around and going for the other dogs.
I pretty much lost control of her.
The trainer saw we were having trouble and came over
to talk to us. She suggested the training collar (choker)
I was using was too big. It was the one I had for my old
dog. She put a smaller one on Abby and gave me some
instruction and we tried again. Went better but still a
little ugly.
After the class I returned the collar. The trainer said it
was an 18 incher and I probably needed a 20 for Abby.
My question is how are these things measured. Is the 20
inches the length of the chain alone or does it include
the rings. The one I have is probably a 24. I should just
probably take Abby to the pet store and try em on
there...
Overall the class was fun and we were both tired by
the time we got home. We both slept late this morning.
reasonably well although we did have some problems.
Before the class she played some with the male GSD
she was barking at so much last week. They were
mixing it up pretty good. The male kept trying
to jump on her and do the dominance thing. Abby
was pretty much...No way Mister...put him in his
place several times.
The class was smaller. Lost 3 from last week.
We did good on the things we had been practicing.
Walking at heel...sit...down.
Where we messed up was a new thing the trainer had us
doing. Everyone has their dog in a sit and we take turns
walking our dogs around the other sitting dogs like
a slalom course. Too much distraction for Abby. She
kept spinning around and going for the other dogs.
I pretty much lost control of her.
The trainer saw we were having trouble and came over
to talk to us. She suggested the training collar (choker)
I was using was too big. It was the one I had for my old
dog. She put a smaller one on Abby and gave me some
instruction and we tried again. Went better but still a
little ugly.
After the class I returned the collar. The trainer said it
was an 18 incher and I probably needed a 20 for Abby.
My question is how are these things measured. Is the 20
inches the length of the chain alone or does it include
the rings. The one I have is probably a 24. I should just
probably take Abby to the pet store and try em on
there...
Overall the class was fun and we were both tired by
the time we got home. We both slept late this morning.