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We took Athena for puppy kindergarten at the Petsmart in my town in MA. The trainer was great, had a lot of great advice, seemed to know a decent amount about GSD and most of all, Athena loved her.
Unfortunately, we moved out of state soon after and we're still looking for another good trainer in our area. We don't really like the trainer at the Petsmart or Petco in our area and haven't been able to get ahold of private trainers, but I'm veering off topic.
Well, I'm back in MA to finish my last semester at school while hubby is staying in Iowa with Athena. I had free time yesterday and went to visit the trainer that we loved so much at Petsmart. I was catching her up with Athena's progress and happened to mention that hubby was looking into doing Schutshund with Athena.
I was then treated to a five minute speech about how Schutshund will make GSDs aggressive and that if I put her through the training that she will one day bite someone on the street during one of our walks
among many other things about both the sport and GSDs
Needless to say, I was less than enthusiastic about her diatribe and misconceptions against both Schutshund and GSDs and managed to excuse myself as politely as I could considering I was seething inside.
Where do people get these ideas?
Unfortunately, we moved out of state soon after and we're still looking for another good trainer in our area. We don't really like the trainer at the Petsmart or Petco in our area and haven't been able to get ahold of private trainers, but I'm veering off topic.
Well, I'm back in MA to finish my last semester at school while hubby is staying in Iowa with Athena. I had free time yesterday and went to visit the trainer that we loved so much at Petsmart. I was catching her up with Athena's progress and happened to mention that hubby was looking into doing Schutshund with Athena.
I was then treated to a five minute speech about how Schutshund will make GSDs aggressive and that if I put her through the training that she will one day bite someone on the street during one of our walks

Needless to say, I was less than enthusiastic about her diatribe and misconceptions against both Schutshund and GSDs and managed to excuse myself as politely as I could considering I was seething inside.
Where do people get these ideas?
