Obedience Trainer

What do most basic dog obedience classes teach? What do the trainers at petsmart teach your dog?

Are the classes worth the money or is it stuff that I can teach them myself?

Classes teach you how to teach the dog.
I think they're very helpful to someone who's never owned/trained a dog before.

That said:
You can get a book or video from the library and do the same thing at home.

I don't like Petsmart.
They use positive reinforcement training, which is great, but it takes practice to do properly. New dog owners with an inexperienced dog may be frusterated by the learning process.
It also takes longer to teach "basic manners".
Some dogs are freaked out by being in the "fish bowl" of that little arena in the stores.
Petsmart doesn't train their employees properly. You could be getting incorrect advise/information. You could actually do more harm than good with a bad/inexperienced/stupid trainer.

I MUCH prefer "The Monks of New Skeet". Their books are available at the library.

Seek private trainers if you want to go that route. It's not as expensive as it seems, and you get "hands on" training without the distraction and stress of other (stranger) dogs.

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