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Boarding Training?
Anyone done this with their pup? We are going away for a week at the end of July and it is a no pets allowed vacation. I am considering having Ollie do some training while we are gone. I found a reccomended place that does as follows: trainer meets with us at our house for an hour and talks about what we are hoping to accomplish board training Ollie, Ollie goes to live with trainer (and up to 4 other client dogs) at her house for 10 days. When we get back, trainer brings Ollie back and spends an hour with us going over techniques etc. . . We have three young kids and both work fulltime so training time is sparse so this seems like a good idea. Thoughts? PS - the trainer is also willing to board our older dog so they can stay together which is good
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Permalink Reply by Adina P on
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That sounds fine. Just be sure that whatever technique or methods that will be used is something that YOUR family will be willing to use. Also look at cost vs. results. The truth is 10 days of training (no matter how GOOD) isn't gonna make a lasting change in a puppy. Pups learn FAST...but it takes regular practice and increasing challenges little by little to get an actual 'well trained dog.' Teaching new commands is EASY...the work required to get those commands to STICK and the dog to obey reliably is the hard part. If her methods jive with you...then go for it...but just don't expect a miraculous change...you'll still have to put in equal time to practice those things every day.
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Permalink Reply by StaceyW on
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thanks - also meant to point out that Ollie will only be 14 weeks by then - do you think that is old enough for formal training? Their philosophy jives with ours - if you want to - google Jabula dog training in georgia
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No age is too early to 'start' training...I'm just saying that the work of training is months and months.
I'm sure you've probably already taught Ollie what 'sit' means and if not I bet you could teach him in less than 15 minutes. But just because a dog knows 'sit' or will do it for the trainer...does NOT mean your dog will now sit forever on command no matter what or where you are. Most people don't have trouble teaching a dog to sit or stay or come. They have trouble making sit, stay, and come reliable so that if someone comes to the door you can tell your dog to sit and stay and he will. Or if you are on a walk and someone wants to pet him you can say 'sit, stay' and he will. THAT is the grunt work of training...getting all those commands to work for you in all situations...that takes some maturity on the part of the dog and a lot of practice (in different environments) over months.
Luckily, if you put in the effort you'll get a fabulously behaved dog that listens well, not just at home, but in public. AND the side effects are bonding, trust and respect.
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Permalink Reply by Debbie and Thomas on
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We started training with our GD, Thomas when he was only 12 weeks old-his trainer also boards "her dogs" and her husband is our dog walker. They have three border collies who are the smartest dogs I have ever seen. We plan on taking a Med. cruise this fall and will leave Thomas with them for sure. If you fully trust them-I think it is so much better than leaving them with family. My kids would not care care of him the way that I know these people would. Plus you will get a lot of dog training out of this-sounds great to me. BTW-our trainer charges $15.00 per day, which I believe is very good.
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I think $15 a day for boarding with some training is CHEAP. It costs $16/day to kennel a dog for boarding at my vet's office...with NO training.
But $95 a day for 10 days is a rip-off. You can take 3 obedience classes of 8 weeks each for that cost and they will probably get you farther in training.
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that seems to be the going rate here in Atlanta - I checked with two other places as well. I will check more tomorrow!
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Is that the going rate for boarding or the going rate for board&train? Also what do they promise you'll get as far as training? Do they promise any results at all?
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Permalink Reply by Tamara & Giada on
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I agree.......$95.00 a day is a rip off!!! You dog can't possibly get enough training in 2 weeks to justify $95.00 a day!!
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Yes-it is cheap and I live in Toronto which is one of the most expensive cities in North America. She(the trainer) lives about 20 miles outside of the city and she only takes her past or present dog students into her home. Basically-she does this out of love for the dogs-obviously not profit. I thought it was a good deal, but honestly I have never checked into boarding before.
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