First lesson 
First meeting the trainer, he said was Roxy was on too much protein hence her being hyper. This would be true as the night before she had stolen the cats food.
We had to stand opposite another dog/owner, all dogs on training leash.....walk towards them, keeping dog close/heel correcting them by standing on the leash, then on getting close to the other dogs, recall/come, jolt leash and then start running backwards, reeling the dog back to you, and praising as they return
He said training was 95% praise and 5%commands, if the dog doesn’t sit when told u make them, u never repeat a command! Also try not to use the dogs name in a command.
He made me and Roxy go to the centre of the class
I had to hold the training leash with both hands tightly. I was not to look/talk have eye contact with Roxy. Under his instructions I walked forward then stop suddenly, Roxy just flew past me, nearly took my arms of...she flipped onto her back, then I had to walk forward, then turn Right, again Roxy Flew past and came to a sudden stop, again I walked on, then turned right...no tug!
I looked down and Roxy was at my side! She had one eye on me this time. He told me to walk forward, she followed :O
A total of 10 dogs around her she managed to sit patiently, until it was our turn to follow his commands. Roxy did really well, even a horse came threw the lesson with the rider biding us all a good morning, lol and a stray dog joined in…
He said Roxy will be easy to train ( he said it was a shame I didn’t bring her as a pup )she is a healthy happy dog and maybe a just a bit too friendly, wants to train Roxy with a whistle, As for me, I may need a bit of work! Cheek of it lol, he said …. he gave up trying to train his wife and her dogs years ago!
He was very intimidating, but it worked.
More too follow
First meeting the trainer, he said was Roxy was on too much protein hence her being hyper. This would be true as the night before she had stolen the cats food.
We had to stand opposite another dog/owner, all dogs on training leash.....walk towards them, keeping dog close/heel correcting them by standing on the leash, then on getting close to the other dogs, recall/come, jolt leash and then start running backwards, reeling the dog back to you, and praising as they return
He said training was 95% praise and 5%commands, if the dog doesn’t sit when told u make them, u never repeat a command! Also try not to use the dogs name in a command.
He made me and Roxy go to the centre of the class
A total of 10 dogs around her she managed to sit patiently, until it was our turn to follow his commands. Roxy did really well, even a horse came threw the lesson with the rider biding us all a good morning, lol and a stray dog joined in…
He said Roxy will be easy to train ( he said it was a shame I didn’t bring her as a pup )she is a healthy happy dog and maybe a just a bit too friendly, wants to train Roxy with a whistle, As for me, I may need a bit of work! Cheek of it lol, he said …. he gave up trying to train his wife and her dogs years ago!
He was very intimidating, but it worked.
More too follow