dog training costs

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We have a 6 month old RetrieverxColliexLurcher who is starting to become a little unruly and hyper (only a quarter collie but obviously the bigger quarter!)
We have thought about proffesional training-sheepdog or shooting due to her breeding (we live on a farm so either is usefull)
What i want to know is roughly how much do these training types cost, how long do they take and how old should the dog be to start?
and anything else that i dont know to ask!
 
How long is a piece of string! It will depend on her aptitude, your aptitude as a handler, what kind of trainer you have etc etc
We do specialised training which is £45 a quarter, which a lot of people think is expensive but I am not joking, it has changed my life and that of my dogs!
Personally speaking, I don't think with a lot of disciplines, you ever do a course and end up with a perfectly trained dog - I know dogs that still get a bit of training, five or ten minutes a day, well into their twilight years.

Don't discount other things like competitive obedience, agility, flyball etc etc etc :)
 
I thought she meant 3 months me der!!!:o:D
Depends..........a training class is a bout a £5er a class.
Maybe agility and a training class would be a good place to start.
 
i mean more to send the dog to someone (is there such a thing?)- we are in the back of beyond here and no training courses for us to do with dog that i know about.

its our fault the way she is, we REALLY shouldnt have called her 'Trouble'...... :(
 
cuppatea said:
i mean more to send the dog to someone (is there such a thing?)- we are in the back of beyond here and no training courses for us to do with dog that i know about.

its our fault the way she is, we REALLY shouldnt have called her 'Trouble'...... :(
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Hmm, I don't know if there is such a thing.
We had to travel an hour to our trainer and he trained us as much as he trained the dogs :o:D.
 
Yes, but then you might end up with a dog that will work for the trainer, but not for you?
I think it is much better to be trained, to train your dog, if that makes sense? There are tonnes of dogs I could take away and put manners on, but when I gave them back to the owners, they would do the same old things and everything would go back to the way it was. You said things are 'your fault' - so 'you' have to be the one to help her :)

As an aside, I know of a people who spend obscene amounts of money, sending their dogs off to Europe for training, they come back with all their whistles and bells and stamps on their papers, but throw a dumbbell and they look at you blankly! I'd rather do it myself personally :)
 
It is YOU and the dog that need to be trained;) you will need to be present:)
I would try and find the nearest and see how many you can attend, but you need to be there to learn along side the dog:p
 
If because you are in the back of beyond and its really impossible to find a dog trainer check out the videos on youtube, kikopup is a really good trainer and Im sure if you wanted something more specialised you could buy some dvds.Not a perfect solution but better than what you have now.
 
My friend spke about guy where you can send the dogs for a week/2 weeks and he does bootcamp obedience training, think he initially said he could convert any dog within a week, think a few weeks later an addendum was added to say no dalmations or huskies!!!
She had thought about it for her young munsterlander as she put him in kennels for a couple of weeks when she went on holiday and there just wasn't enough mental stimulation for him (he's training to be a gun dog) so she had thought about this guy instead of kennels, her dog is really obedient but from a learning point of view do they ever stop learning?
I can find out the details and PM you if you want :)
 
You need to learn where the buttons are yourself - it would be like sending a horse away to be schooled by a pro, the horse might come back with all the moves but if you can't ride like the pro, you won't be able to get the tune out of the horse.:)

I do training, but I rarely ever take a dog from the owners during a class - I show them how to handle their dogs themselves instead. The only time I would take a lead would be to demonstrate something or for puppy recall practice.
 
If you live in the back of beyond on a farm, I bet my bottom dollar that you have farming neighbours who are good with dogs - you just have to put the word about.

We too live in the middle of nowhere but I used to go to gundog training classes just 10 miles away - £5/session - with a Class A field trial judge :D

Don't bother with sending your dog away, and to be frank, most reputable trainers won't do this without training the owner too anyway. You have to keep up the homework ;)

I am visiting a sheep dog trial guy next month for a day to help me out with my collie. £25 for the morning assessment and £10 for an hour's training in the afternoon, one to one. I think that is very reasonable :)
 
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