Bosworth
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Today I took Flodden to his first puppy training session, I went in 15 mins early as requested, with his certificate of vaccination. I had checked it was ok for him to go at just over 10 weeks old. The lady I spoke to on the phone (A)- who is the contact for the kennel club said yes bring him along and just do little bits.
When I got in the woman doing the paperwork (B) just ignored me for about 5 mins while I stood there like a lemon. Then person A came over and introduced herself and was stroking Flodden and chatting pleasantly to me. I then spoke to woman writing (B) and told her i needed to register and I had Floddens vac certificate. She asked in a very sour way how old he was so i told her 10 weeks 3 days. Her response 'we don;t take them that young' in a sour lecturing voice. I respionded that I had asked and was told he could come at 10 weeks if he had had his vaccination, i said if I had been told it was 4 months then I would not have brought him down.
Person a said it was fine of course he could come, and just do a little each week which is what i wanted, he is too young to do an hour but it is good experience to go. Then miserable paperwork woman (B) started to have a go at me saying 10 weeks was far far far too young for a dog to learn, and I was wrong to take him, which I told her was rubbish, he had a good recall from over 100m, he was house trained and asked to go out for a poo and knew what no meant. In my opinion and experience it was never too early to instill good behaviour in a pup. And 4 months is possibly rather late to start as many behaviours are already ingrained. She had another go at me in a really peevish manner, so I tore up my registration form in front of her and told her that no way was I going to have her trying to teach my pup how to behave in public when she clearly had no idea herself how to behave and I would take my puppy somewhere where responsible dog ownership was promoted and training was fun and that I would be putting in an official complaint to the kennel club. Sour faced cow. No way am i making Flodden go there.
This is my first experience of the kennel club training, and to be honest I am rather shocked by her attitude, I want training where my pup and i are welcomed and it is a pleasant experience for us both, I know it is little and often for a young pup, but he is bright and loves learning. i took him to a friends and i taught him to sit in about 5 mins, and that was with her two labs and my other lurcher there. he had fun, they all did and he learned
Am definitely looking for another dog training club!
When I got in the woman doing the paperwork (B) just ignored me for about 5 mins while I stood there like a lemon. Then person A came over and introduced herself and was stroking Flodden and chatting pleasantly to me. I then spoke to woman writing (B) and told her i needed to register and I had Floddens vac certificate. She asked in a very sour way how old he was so i told her 10 weeks 3 days. Her response 'we don;t take them that young' in a sour lecturing voice. I respionded that I had asked and was told he could come at 10 weeks if he had had his vaccination, i said if I had been told it was 4 months then I would not have brought him down.
Person a said it was fine of course he could come, and just do a little each week which is what i wanted, he is too young to do an hour but it is good experience to go. Then miserable paperwork woman (B) started to have a go at me saying 10 weeks was far far far too young for a dog to learn, and I was wrong to take him, which I told her was rubbish, he had a good recall from over 100m, he was house trained and asked to go out for a poo and knew what no meant. In my opinion and experience it was never too early to instill good behaviour in a pup. And 4 months is possibly rather late to start as many behaviours are already ingrained. She had another go at me in a really peevish manner, so I tore up my registration form in front of her and told her that no way was I going to have her trying to teach my pup how to behave in public when she clearly had no idea herself how to behave and I would take my puppy somewhere where responsible dog ownership was promoted and training was fun and that I would be putting in an official complaint to the kennel club. Sour faced cow. No way am i making Flodden go there.
This is my first experience of the kennel club training, and to be honest I am rather shocked by her attitude, I want training where my pup and i are welcomed and it is a pleasant experience for us both, I know it is little and often for a young pup, but he is bright and loves learning. i took him to a friends and i taught him to sit in about 5 mins, and that was with her two labs and my other lurcher there. he had fun, they all did and he learned
Am definitely looking for another dog training club!
Does anyone know what you do there? ^_^
My vet was happy for him to go, he would only have done a little training, just fun stuff and socialised and as all dogs there have to be vaccinated there was no risk to my boy. Just an odd woman, having a bitch of a day and unable to keep her bad temper to herself.