well, yesterday was coopers first day of puppy school. we are just taking him to Petsmart so we didnt really have super high expectations. mostly we were hoping for socialization with other pups on a regular basis. so, the class starts and we find out there are only 2 other dogs in the class other than cooper. one is a boston terrier (which shook the entire class, i dont know whether it was cold or scared?), the other is a daschund. both owners of those dogs seemed to think that cooper, my 12 wk old golden retriever) was too big to play with their dogs. so for most of the class, the other 2 dogs played and poor cooper was left out. other than that though, the class went pretty well. the trainer gave us a "clicker" to use for training. i have heard (read)some good things about clickers. she also reccommended bell training for potty training. so we got a bell and have started using that.
anybody here have any good/bad experiences with clicker and bell training? or any suggestions?
next week are going to work on 'sit' and 'leave it'. cooper already knows how to sit but sometimes chooses not to! so, overall, puppy school is going well so far and we are excited about next week.
has anybody else gone to the petsmart puppy/obedience training? if so, what do you think?
