Excelllent post Nicci, there is a place for residential training, it works well for some owners and dogs, whilst other people prefer to go to classes with their dogs, do whatever works best for you.

seconded..............

I do think that sometimes it is easier to 'iron' out some problems without the owners being present - as a groomer it is a nightmare to groom in peoples houses and the dogs behave so much better when in a grooming parlour without two legged parents around!!! It is basically the same thing only over a longer time period, I have had some real nightmare dogs in for grooming which have actually been to a dog behaviourist and after a few times I have managed to turn a few of them round and they will be groomed not just by me but by their owners as well something they had failed to do in the first place.

Well done to these schools without them there would be a lot more dogs pts!!!

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If it's working,a nd continues to work for you, then that's fine. Are you planning on keeping up regular training with your dog?

The onyl time I have ever heard of anyone sending their dog away to a training school, it cost them an absolute fortune, teh dog came back fine, continued to be fine for a while, then got worse again and got rehomed. The owners had been taught the commands the dog had been taught, but the thing was, although the dog had changed, the owners really hadn't, so the previous behaviour resurfaced.

hi, yes we are continuing the training at home and so far so good. He is the same dog only calmer and does as he is told. Its so nice to have him in the house now instead of him being told dont do this dont do that.

Hi, I sincerely hope you have not wasted your money and that the training works when he is back home. It's always a testing time when trying to train a dog and you must have a lot of patience. I thought I could do it myself with things that I picked up from various places including the TV and internet but not always with the desired results.
I then did some digging on the internet and found a free DIY Dog Training Course which had lots of great advice. If you still need help then try the link below for free advice
Do It Yourself Dog Training Made Easy

I am pleased this worked for you, I do understand that Full Residential courses are also on offer there, as i did once consider this myself. But it is very expensive , so i found alternative training.

good luck

hi things are going really well, he has tried going back to his old ways a couple of times but we are being very strict with the training. Like i have said before its nice to have a dog who now does as we ask and who we can take out without all the fuss. Because of his age (he is 8 and a half) we never thought we would have a dog who was actually good. Everybody is so much more relaxed because we are not having to get stressed at oliver.

just wanted to advise you that I have now received my dog home. I am really pleased with the intial outcome. he's such a happier dog, its as if the coin has droped and he's realised that if he plays ball then he'll go all the nice places with us. we are so pleased that we took him to Royvon, the team at Royvon (Merthyr Tydfil) are superb.

Hi all. My dog is booked into Royvon, Mertyr this weekend. He's 18 months and has no recall. I've tried classes, one on ones and as a last resort looked into this. I can't believe some responses have been so short sighted. Anyway from the positive posts here I'm hopeful we will get the results.