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[quote=Anonymous]We have a 17 week old puppy who we got when she was 8 weeks old.  We have 2 kids, one of whom has special needs, and we have been determined to train the puppy well and potentially advance to therapy dog training.  We had one private session when we first got her at a place in Rockville that was great and helped us with what we needed to know initially (crate training, chewing, etc.).  Then we purchased 20 group sessions, and have attended 3.  They seem like a total waste of time.  They are chaotic and our puppy gets completely hyper and distracted and wants to play with the other dogs.  Part of the time is spent playing, and part of the time is spent showing us seemingly useless exercises that seem too advanced for our puppy ("find it" when she doesn't even reliably "come" yet).  The classes are rotating, meaning that they don't have a structured 8 week session, people just come and go so there are varying abilities (some dogs are just starting out, and some have some degree of training).  Is this typical of training classes, or do we just need to find a better place?  If the latter, suggestions welcome.  Now that our puppy is fully immunized, we have been taking her to Petco for their free puppy play time which is great for socialization, and our dog walker often brings her puppy - so socialization is not a problem, we just really want to find a good place to train her.  She is now pretty much crate trained, meaning she doesn't have a ton of freedom but she never goes in the house anymore.  She also sits pretty reliably, and comes sometimes.  [/quote]

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