The Cottage Smallholder

As you know, we took Betty to her first training class last week.  Well, we've decided we're not going there again, as we both felt it was totally unsuitable for her - too many dogs and such a short period of time (30 mins) that we reckon it's impossible for the trainers to do anything meaningful for so many dogs in so little time.  The large number of dogs and people there meant that Betty was in a highly excited state the whole time and was so distracted by them all that she just wasn't capable of taking notice of any instructions.

We discussed it later and feel that she (and we) would benefit from one to one training.  I don't know if the instructors from last week's class do that, but to be honest we weren't really impressed with them anyway.  Having googled, I found a local lady trainer who has excellent reviews on FB and seems lovely, she does 1-2-1 and also classes, stressing that her classes are small with a maximum of 6 dogs.  We've now exchanged several emails and have made arrangements to start seeing her on a 1-2-1 basis this week, in a village hall and field near her house.  I have high hopes for this!