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Location: Cornwall
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Finally found a great puppy class!
Loki and I went to a Puppy class recommended to us last night, it was further away then I might have liked, but well worth traveling for!
Loki and I loved it, my OH was even impressed (and it takes quite alot to impress him!) The atmosphere was so much better than the others I have been too, the other people there were lovely and the trainer was great very friendly and helpful but no nonsense at the same time without being condensending like the last class I went too!
She made a point of the things important to be a responsible dog owner , I was really suprised how many of the people there didnt have poop bags on them or collars on their dogs, she told them how important it was to have these things but didnt talk down to anyone, I found her very easy to talk to and it was obvious she both knew her stuff and loved dogs!
Loki was very well behaved for his first time except from being abit too vocal but that seems to be a very recent thing and we are working on it! He was top of the class for sit and down but then he was one of the oldest (still felt good though!) and he did well with his recall seeing as there were other dogs there to distract him. We are going to do the Kennel club puppy good citizen scheme and then work our way up, think it will be good for Loki and would like to do some PAT work with him when he's older so think it will put him in good stead for that!