The Puppy Ladies

My dad and I were very disappointed. My sm dog of 14 years died Oct. 2021. My sister as an act of love came home from Arizona and got me a puppy. We were td it was a border collie. He was sm, very active and growing fast. I take care of my parents and was concerned. The vet said get this dog some training, he's going to be a big dog. Jean comforted me telling me if this class didn't work out, we would figure out something. We went to all 6 classes. Jean is very knowledgeable about dogs and as she spoke trooper barked. She told me to keep throwing dog treats at him and when that didn't work she said the treats were cheap. She told us what to buy and where. That didn't work. When the dogs were grouped to socialize, he did great. To this day he has never growled or tried to fight with another dog. As classes went on, she would get her helpers to take trooper to the field to run and on last 2 classes, we were ask to sit away from the others. She told us to buy this toy she had because she said he had to much energy. After the 6th class she thanked us and went to talk to others. I ask at the end of each class, what we were doing wrong and twice she said, I really don't have time to talk. She kept emailing pages and pages of ways to train a dog but we were list in all the paper work. We needed help and she told us if this was not a good class for trooper, she would work out something. My dad was upset and told me to let's just chalk it up to experience. I was also told maybe I should see if someone else might want him that I could never train this dog. I don't know how you take care of a dog for 5 months and just say your not the dog for me. It was very upsetting and because we had never had to ask for help with our animals, we did not know what to expect. I think she enjoyed working with the easy ones but with the hard one, we just brought him to class, sat on the side away from others and fed him treats. I honestly expected her to say, this hasn't worked out, why don't we try another class or private sessions or maybe another training group. She just took the money and let us visit on the side lines.

I love working and taking my dog to classes with Mrs. Jean. She is very nice and knows a lot. She will help you with whatever you might be thinking about. The way she does her training is incredible and it's so nice to see the dogs get better and better every week! Our family has taken classes with her ever since we had our first dog, who recently passed away but she was such a great dog but full of energy. We took classes with her and it made such a difference. I have my own dog now and he has taken 2 different classes and a therapy class with her. Im even helping her in puppy classes now. Thank you so much!!!