Sometimes I don't when Dan is being serious and when he's joking.
I'm serious! It's some kind of Tellington Touch method of training. You put these scrunchy things on their feet to make them aware of them, sometimes they will use elastic bandages or tight shirts around their chests because it's supposed to make the dog feel secure. They lay pvc pipes on the floor in cross patterns and have the dogs walk over them to make them learn how to keep their feet under it. They do different kinds of petting with the dog- you can't "thump" on them because they gets them hyped up, it's all kneading type of stuff. A little artsy for me honestly. Needless to say, Gunnar wasn't real into it. He felt less secure with a shirt on, lol!
This trainer was a very very nice person, and we took Gunnar to a couple of her classes (she does CGC and TDI evals, and is very involved with Delta for therapy), and we took Daisy to her 1st class because I knew it would be a mild, easy environment for her. But sometimes I felt like her classes were an experiment for her to play with whatever new techniques she had learned. Like clickers- maybe 1-2 weeks of concentrating on it, then it was never brought up again. No real agenda. I like seeing what is going to be accomplished, with clear goals and expections when I go to a class. Along the lines of "At the end of 6 weeks, your dog will walk on a loose leash, understand sit, down, stay and come". She wasn't real good with problem dogs either, a couple sessions there were some fear biters and stuff, and she got bit a couple times, and her way of treating dog aggression was to separate them from the group with tables so the dog couldn't see the others. Yet she's got a list of credentials a mile long and has been doing it for 30+ years, so what can I say.
