Reggie,
You might as well just tell your friend that they were ripped off, because that is what happened in a nutshell.

If they paid via credit card they need to look into stopping payment, or else they wasted a boat load of money.....

Well, the dog has been returned to his owner and the instructions the owner was given was...you need to be careful around big guys because that was the type of guy that trained him....

I asked for him to bring the dog out for me to see and the dog lost him mind unprovoked, barking, growling, snarling...I couldn't believe it... how can someone give an owner a dog like this and tell them they are trained?

I guess somwhat thankfully the owner knows the dog needs a lot of work, but to be honest I'm not sure were to start...what I saw was absolutely scary not to mention I almost was bit several times just for standing there. The dogs behavior was hard to cap, so much for basic obedience!

I'm in need of some basic guidence, if possilble, I'm concerned about the little boy in the house with the dog...The owner says the dog is just as loving as he was when he left...until he sees what he preceives as a big guy...Wow!!!

Sorry for the rant but I need some guidence!!!!

Crap.

I sent you a pm with some contact info in it Reggie.

That woman should be shot.

Thats terrible. I'm no where qualified enough to give advice on that. I'm sorry. Those poor dogs!

Thanks for the up date Reggie.......Sorry to hear it, but thanks for sharing the outcome.

What happens if the bad guy is a little guy?
Seems kind of ridiculous.

Betty one of the things that really concerns me is there is a kid in his house. Although the dog seems to be good around the kid what happens when the dog decides to make his own decision because of something he saw or heard?
Good point there are not to many big crack heads that are gonna break into your house...

Sry to hear about this outcome....have your tried to write an email stating your feelings especially regarding the kid?
Sometimes that works better.
You can get all you want to say out on paper without the person interrupting you.
Just an idea.
This stinks for you....

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Reggie,
You might as well just tell your friend that they were ripped off, because that is what happened in a nutshell.

If they paid via credit card they need to look into stopping payment, or else they wasted a boat load of money.....

Will, are there no options for someone who takes a dog in good faith to a "professional trainer" for training and gets back a bag of nerves? No legal avenues??? I already know the answer to this question, but what a sad situation for the poor dog and the uneducated, probably very well-meaning owner.

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 Quote: will rambeau

Reggie,
You might as well just tell your friend that they were ripped off, because that is what happened in a nutshell.

If they paid via credit card they need to look into stopping payment, or else they wasted a boat load of money.....

Will, are there no options for someone who takes a dog in good faith to a "professional trainer" for training and gets back a bag of nerves? No legal avenues??? I already know the answer to this question, but what a sad situation for the poor dog and the uneducated, probably very well-meaning owner.

Here's the only way that you'd likely succeed in a lawsuit in this type of situation:

Before you send your dog *anywhere* to be trained, video tape the dog interacting in his environment with everything you can think of, do what OB you can with the dog and document, document, document *everything* with that video cam.
This will allow you to show the state of your property ( your dog ) before it left your possession.

If you can show ( via documentation as mentioned above ) that your dog has returned to you and suffered a personality change due to the training, you'd be much more likely to convince a judge or jury that damage was done to your property ( the dog ) and that you deserved compensation.

Now you're not going to get damages, likely - the best you can hope for is that you'll be awarded a return of the training fee. However........think of the damage you can do to a kennel/ trainers reputation by making a "before" and "after" video of the dog that they ruined and posting that on YouTube and every dog forum that you can think of......