Hi all,

I'm new to the forum and new to puppy/dog training. I just recently purchased an 8 week old GSD Female puppy and she's absolutely the best! I've been looking into something more than a Petsmart type training school and want training with ecollar. I've found two schools that seems very reputable in my area. 1st place I found is called K-9 Companions and they have references such as Rampage Jackson and Travis Barker but they do not train with ecollars.

2nd was Sit Means Sit. Now, I've read that this forum and the owners of this forum do not support anything that has to do with Sit Means Sit. I did a search but all I could find were old 2001/2002 posting of the sit means sit guys (Fred and RIch). So could anyone here explain to me why Sit Means Sit have been so disliked and support on this forum? TO be honest, I had my area Sit Means Sit training come to my home and give me a demostration with their dog and I was really amazed. His dog gave him total attention and listened to his every command on and off the ecollar and what was most important was that the dog was excited to do as his owner commanded.

The reason I ask because I have been lurking in this forum and found many valuable information here so I've come to really respect the opinions and advice of the people/mods here. If anyone in my local area have better suggestions on trainers here or can clear up my confusion on Sit Means Sit I would greatly appreciate it. I thank all in advance for their input.

BTW, my puppy's name is Isis. She's very very smart. She learned how to sit within a day and she' pickin up on the down command and I'm trying to get her to sit back on from the down command. She's doing really well. Potty training is a little more difficult but I'm doing all I can and using what I've learned from reading through this forum.

Thanks!

Johnny

I lived in california up until last year. There is jump start dog sports in Yorba Linda, I dont believe they use ecollar but they have great puppy classes, etc. that may be good to start with and I had several sessions before I moved to Nebraska with Moira Cornell at k-9 connection (she was tough but great)- she is out by pasadena so I could only go work with her every other week - if shes not what your looking for you could possibly email her and ask since she knows of alot of people in the obedience/show arena. I'm not sure what you will be doing with your pup but Moira teaches competition show/obedience and so does jump start but they also have classes for pet only stuff

have fun and good luck-

Thank you Kathy! I will look into Moira. I just want basic obedience with my puppy and at most, off leash training. Nothing too crazy. I really want to use e collar training so I"ll be looking towards schools that offer that. Does Moira use e collar training?

One of the members here is Kadi Thingvall, located in Fallbrook - No. San Diego County. Probably a little far from you, but you might want to contact her for reference to a closer trainer.

Her return "Hello" a couple months back:
http://www.leerburg.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=146&Number=175634&Searchpage=1&Main=17866&Words=+Kadi_Thingvall&topic=0&Search=true#Post175634

Mike

Johnny,

I dont know for sure but I can probably safely say that Moira does not do ecollar training. She may be able to direct you to someone who does though, just check out as many places as you can and make sure you pick one (if you do) that you feel comfortable with.

I wish I had seen this post earlier. There is a great school in Corona I took my five year old boy to - Assertive K-9 training. They have obedience classes every Saturday morning. The onwer and or his wife is there, if not, the son and they have several staff to help you, all dogs are welcome, but they specialize in GSD's. Check it out if you're still interested - http://www.assertivek-9training.com/