Labrador Retriever Group Training Class

I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to get your dog to obey commands, especially while in the presence of people and other animals. We enrolled our new yellow labrador puppy in a group training class when he was about seven months old, and we are so glad we did. We enrolled in a class administered by our City, with about twenty dogs in it. The first several weeks primarily consisted of walking around in a big circle outlined with cones for about an hour. It seems silly but the mere presence of the scent of the other dogs and all the activity at the park was so distracting to a young, active, and eager puppy! Here is a picture of the training class in action:

The class was one day a week for 12 weeks. Each week we were given homework and were instructed to work on various things with our dog. To tell the truth, we were not very impressed with the quality of the instruction, but we were happy because Buddy had a chance to learn be be around other dogs. He showed significant improvement. We would highly recommend this form of training.