[Amimad]

Always look for a recomendation/ testimonial. Ask can you get in touch with past clients? Look for owner & dog classes
BeauZak is right, look for a safe & secure training place, insurance etc.
The rest is up to you, what to you want your dog to gain from lessons.
Do you want group/private lessons?
Do you want weekly sessions over a number of weeks or do you think a once off will suffice?
At the end of the day , it's owners choice & with more trainers out there you can make a well informed choice.

Most impotant is to think about what you want to get from the lessons & ask relevant Questions. Any trainer with their salt will answer honestly.

By the way, it's definitly not a quick fix to making money, so anyone thinking it's recession proof is far off the mark.

[Rachel 999]

What qualifications does Ceasar need. Any one can see from his tv prog's that he is an excellent animal communicator. Anyone can be a dog trainer, after they are just conditioning the dogs to react to a certain situation e.g. put your bum on the ground and you get a treat. How many so called trainers work only with collie's etc but shy away from other breeds and blame the owners. One can not learn what the likes of Ceasar Milan does. Good animal communicators are born not made, and life experiences make them better.

Originally Posted by BeauZak

And what qualifications does Cesar have? Can anyone spot them on the website? Sure he is a nice guy ex groomer. But TV is not real. Any dog trainer will tell you that.

Here is a good link

http://www.komonews.com/home/video/3...?video=pop&t=a

[LisaO]

Any one can see from his tv prog's that he is an excellent animal communicator.

Have you looked at the link?

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url]http://www.komonews.com/home/video/37440019.html?video=pop&t=a[/url]

[Rachel 999]

I am not saying Ceasar is perfect. TV people will always pick out the stuff that makes you watch and if possible get your back up. If you look at his latest stuff you can see he has change his approach but his power is still there. The tv crowd will drop him as soon as the ratings go down. If you have any experience with dogs you wil know that the nicey nicey approach does not work with all dogs. Some are much to far gone in the wrong direction due to their owners.

Originally Posted by LisaO

Have you looked at the link?

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[LisaO]

Originally Posted by Rachel 999

you wil know that the nicey nicey approach does not work with all dogs. Some are much to far gone in the wrong direction due to their owners.

What is the nicey nicey approach ??

[Rachel 999]

The nicey approach, stuffing the dog full of treats, talking to the dog in a high pitched excited voice.

Originally Posted by LisaO

What is the nicey nicey approach ??