In 2008 my husband and I adopted a 8 week old rescue mix. We had never owned a dog before and Paws4Training was recommended as a place to start with our vet.
We had a home visit (which cost $90) for 1 hour and were told our puppy was wonderful - she was being a puppy and she should be great when she starts puppy class.
So, we spent another $150 for 6 week puppy kindergarten and 10 play sessions ($100). From the day we started class the instructor was negative about our dog, telling us we need to watch her and she is showing aggressive tendencies when she plays and we should give her back to the rescue. As new dog owners this was horrible to hear - anytime we tried to speak with the owner she was negative and told us our dog was aggressive in nature and we should pay her more $$ but she could not help the dog? She gave us article upon article about aggressive tendencies, dominance, anything that would scare a new owner - she gave to us. The last straw was when she pinned our puppy on the ground infront of the class because she was acting up - totally against what her course teach. After that incident, we stopped attending her course.
We ended up going somewhere else and you know what, the owner of Paws4Training was very wrong about our dog. The first thing the other facility told us is that your dog is smart and gets bored easily and that if we put in the time and effort together to train our puppy and teach her basic behavior and there was no need to give her back to the rescue. We worked with this facilty and withing 1 week we say a huge difference.
Our dog is now 17 months and is is wonderful. The training facility and trainer we work with has been so positive it has been wonderful that we cannot thank them enough. The trainer we work with has become a good friend not only to our dog, but our family.
A word of warning, if you have a puppy or dog that is not up to Paws4training standards, dont let them tell you you to return your dog - get a second opinion.