Normally I have a good experience here, but I have a complaint about the "trainer" at Petco in Decatur, AL. Just because I do not have Petco train my dog does not mean I am a bad pet owner!
I work with a personal trainer on my GSD pup, who is being trained as a service dog. Yes, she was excited in the store (she is still quite young), but she is very well trained for her age (five months)!
During public interaction my dog wears a behavioral collar (a pinch collar) just for correction. I was headed to the register with my purchase when a boxer dog growled at my dog and she barked at it. I tugged my dog back and gave a silence command. She did yip, but it was more that she wanted to approach the dog.
At the register I had my dog in a lay down and stay. The trainer running the register was very coarse with me, accused me of being abusive to my dog and asked if she was being trained. I said she had a private trainer who happens to train with police and that they recommended the pinch collar, to which she said that was an aggressive method and she could do better. I paid for my purchase and left. I love my dog; she is like our child. What this woman said was very offensive to me! I will not be going back, maybe to complain but not much else.
My point is, if I had asked her opinion, that would have been fine, but otherwise it is none of her business. She was arrogant and rude. She is not someone who is good for business.
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