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Post by laplady on Apr 29, 2010 8:27:17 GMT
This is very close to my heart, as I have met many so called dog trainers who have done a few weeks course at a training class and believe that they are qualified to teach. So making it more difficult for just anyone to set up as a dog trainer sits well with me. I ask that if you agree, you could please sign this petition www.gopetition.com/petitions/tighter-regulation-on-dog-trainers.html
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Post by brandykins on Apr 29, 2010 8:51:21 GMT
I wholeheartedly agree with you Tricia. I have signed the petition and I do hope they get many signatures.
Thank you for sharing and a Karma for you.
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Post by laplady on Apr 29, 2010 11:16:29 GMT
Thanks Rose I do hope that many do sign
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Post by brandykins on Apr 29, 2010 12:46:51 GMT
I got confirmation of my signature as well. Yes, I do hope many will sign the petition, Tricia. Fingers crossed.
I will never forget the trainer in Bridge of Weir that I called when I first got Loki - she told me I was too old to get such a dog!! Needless-to-say, I did not go to her and have put as many people off her since then as well!! I met her once a couple of years ago in the pet shop I get Loki's and the parrot's feed from and I snubbed her when she tried to talk to me! Heard too that she isn't very good and people have taken their dogs to other trainers! She charges a fortune as well!
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Post by lynx on Apr 29, 2010 13:43:17 GMT
I've just signed it too. I couldn't agree more. I can't help thinking money is a motivator rather than an aim in a lot of cases. I was so lucky taking Seekoo to puppy training with a very old and established trainer. He, his wife and their grown up daughter dedicate their lives to dog training and he had a brilliant way of putting things over. I had owned two GSD (one after the other) previously but both were rescued so I did not have the puppy stage to worry about. I thought after owning such dogs I would well set up for taking on a Northern Inuit, boy was I wrong. I have to say Terry was an inspiration and I so enjoyed learning loads I hadn't known. I would have loved to have carried on and done more training (it would have been so good for Seekoo too) but time was a problem. Although the distance from us isn't so far as the crow flies it actually takes an hour to get there and then the same back. When we are busy we just don't have three hours to spare. I regret it though.
Rose that was rude and totally out of order what that dog trainer said to you. She should have got to have known you first, she would have found the best owner a dog could ever want. She jumped to the wrong conclusion and that is the sort of person I hope the partition is aimed at.
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Post by parsonsmum on Apr 29, 2010 18:45:50 GMT
I've signed
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Post by micki on Apr 29, 2010 21:33:50 GMT
will be signing this with full agreement.
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Post by laplady on Apr 30, 2010 10:08:19 GMT
Thanks Sharon and Micki
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