Life in lala land: Dog Trainers
I've openly gushed about how much I love living in L.A. How your everyday life is truly a scene from the Surreal Life. Well, I have another one for you. Again, I present you with a problem you won't ever have to deal with living anywhere else.
Baddog #2 is living up to his true name and I'm now in search for a dog trainer. I think in any city it would be a challenge to find the right trainer. I mean there are so many different techniques to deal with dogs. I don't think any are right or wrong but it more depends on the personality of the owner, the dog and the trainer. In Baddog #1's case, we didn't have the right person. Since this is more important than simple ego building, I'm really trying to do as much research as I can to find the right person. Toss into that mix that baddog in question is a former track dog who lived at several different tracks (not to mention another country) before coming to me. So, that definately plays into the whole scenario.
I am now waist deep in this search and I have one question for you:
Why do ALL L.A. dog trainers' brag sheets look like a page from IMDB?
Seriously. I don't care what celebrity pooch you trained. I'm sorry I'm not impressed by someone who can housebreak a celebrity's purebreed lab puppies. (And I'm not kidding, I'll leave the details out, but one of the trainers bragged about a certain woman's dogs he trained; and I know for a fact they're all very sweet, very purebreed labs.) That's not an accomplishment, that's common sense. I don't care how many cd's you've made or what friends you have. I care about your dog training abilities.
Am I alone in thinking that your qualifications and truely difficult cases are most important? Is is silly of me to want to read about your approach and costs of said dog training?
Despite all of this, I think I've found someone. And she seems cool. Even if she does train some animals for movies.
Gotta love L.A.
Baddog #2 is living up to his true name and I'm now in search for a dog trainer. I think in any city it would be a challenge to find the right trainer. I mean there are so many different techniques to deal with dogs. I don't think any are right or wrong but it more depends on the personality of the owner, the dog and the trainer. In Baddog #1's case, we didn't have the right person. Since this is more important than simple ego building, I'm really trying to do as much research as I can to find the right person. Toss into that mix that baddog in question is a former track dog who lived at several different tracks (not to mention another country) before coming to me. So, that definately plays into the whole scenario.
I am now waist deep in this search and I have one question for you:
Why do ALL L.A. dog trainers' brag sheets look like a page from IMDB?
Seriously. I don't care what celebrity pooch you trained. I'm sorry I'm not impressed by someone who can housebreak a celebrity's purebreed lab puppies. (And I'm not kidding, I'll leave the details out, but one of the trainers bragged about a certain woman's dogs he trained; and I know for a fact they're all very sweet, very purebreed labs.) That's not an accomplishment, that's common sense. I don't care how many cd's you've made or what friends you have. I care about your dog training abilities.
Am I alone in thinking that your qualifications and truely difficult cases are most important? Is is silly of me to want to read about your approach and costs of said dog training?
Despite all of this, I think I've found someone. And she seems cool. Even if she does train some animals for movies.
Gotta love L.A.
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