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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 528323" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>No matter how good the dog is, or how well behaved, the boys NEED to take her to obedience classes. Those classes are sort of to train the dog, but MOSTLY to train the owners. </p><p></p><p>I know because the dog I grew up with learned most everything very early. After puppyhood, the irish setter in her took over and she had a super hard time learning anything or forgetting the puppy lessons. New things simply didn't get into her head easily. About the only thing she did learn was when my bro trained her that anyone sitting on the floor was to be rough-housed with - super rough. I had health problems back tehn and she got so rough that I had to threaten her to even get close to her. Bro did this on purpose because he didn't think I was 'worthy' of being around 'his dog' . Until he went to college and forgot seh existed. So I had to go through 3 rounds of obedience classes to get her to stop that. My mom had trained her when she was little, and she did great until bro 'took her over' and only rewarded her for being nice to him and rough with others except little kids. He tried that one and she just would NOT do it. No matter how rough she was, if there was a person under about 3 ft tall she was the most gentle thing on earth. It was confusing to watch, I must admit.</p><p></p><p>Obedience took so long because she truly had a hard time learning. I could work with other owner's dogs and get them to mind as I was very consistent with signals, rewards, etc... But our dog just couldn't 'get it'. When we had her examined at the vet school to see if she was sick or there was a reason for this, we were told it is VERY common in Irish Setters - they are about the stupidest dogs in existence. Eventually she settled down for me and my bro was SOOOOOOOO furious to learn she wasn't attacking me. He was grateful that summer though because he took her with him to a summer job clearing trails in a forest and if it hadn't been for MY hard work she would have problem been shot by the people he was working for because she attacked someone for sitting on the ground.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, obedience classes will do a LOT for your kids, as well as for the dog. I highly recommend that they EACH do at least a basic course with her.</p><p></p><p>She sounds like a love bug and I hope she is a great addition to the family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 528323, member: 1233"] No matter how good the dog is, or how well behaved, the boys NEED to take her to obedience classes. Those classes are sort of to train the dog, but MOSTLY to train the owners. I know because the dog I grew up with learned most everything very early. After puppyhood, the irish setter in her took over and she had a super hard time learning anything or forgetting the puppy lessons. New things simply didn't get into her head easily. About the only thing she did learn was when my bro trained her that anyone sitting on the floor was to be rough-housed with - super rough. I had health problems back tehn and she got so rough that I had to threaten her to even get close to her. Bro did this on purpose because he didn't think I was 'worthy' of being around 'his dog' . Until he went to college and forgot seh existed. So I had to go through 3 rounds of obedience classes to get her to stop that. My mom had trained her when she was little, and she did great until bro 'took her over' and only rewarded her for being nice to him and rough with others except little kids. He tried that one and she just would NOT do it. No matter how rough she was, if there was a person under about 3 ft tall she was the most gentle thing on earth. It was confusing to watch, I must admit. Obedience took so long because she truly had a hard time learning. I could work with other owner's dogs and get them to mind as I was very consistent with signals, rewards, etc... But our dog just couldn't 'get it'. When we had her examined at the vet school to see if she was sick or there was a reason for this, we were told it is VERY common in Irish Setters - they are about the stupidest dogs in existence. Eventually she settled down for me and my bro was SOOOOOOOO furious to learn she wasn't attacking me. He was grateful that summer though because he took her with him to a summer job clearing trails in a forest and if it hadn't been for MY hard work she would have problem been shot by the people he was working for because she attacked someone for sitting on the ground. Anyway, obedience classes will do a LOT for your kids, as well as for the dog. I highly recommend that they EACH do at least a basic course with her. She sounds like a love bug and I hope she is a great addition to the family. [/QUOTE]
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