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Old 05-04-2006, 01:23 AM
kstar kstar is offline
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Originally posted by texas*princess
Out of curiosity, what location and how long ago was this?

I find it hard to believe that a huge corporate structure like Petsmart would have different ways of doing things across all of their corporate stores at the same time - especially with something as structured as dog training.

Myself and friends of mine have had our dogs trained at several different Petsmart locations in the DFW area and they all use the same structrured manuals and methods in their training.

All the puppy classes for example learn the same exact things, in the same exact time frame, and every class is held the same exact way (the instructor will tell the puppy parents how to lure the dog to the desired position with a treat, say "yes" when the dog does what it is supposed to, gives the dog a treat and let's us practice with our own dogs)
Well... one was tonight, in Norman. I've seen others around the metro area, and heard stories from friends around the country. The huge corporate structure actually enables them more freedom to disregard their rules. Also, I don't trust their trainers, they really don't seem to have much schooling as opposed to a true animal behaviorist. If you have any problem that is outside of the norm, the petsmart trainers haven't a clue how to deal with it.
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