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Author Topic: What’s a typical day for a dog at a professional trainer’s kennel?  (Read 2636 times)

Offline aman

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Just curious about what a typical day look like for the dog. I know every trainer probably has their own style but typically how much time is the dog spending in the run, back of the vehicle, getting aired, conditioning, training, etc?

Just collecting data for my own edification  :)

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A question your trainer can best answer. Daily and weekly routines will vary greatly from trainer to trainer. Many many many reasons for this. A great question to ask before using a trainer so that you both can have realistic expectations!

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Thanks Colin :)

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A question your trainer can best answer. Daily and weekly routines will vary greatly from trainer to trainer. Many many many reasons for this. A great question to ask before using a trainer so that you both can have realistic expectations!

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Agreed with this. My uncle and cousin are trainers and I have joined them during some training and field trials. Too many variables to really give any kind of useful answer
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You pay for training. You should never feel uncomfortable asking a trainer what they do and what your dog is doing every day. There are days where your dog will not be worked. The trainer should have a reasonable explanation for each day. You should get a report of progress weekly. If they don't, pick up your dog and find a new trainer
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Some questions to ask are: 1. How many dogs do they normally have in for training at the same time, or do they cap the number of dogs they take at one time? (Gives you an idea of how long they are available to spend with the dog a day) 2. Will they do most of the actual training or an assistant? 3. What time of year is best to get the dog in for training (do you want the dog in for training when the pro is busy travelling to field trials and hunt tests).

I am sure Paul and other can come up with more, these are juut what popped in to my mind

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I think people would be shocked at how little time each dog really gets, but they're in the environment watching, building desire and when it's finally their turn they give it 150%

15 minutes back to the restraint to wait for another turn, building crazy desire to be out there while watching the other dogs have their go at it.

At home usually there isn't that mad crazy desire being built up watching other dogs work, they get 100% of the focus 100% of the time, so there's no jealousy being built up. 
Often the at home guy trains too long and ends on a bad note when the dog/pup has had enough and wants to do their own thing.





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Find a respectable trainer and gauge the outcome of the dog. If you worry about how many minutes they are on the ground a day, when they poop, if another dog got more training time you probably won't be happy.

If the trainer produces great results, your money was well spent. If you don't feel comfortable the trainer is working hard enough, your dog doesn't look fit and in shape, take the dog home, find a new trainer.

Trainers have a bad reputation in general. This is due to the folks that get burned by the bad ones and don't get to experience the things which a real good trainer does for their dogs.
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