Outdoor lifestyle is the best, believe what einstein solving skills your dog and his preferences for entertainment. If his passion is for playing with other dogs, and you have to walk your dog daily a busy public park, proofing is going to be a big deal for you. A basic level of training When you send a dog away for training, the chances are, he only have been trained to a basic level. There be more work to do. Some proofing have been done, depending on the length of time he has been away. But the bulk of the ‘proofing' be down to you to do, when you get him home. if you had done the basic training yourself, you would at least have idea of how to go forward with proofing your dog's obedience. Without that experience, you have a bigger challenge ahead of you. Because the truth is, proofing is the hard part of training. That's right, the bit you pay for, is the easy part. You might want to think about that for a bit. The final, and perhaps most important part of this whole issue, and the thing most people need to consider above all others, is what can happen to your dog whilst he is away. incompetent trainer can do a lot of damage. The potential for damage is far greater if the dog is out of your sight. Remember that anyone can call themselves a professional dog trainer. There is a vast range of abilities amongst those taking payment for dog training the USA and elsewhere today. There are plenty of good trainers, some absolutely brilliant trainers, and some very bad trainers indeed. Sometimes, it only becomes apparent which type of trainer you are dealing with when training is underway. It can be difficult to know how to distinguish between trainers a puppy class you attend yourself, if you are yourself inexperienced. It is well nigh impossible if you aren't there to observe. Once your dog is on the trainer's premises you have over how he is treated. Different approaches to training Modern dog training methods are kind, humane, and great fun for dogs. They teach dogs to make great choices, and to want to please and to work with, their owners. But the sad truth is, not everyone who trains dogs for a living is using them. There are still trainers using old fashioned forceful and painful techniques to get dogs to respond to their commands. This means that your dog be choked, electrocuted, or beaten, and you won't have any idea until you get him back. If at all. A dog trained using modern methods be excited about training sessions. He want to be with you and to work with you, at home. But need more practice at behaving public. He be enthusiastic responding to the commands your trainer tells you he has taught him. Your trainer have advised you on how to motivate and reward your dog, and spent some time with you going through what he has been doing and what you can expect from your dog certain situations. He also be honest about what you need to do next. A dog trained using painful or intimidating methods is likely to be cowed and submissive when he first comes home. He be very obedient at first but figure out that you are not about to beat him into submission. Because he hasn't learned to make good choices, he probably quite revert to his old bad habits Does residential training work? That is the six million dollar question isn't it? The answer is it can do. But that there be more work required on your part when your dog comes home. And your ability to do this work effectively be hampered by the fact that you have not been involved the training process the first place. For most pet dogs, the advantages to being professionally trained on a residential basis are likely to be outweighed by the disadvantages Even the busiest pet owner is likely to benefit from having their dog trained locally on a session by session basis with the owner taking part at least some of these sessions. There are a few situations where it be better for a dog to have a period of professional residential training. This normally be where a dog needs training that requires special facilities that are not available on a local basis. Gun dog training is one example of specialist training that requires equipment and facilities you struggle to find locally. Gun dogs need to learn to be steady to game and gunshot for example, and you not have the facilities to do this. But you also need to exercise some caution here, before sending your dog away, as gun dog training is