Paws 4 Hearts Working Therapy Dogs

I was interested in this program because my dog makes people happy and thought he could help people. And because they said that any dog without prior training could do it. My dog has never had any type of training before so I thought it was nice that they put you through obedience school first. One of the ladies that answers the phone is not very prompt at all and hardly checks her phone. She had contacted me 3 days after the 1^st class had taken place, that I could participate if I wanted. Since I was absent the 1^st day of class, I had asked everything that they did the 1^st day, but even with that apparently they went over a lot because throughout my time taking my dog, I was always getting in trouble for things I apparently should have already known. So it would be nice if they make sure everyone is well aware of all the rules and what you should and should not do while training your dog. Since I was a week behind, I felt my dog was always behind in the classes since all the other dogs were ahead. They shouldn’t let anyone into the classes after they start. For the final exam, they went over the stuff that was going to be test and would practice with us. One thing they didn’t practice was for a stranger grabbing our dogs paws. My dog and I weren’t prepared for that and my dog showed a little teeth. And because of that my dog was deemed aggressive and failed. My dog has never been around strangers that grab the paws and I felt this was a waste of money because although they do teach some obedience, it seemed your dog must already be super friendly with strangers beforehand, and I felt I was mislead because the girl on the phone had said they could teach us everything with no problem. They obviously need to have other requirements to participate or maybe they just tell people that to get as much money as possible already knowing you’ll fail later, I hope that’s not the case though.