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Wondering if there's a large difference between the two? My dog needs to be retrained since he lived in the desolate wasteland that is Western Montana. Now that he lives in Northern Colorado, he still has the Montana creed inside him. However, my issue is he's gonna piss off the wrong dog or person one day. So in terms of private vs board and train, which is better?

Wondering if there's a large difference between the two? My dog needs to be retrained since he lived in the desolate wasteland that is Western Montana. Now that he lives in Northern Colorado, he still has the Montana creed inside him. However, my issue is he's gonna piss off the wrong dog or person one day. So in terms of private vs board and train, which is better?

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I personally think classes are better because in between each class your dog continues to learn each skill from you and learns your idiosyncraties; as opposed to being trained by someone completely different and then showing back up at home to someone whom he is used to acting differently around, if that makes sense. It’s hard to articulate what I mean.

The dog learns to respect you the owner, incrementally, Rather than a trainer who he will never see again after he has brought back from boarding. The training becomes more personalized when you get to interact with the dog between each lesson and use the new commands on it as it learns.

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I agree with this. I learned a long time ago that I don't have the patience or enough know how to train a dog. Its much better if you are the one giving commands during training, especially if you are going to be the one giving the commands later. And having a trainer guide you through the things you thought you knew just makes things easier.