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Anyone have experience with any places near Asheville?

Trying to do some training for my insane border collie/husky mix. He is very smart but could use some work with coming when called and leash training.

Found a place called Kablers School For Dogs. Apparently it’s private lessons geared more towards “we train you how to train your dog”.

Any suggestions/experience with any local schools welcome!

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barf said:
border collie/husky mix.
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Sorry, I’m no help. But as someone who’s halfassed trained two border collies. Good luck with a border collie/husky mix.
 
Junkyard dog said:
I've got a 7 month old lab, she understands when it vibes, it means here. As in now. Very helpful tool.

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We do have shock collars but only use them when they are in the yard. I’d like to not have to rely on the shock collar vibration in the house, etc. But it certainly works!
 
I had shock collars for my 3. Bubs (heeler/catahoula leopard) never needed more than the vibration of the collar. Marlin (female rotty) would get about 40% shock to get her attention. Now Memphis (male rotty) had it turned up all the way and would stare at you while being shocked as if he was sayin "is that all you got" then go back to doing whatever he was doing to get shocked in the first place. We don't use them anymore
 
Our pup is a GSD/Husky mix and I can attest that training the Husky part of any dog is mind blowing aggravating and it will test your patience to no end…… Sasha is 3 now and we are STILL working on her behavior, don’t get me wrong, at home she’s obedient and will do as she is told, but outside of the home she goes right back into psychopath mode.


If you are really willing to put in the work I’d suggest watching YouTube videos on dog training and start there and cut out the middle man, you might be surprised at the results, Husky’s are very, very intelligent but they bring stubborn to levels most people have never witnessed lol.
 
This won't answer your question at all, and is almost just an aside as somebody else who owns a clinically insane canine, and from what I've read about your boy, he seems sweet and well meaning not unlike my unholy terror of an ACD.

Honestly, what it took for her was being on a leash all the damn time. On the porch? On a leash. In the house? On a leash. While I'm on the commode? On a leash? While making a sandwich? On a leash. In the shop? You get the point. Her first year and a half, the only way I could love her was by keeping her within three feet of me at all times, on a damn lead. Negative discipline had negative effects. Positive reinforcement was a fart in a hurricane. But keeping her tethered to me kept her on a path that now, while still being an intelligent and independent, but conversely sensitive and needy dog, has made her a very rewarding and loving a companion, if still a complete basket case.

One day it just clicked for her. "Oh shit, if I bring the disc back, he keeps throwing it. Holy shit, he'll throw it in the pool. He'll drink beer and play with me for hours, and long as I keep just keep listening and stay nearby, I'll live a fantastically awesome life!"

You'll notice the common theme here:

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Took him to the Kabler place for a consultation. They seem to really know what they are doing. The trainer we met with has a lot of experience with working dogs and said Weston has many more border collie traits/behaviors than he does husky traits/behaviors.

She said he was very smart and thinks he will do well. It’s 20 weeks of personal training (10 weeks on leash, 10 weeks off leash) and lifetime group training.

He starts next week.
 
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Healers and border collies are bred to be working dogs who roam free and are alpha of all things on legs. Not exactly a house pet type. More of a farm dog who needs a mission.
 
BlackGun said:
Healers and border collies are bred to be working dogs who roam free and are alpha of all things on legs. Not exactly a house pet type. More of a farm dog who needs a mission.
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We have a decent sized yard. And pigs (that he tries to herd). He is going to be coming with me to work every day after some training. Not sitting in a crate all day.
 
I have a [soon to be] 3yr old Rottie/Corso mix. He was a PITA for the first 1 1/2 years; sweet as can be but it was pulling teeth to get him to walk on a leash, he would bolt into the woods if given the opportunity and his recall sucked!! Now he can be off leash in my yard without an issue [after the puppy phase wore off] and he is decent on a leash - still has Rottie ADD though + a grade A crackhead!

I would take his food while he was eating, he is not allowed in the kitchen nor near me when I eat. For him, the food control was one key to getting him to shape up. He respects me as Alpha so we don't really have any more issues.

I learned a lot from this YouTube channel:
Helped me make progress when I was getting stuck.
Helped me understand how dogs communicate better too.

This wasn't my 1st rodeo, it was rodeo #5 - but he was definitely the most challenging to train.
No e/collar just a prong collar.

Wishing the best for you and your doggie!
 
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