Best place to buy a family fully trained dog?

[LindyLaLa]

Hi, can anyone recommend where we can buy a fully trained family dog from in the South uk? Ideally a year plus, rescue centres don't really have any suitable for a busy household with young kids. Seen a couple of sites but hard to know who you're buying from! We also need to consider the breed as one of our children have eczema, controlled asthma so would like to find someone who knows all about the breeds suitable etc. Thanks

I do know somewhere that does this. Not sure what wait lists are like or cost. They train labs and spaniels to be family pets. They are definitely reputable, so this sort of thing does actually exist.

Please don't get a dog. Even if you managed to buy a 'fully trained' dog, who is going to train you, OP?

They absolutely DO exist. People are being ridiculous.

I don't know any in the south but there's Puppy Steps in Sheffield, A&T in Lancaster, WKD in Staffs and Total K9 in Driffield

As a dog trainer I own 2 dogs. Both trained to competition standard obedience. Neither would do anything you asked whatsoever because quite simply you mean nothing to them

You can but it doesn't mean it actually works if it comes back and you can't be consistent with it as you've got a young family to take care of. The dog also had no relationship to you whatsoever so it's very unlikely to continue to do all the things it did at training camp.

busy household with young kids.
My first questions of many would be how young are the children and would someone be at home with the dog most or all of every day - if not, how long would s/he be left alone?

rescue centres don't really have any suitable
There is a reason they have turned you down, OP - see above.

And what happens if your child proves to be allergic: the poor dog gets moved on again.

It's not only the training issues the OP has.

You don't really buy a fully trained dog.

You either get a puppy and put the time in yourself, or you get an older rescue dog that may or may not have issues. As PP said, if you haven't got the time or inclination to put that work in, you shouldn't be having a dog.

My dogs have all entered adolescence around 12-18 months and been complete arse holes until about 3.

A fully trained dog will quickly revert to a not fully trained dog in an inexperienced home without the correct stimulation.

Oh, and don't buy into the poodle x being a hypoallergenic dog. They don't exist either.

@Strugglingsomuch a place that trains “protection” dogs and one that claims to fully train a pup in 4 weeks. One is wrong for a family and the other is bollocks

You should not get a dog.

Unbelievable, dogs to order . Money can't buy you everything or maybe it can ask your personal assistant(if you have one) to track one down .
Will the Nanny be expected to be home with the dog all day ?

Retired police dogs do not make suitable family pets, except with very experienced dog owners, usually police/service personnel.

I firmly believe teen years are the hardest years with dogs. They are big gangly twats

Echoing most other posters

DONT GET A DOG

op I did know someone who bought a Rottweiler from a breeder in wales. You pick the training so his was protection level 2 (or whatever) and home trained. But he also had to go and spend a weekend being trained with the dog.

you need training as much as they do

A one year old dog is just about to hit it's teenage phase. Where, ime, it will forget everything and become a right little shit for the next year or so.

We have a retired greyhound, he came pretty well trained. A lot don't. And he sheds loads. And we've had to train him away from some of what he knew.

I don't think a dog is for you op, they're animals you don't program them and need no further intervention.

I agree. Give it a couple of years thought and if you have room get a rescue

Why don't you get a puppy, and train it yourself with the help,of a qualified trainer. You can even send it away for short periods of "board and train"

Yes, they are money-making businesses, largely aimed at celebrities, questionable protection-needing sorts and the cash-rich/time, experience, sense and commitment-lacking types.Questionable ethics and methods in most cases.

Isn’t training a dog part of the fun? It’s the time you spend together learning and bonding and growing.

www.lomondhillslabradoodles.co.uk/puppy-school/

Not in the area you require but this is a reputable breeder who will keep your dog for anywhere between one week and 6 weeks longer than usual and give them a bit more training. Something like this could work

We got one!
Our dog is a cockerpoo - he was a year old when we got him from a ‘rescue centre’
He knew basic commands - sit, stay
He was house trained
He was a ‘rescue’ as his elderly owners saw the fluffy, cute teddy bear and didn’t realise he’d need some exercise and then one had a heart attack and couldn’t walk him as often as needed.
He is now living his best life - we live near woods and he is out every day for an hour, loves being a swamp monster and we’ve taught him recall as he had only ever been walked on a lead!
BUT…. We have older teenage kids, he requires bathing EVERY time we get back (we’ve installed a hot/cold tap outside so we can wash him off!) and he suffers from some separation anxiety (common in this breed!) and husband and I wfh on alternate days so he’s rarely left alone.
As he’s a F1 cockerpoo (we’ve got all his original documentation) he doesn’t shed hair but does need to go to groomers every 6 weeks otherwise he looks like a woolly mammoth.
If you have young children you would find this breed a challenge until their about 3 when they tend to calm down - I don’t think I’d have coped with a puppy (join the FB group) as they are a nightmare! It was quite difficult as he’d eat anything (think kids EarPods etc- in fact it’s taught them to pick/out things away and we had to pretty much toddlerproofed the house) much better now but socks are still not safe 😉

What a fantastic post Socks! Made my day. Seriously OP, as PP have said, you really do not sound like a suitable dog owner. Maybe you could look into other pets like hamsters or bunnies - you don't need to do as much training etc for these although you would need to look into their requirements. There will be a pet out there to suit your family but sounds like a dog is not the right fit.

It is a thing actually . I know someone who got one who was a failed drug dog , but not hypoallergenic

Google it .

However I do question if you have time for a dog