This woman has a way with dogs. She's like the dog whisperer! We bought a golden retriever for our two boys at Christmas. She's now 8 months old and we thought it was time to see how clever she actually was. Booked a course of puppy training classes with Lydia (http://www.dogsandstuff.co.uk ) and had 6 of the nicest Sunday mornings learning how to handle her properly. Lydia attends with one of her own dogs who sort of shows you how it's done and there were 5 other people with their dogs. One of the reasons I chose Dogsandstuff was because almost all the other puppy classes out there have between 15 and 20 dogs and it all gets a bit out of control (I attended one in Enfield before this one, but didn't bother going back). Being one of only 6, you get plenty of one to one attention at this one. I couldn't say that she was now fully trained, but she's well on the way. read more