Hi everyone. I am looking for recommendations for dog obedience training. We have an 8 month old puppy (German Shepherd/Australian Shepherd mix) and we have waited already too long to get this done! I contacted some board-and- train sites, but that's not in the budget, so the next best is what I am looking for. Bowie is mostly outside during the day, so the house training we "skipped," but I am looking for him to learn to listen when I call him, not jump on people, and other basic commands. He is doing well walking on a leash, but that's about the only thing :D Oh, yes, and, of course, chewing up everything in sight. He doesn't bark when we go on walks and the dogs in the neighborhood are barking. He is extremely playful, but I do not detect any aggression whatsoever. Only time he barks is to mark his territory when people come water the peach trees in the field next to us.
He is quite big, so I am a bit worried about going to a regular Petco training and scaring the other customers.