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I'm just finishing my 6th class at Petsmart tomorrow. I found the first class to be a little disorganized - but I think my instructor really found her groove the next class. It's not as structured as I thought it would be - but I found it just really nice to be able to ask questions to someone other than the internet.

You can youtube/google everything now - but different dogs respond differently to training, so it's nice to have someone with tons of experience help you out.

The City of Vancouver actually has a lot of different dog classes offered at the community centres. You can filter it by days of the week, location, etc - Petsmart actually teaches some of the classes at the community centres.

Like Dizine said, it'd nice to just have a professional teach you a few things, especially if it's your first dog. My girlfriend and I are both dog people, but we've never raised a puppy before, so I thought it was great to be able to socialize my puppy in a controller environment, and also learn a few new things!