Puppy Obedience Class

Fantasy: puppy obedience class would be a SINCH. Stressfree. Not much work. The kids will get along. I will be calm and happy. The MINUTE I let Dottie out of the car she went crazy! Sam went crazy! He wanted to WALK her thru the parking lot and into the store! I could barely control the dog let a lone a near 3 year old. Dottie continued to pull us through the store making my life MISERABLE. Sam was yelling at me that he is MAD AT ME for not letting him walk the dog. I was HOPING that we'd be the only ones in the class, sure would have made the hour much easier. NOPE. Another couple and their grown daughter brought in their german sheppard/coon hound. It was excited, but listed better than my dog. All my dog wanted to do was jump on top of it. I spent the hour fighting the dog and the kids who wanted to hold the leash. The couple with us, well, that was interesting. They were probably in their 60s. They sat their large ASSES on little tiny circular chairs while the daughter worked with the dog. I bet they both sit at home in worn out Lazy Boy chairs, eating and watching TV all day long. The only excercise they get is walking to and from the fridge and the bathroom. It's mind boggling that two sedintary people would get a dog that needs energetic people. Then, they started chewing up the hour with their stupid questions on how to get the dog NOT to jump their fenced in yard. The trainer goes off on little tangents about her 4 dogs. COME ON!! She told Sam to sit on a chair in the corner by himself and if he didn't get up, she'd give him a sucker. WELL, he sat their picking his nose like a good little boy. I felt bad for him, so I told him to go look at the cats with Catie. He asked her for his sucker (which she didn't have any to beging with), she said NOPE, you got up....He doesn't forget!! Home now, it's only 8:11pm and I have 2 more days as a single parent. I am going to LOSE MY MIND.