Why people think dog schools don't work
I am seeing this over and over again in my dog school and also read it here on reddit and social media:
People take classes, only to act surprised when the dog reverts to their old behaviors the moment they walk back through the front door. There is this way of thinking that a dog school is there to "fix" your dog.
A dog school (or a trainer, or a YouTube tutorial) doesn't fix your dog. The purpose of a trainer is to teach you. It’s a place to learn the techniques that you then have to go home and practice, over and over again.
The most profound change in your dog doesn't happen during that one hour of class. It happens in the daily 15 minutes you do in your living room, when you consistently reinforce a calm behaviour throughout a normal day, even when it’s annoying to do so. People should stop viewing training as a chore and start viewing it as normal, default thing that happens when you decide to get a dog, it is the only way to strengthen the bond between you and your dog.
In my opinion, if you aren't doing the work outside of the dog school lessons, you aren't training your dog.