[MyPemCharlie]

There is no "perfect" trainer on earth. They're all human, just like the rest of us. Overall, your classes sound really good so far.

What I learned with my last dog, was to trust my instincts. If the trainer was doing something that my dog was not comfortable with, or I was not comfortable with, we "excused" ourselves to the sidelines and worked on our own, until the next section of training. (One instructor had us working on a hot asphalt parking lot in the summer, and I could tell his paws were burning. We excused ourselves to the grass under the shade tree and worked on Sits and Downs for a bit.) It's your money and your dog, so if you don't feel right about something, it's your choice to sit out a section.