And these weren't just pet trainers, either, but top obedience competitors like Patty Ruzzo. (clickerlessons.com)
The papillon has become one of the more popular toy dogs, functioning equally well as a loving pet, beautiful show dog and adept obedience competitor. (modernpuppies.com)
I've belonged to more than one DVG (Schutzhund) club in the past decade, training with some pretty serious obedience competitors, and none of them, not one, had a dog that they had trained in 3 to 5 lessons... and many had trained with some of the best trainers in the US. (samthedogtrainer.com)