They soon become afraid.  They miss their owner and home, which they have come to trust.  While the owners are away, the trainers will choke, spike or shock them.  The dogs won't understand why these people are causing them pain.

 First, we need to remember the methods and styles they use, to understand why these schools don't want the owners there while they're training the dog.  They know most owners wouldn't leave their dog if they knew how they were going to be treated!

 Second, we all know that we want our dog to obey us and not a stranger.  We teach our children not to obey or talk to strangers and like our children, if our dogs obey just anyone, they also could be easily stolen or killed. 

 At best, these trainers are only doing half the work.  The owners are not being taught the proper method for handling since they're not going to be there.  

 Another aspect, is the experience of the trainers.  Any good business person knows that to make money, you have to keep costs down and one of the highest costs in any industry is staff.  These schools keep costs down by hiring the cheapest staff. Obviously, the person with no experience is the cheaper employee!  The problem is that customers want to hear the lowest price!  For these schools to be able to give the best price, they have to maintain cheap staffing.

 Most boarding schools get paid two ways.  The first way is by interns paying them thousands of dollars to get their experience by apprenticing; they experiment on the unaware dog owners' dog.  The second way is when the unaware dog owners pay to leave their dogs for what they think will be an expert's training.  

 When the boarding style is used, there are two possible end results:

 #1. A Passive dog.  This is a soft dog with a very mild personality that frightens easily.  After being trained by strangers who hurt them with any of these three collars, the dog will be terrified of any interaction!  Their ability to adjust to new situations and new people will be diminished forever because they are petrified.  When the owner reaches out with the collar or leash, the dog will associate the collar and leash with the pain that comes from them; when given a chance, they're going to try to run.  Experts call this avoidance learning.  This is how a passive dog, when scared, learns to use their FLIGHT instinct to escape and avoid the corrections from happening.  The end result: they will run away anytime they see a chance to escape.  This is a dog who may bite out of fear when they cannot escape from what scares them...not because they are aggressive, but because they are scared.

  #2. A Dominant dog.  This is a hard dog with a very strong personality that doesn't frighten easily.  After being trained by strangers who hurt them with any of these three collars, they can become very unpredictable with any interaction.  When the dog sees someone reaching out with the collar or leash to put them on, they will remember the pain that comes from them; often, the dog will try to run to avoid any correction.  However, the dominant dog uses its FIGHT instinct to protect itself; over time, they'll regain confidence and become even more fierce.  Understand that this type of dog isn't reacting out of fear, like the passive dog; eventually they'll make you draw back, thus avoiding any pain from happening to themselves.  The end result: they could become distrustful when unsure of ones' intentions.  The dog could viciously turn on a friend, neighbor or a neighbor's child.  Even the owner of the dog and their family can be at risk when trying to correct them.  This is especially true when they're cornered with no chance to run or escape.

 EITHER type of dog can cause serious injuries and a major lawsuit.

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 At first, the boarding style sounds cheaper than the expert style.  However, they are only teaching the dog and not teaching the owner how to handle the dog.  An expert will have to invest a lot more time and effort.  For him to do what's right, the expert has to do 4 times the work!  He has to use  1) the correct method  2) the best style  3) the most experienced trainer in this state, and  4) teach both the owner and dog! 

 My parents used to say, "If it sounds cheap, it probably is."

 The quality you will end up with by using the boarding style: a dog you don't know how to handle, who has been emotionally traumatized by inexperienced people using the worst methods and styles on your dog...people who are literally practicing on your dog.  This doesn't even equal one-fourth the quality and time of the proper training done by an expert trainer.

 Like the old saying goes, "You get what you pay for."

 Questions: Are you that angry with your dog that you would pay strangers at a boarding school to do this?

 Or, like most people, are you just unaware of the end result quality you'll get from the methods and styles they use?