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flaflwrgrl said:

He had a super reputation as a dog trainer. People had problem dogs & he fixed them.

Personally, I think there are very, very few dogs that are actually dumb although I will admit I have run across a couple during the course of my lifetime. I think that there are ones who are labeled dumb but it is in fact because they have never been taught or haven't been taught correctly.

We're working diligently on retraining to fix some of my dumb mistakes right now, but having a smart and so very willing to please dog makes this go pretty quickly as well.
Down/Stay and Come-here-a-hustling are progressing very well, and they'll help immensely once they're solid; both indoors and out.