What's a good age to start

Enroll that puppy in class (kindergarten, puppy education, whatever they call it in your area) TODAY!  Start the other in a basic obedience class as soon as possible. 
 
 

Is it not dangerous to start puppy class at 10 weeks, exposure to parvo etc. my vet said to stay away from dog parks, petco...
I guess maybe dog classes require proof of vaccinations ?
 

The benefits of starting class early far out weigh the danger (or likelyhood) of your puppy getting sick. 
 
We have offered puppy classes for almost 10 years, and have never had dogs get sick from attending class.  We allow puppies to start as early as 8 weeks old. 
 
Make sure the place you go for class appears clean, and things will be fine.

I would enroll the puppy in puppy kindergarten right away.

Obedience classes are mainly to teach YOU how to train your dog.  Some dogs might need the extra socializing.  But I think if the puppy gets plenty of socializing time at dog parks and with other people, you probably don't need to go through obedience class twice, unless you really want to. 

Em started at 11 weeks. Every puppy in the class had to bring it's shot records. I had already been carrying her everywhere I meant. Those big, straw beach bags are GREAT for socializing small puppies. You can carry them all sorts of places, and they see people, dogs, etc. Emma met a couple of Great Danes while she was still in the bag As long as everybody's up to date on shots, I don't have a problem with as early as possible. Of course, Emma had already been through parvo, so we weren't worried about that. Distemper was more of a danger, for her.

My dogs already a few months into a year. we haven't buit much of a foundational training, is it too late to train him right?
Thanks.

Nope, it's NEVER too late to start training. I didn't get my Dachshund until she was 9, and she's constantly learning new things.

Excellent suggestions.  Look forward to hearing about your training class adventures.

I emailed a trainer that has just started puppy classes. Thanks for all the input guys I dont know where I got it from but I had it in my head to start classes at 6 months.
So hopefully we'll get started pretty soon.

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I emailed a trainer that has just started puppy classes. Thanks for all the input guys I dont know where I got it from but I had it in my head to start classes at 6 months.
So hopefully we'll get started pretty soon.

That's the old days. [sm=lol.gif]

I have taken dogs to 'obedience' as late as 10 - 16 years old!!  It is NEVER too late.  And an older dog often has an absolute BLAST at obedience simply because they aren't so flighty and they already kind of know how to 'please' you -- it can be THE biggest self-esteem booster on the planet for an older dog.
 
Kee Shu is still "just a foster" (*grin* and she's likely to stay that way for the next 10-15 years I hope!!!) and she's likely 8-10 years old (vet's best guess).  She started obedience class a few weeks ago and she LOVES it. 
 
She's not the brightest light in the box, but she absolutely loves it.  We've seen her truly bloom into a dog who wants to please, wants to 'be with' and a dog who LOVES other dogs (and she's a peke -- she loves ALL sizes of dogs!).
 
Saturday at class, there were 3 long-haired doxie puppies who were 8 weeks old.  Adorable.   A bit of hot dog on the end of a stick began training to 'heel' while the 'big dogs' (i.e., more mature) were doing their thing nearby.  These puppies were well socialized, got passed around and held.  It was GREAT distraction training for the older dogs to maintain a 'sit' while it's owner was handling the puppy.   We all had fun.
 
Honestly I wouldn't recommend PetSmart -- find a good privately run training class (by private I mean not a huge 'chain').  Somehow it's never made sense to me that in a noisey store with people, kids and dogs running amok all over the place -- that in the middle of all of that with just a rope and a ring of chairs you're supposed to teach obedience?? 
 
Someone above said obedience class is first of all for the humans.  it IS!!!  You gotta know how to teach the dog .. the dog 'learning' is usually pretty easy!

Max was probably a little on the *older* side when he started.  He was somewhere between 3 & 5 mo. when I adopted him (the 3rd. week in July) but because of the summer heat the next puppy class didn't start until September. I guess he could have been around 6 mo.+ when he first started, but he did really well and went on to take the next class.

Joyce & Max