what age bud, i wouldn't recommend puppy classes, no offence meant leegreen but the ones i;ve come across, classes are about stopping pups doing things seemly to make them social and are for pets not working dogs,
methods used on a german shepard pup would destroy a lurcher pup mentally , as far as i can figure out every dog trainer settles on a certain method and treats every dog the same, not a very open minded bunch,
No offence taken mate, but Mr T doesn't seem to know much about pups and I also supposed that he didn't personally know anyone that could help him so I suggested puppy cla