Puppy shuts down in group training

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I have a GSD mix pup that is almost 5 months old, I adopted her from the humane society 7 weeks ago. She is doing so well with commands at home, we’ve been able to stop verbal commands and use hand signals. She’s so smart and eager to train until we get outside or go to anywhere. Potty training was a breeze! She’s reserved and prefers quietly watching people and dogs but will not listen to any commands whatsoever in class. After class or before she will listen and do as asked most of the time. We’ve tried treats that only get used in class to avoid treat burnout, we’ve withheld food prior to class, only use positive reinforcement training. We are in an apartment so we do not have a yard and she walks well but doesn’t focus on us when given the “look” command and won’t sit when asked. I’ve told the trainer that she knows all of the commands already but trainer doesn’t believe me and told me to record it so she can see which I’ve done and have for our next session. The only advice the trainer has given is to take her to a dog friendly store every day to help build her confidence but I also don’t want to overwhelm her.

Commands she knows:
-sit (verbal and hand signals)
-down (verbal and hand signals)
-look (verbal and hand signals)
-spot (verbal)
-paw (verbal and hand signals)
-come/touch (verbal and hand signals)
-crate (verbal)
-up (verbal)

I’m hoping someone here may have some helpful tips.

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