"She does obedience school" ?
Hello,
I am wondering about the meaning of "does" in this sentence:

"She does obedience school."

Now, "she" refers to a human girl. The girl met a wild dog and was able to teach him how to sit and catch the ball.

So, does "does" here mean that the girl joined an obedience school as a trainer or that she opened her own school?

Or does it have a humorous meaning and means that the girl is attending the school herself?

Thank you

Question

"She does obedience school" ?
Hello,
I am wondering about the meaning of "does" in this sentence:

"She does obedience school."

Now, "she" refers to a human girl. The girl met a wild dog and was able to teach him how to sit and catch the ball.

So, does "does" here mean that the girl joined an obedience school as a trainer or that she opened her own school?

Or does it have a humorous meaning and means that the girl is attending the school herself?

Thank you

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Obedience schools train pets. Since the girl is teaching the dog what to do (like sitting, one of the commands a dog will learn), it means that she is teaching the dog. She is doing what an obedience school does.

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Thank you so much for the help

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Ah - being a title changes things, and explains the unusual form. Sean's answer is correct.
It's more-or-less professional. There are some non-professional obedience schools though.

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unfortunately, the sentence was the title of a chapter in a fantasy novel, and in that chapter the girl meets the three-headed dog Cerberus in the Underworld and  teaches him to be obedient. 
The narrator of the chapter is a sarcastic boy, so the title is his own wordings.

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It's not at all clear to me, without more context.
It could be that she is acting as the teacher in a school.

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