Dog Health Questions: Dog training,dog grooming career questions?

hey i like to understand more about dog training. im thinking of applying school online for dog training, but is it any good? i love animals and would like to have a career involving them. Is it a good idea going full time? or part-time? is it really like a hobby thing or you can make a living out of it? i was thinking of opening a business of dog training and grooming center. possibly adding pet supplies(but i dont know yet) so i just wanna know if this is a good career path. and if you make enough to live.
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A good groomer most assuredly can make a good living. One of the most important things you can do is to take business and accounting classes, because you will most likely do best self employed, and the book-keeping is a headache.

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• It's a wonderful option, but if you like animals and have them as pets and this is the only reason I would not pursue it. People who open places like these have much experience and background in these areas, so they have a passion for working with the animals, not just for owning them. I would get a part-time job at a local groomer as a bather and cleaner or maybe doggie day care and see how difficult it is to work with the animals first.


• I would lean more towards doing a pet grooming center. My mom opened up a mobile grooming business 3 years ago, and within 2 years she was so busy that she does not accept new clients anymore. Also she makes over 60,000 a year. She had very lil experience at first. She took a couple of classes but thats it. But im not sure where you are from, but im from New Jersey and groomers are in such high demand you dont need to be an expert and perfect groomer to make a lot of money. In the dog training business there is really not that much money it is. I would def. lean towards a grooming center. If you want to make more money, do a mobile grooming buisness. You have to purchase like an rv type van, that has a grooming table and tub and everything in it. Then you drive to people's houses and you park in the driveway and you bring the dog into your van and groom them in there. Its less stressful for a dog and owns perferred mobile grooming to grooming at a location.