Dog Health Questions: Dog training as a career?

now im looking into the tom rose dog training school and was wondering if you can make a decent living off this. my mom told me no...im 17 not into it as much for the money more because i love dogs (especially the molloser breeds) and would want to do something i like doing.

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As long as you don't care about working a LOT of hours and making NOT a lot of money, then I say go for it--do what you love.

I just got a book from the library, "Opportunities in Animal Care Careers" or something like that. Had a chapter about dog/animal trainers. At the start, you'll have a tough time getting a solid paying job to pay the bills, but it's do-able. You can work at PetSmart, at a vet office that offers training services (you might be sort of a freelance in that situation), I know my humane society offers obedience, socialization, agility, etc. training classes, so if you get really good at it you could get a job like that. If you get REALLY good at it (I mean REALLY REALLY GOOD), you might be able to become a show handler for people's purebred dogs. There's a LOT of money in that.

If you are looking for a bit better income source, then maybe do a grooming program too. Then you're even more valuable to vets or places like petsmart, since you can groom and train, so they win because they only need to hire one person instead of two (unless you up there business so much that they need an extra set of hands!). You might also look into working with horses, especially care of racehorses and training racehorses. There's definitely money to be made there.

Good luck and remember--do what you love and you'll have a happy career!

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• Go for it! You don't have to make a career of it, but it will enable you to enjoy your life, more, and that's what we want out of life; enjoyment. Find out your skills, and see what else is of interest to you, that could become a career job. Good luck!