Dog Health Questions: Can service-dog training be a full-time career?

I am learning the ropes of dog training at a local place, and I would really like to become a service/assistance dog trainer someday. But from what I have heard, it is more of a volunteer service, or a weekend hobby, etc.

Are there any service dog trainers out there (or anyone that may know a trainer) that might be able to tell me, can I do this as a full-time job? If not, I still plan to pursue this, but I would need to think about another possible career path that pays enough $ to live on.

Thank you, so much! This is my dream!!!

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I trained my service dog by myself. I am a trainer, raised in a household of people who trained dogs, and kennels as a young teen/child.

From what I could gleen, trainers for organizations don't require any kind of certification, although most of them have military training backgrounds or prison training backgrounds.

Most trainers are also just good trainers. If you can learn well enough to apply to work in one of those places, you can become a trainer for them, or get an entry level position, however, why go work for someone else when you can work for yourself?

There are many, many trainers out there training dogs solo who make an extensive amount of money and can still help people to train their dogs.

I trained my dog myself, but not everyone can do that. It is legal to train your service dog yourself, since no certification is required by Federal law, and you can also hire a trainer to help you out, and therefore, that is where you'd come in.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to message me by clicking my nickname and asking. I am here to help you if you need it, and also, please, keep the # at the bottom of the http://www.ada.gov page and call it should you have any questions. It is the ADA hotline.

I really hope this helps.

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• It is possible to do it full time, however it does cost a great deal of money, time and dedication. There is many ways to raise cash, or so I'm told, but there is also grants the disabled can apply for, so long as you are and approved member of their program.
  
  You not only have to pay vet bills, food, grooming but you have to have the enormous amount of time to train the dog or many dogs. there is a popular demand for Service Dogs, and just not enough Service Dog places.
  
  One good way to do it is through puppy raisers, however you have to compensate them for their time, another way is to place the Service Dog to be with their partner at 6 months old. Still handicap people can't afford the care, but may pay it provided that the dog will be theirs when the training is finished. This provides one problem though, if the grant doesn't go through.
  
  Hope this helps.