Dog Health Questions: How do I start a career as a dog trainer and where do I begin learning dog training from?

I want to build my career as a dog trainer but i'm totally inexperienced with training dogs. I need a stepping stone but where do I begin? If I don't intend to study abroad, where can I learn dog training in Singapore? Any workshops or courses to recommend? Usually how do beginners get people to trust them to train their dogs? And if I don't want to be a freelance dog trainer, are there any company I can work for? And also, all the above mentioned questions have to be resolved within Singapore. I am a Singaporean and I do not wish to go overseas because I have no money to go abroad.This is my second enquiry on being a dog trainer.
Any wise advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! :)

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Try contacting some local Dog Training Schools. Here are a few in your area you could try. You can see the biography on the different trainers and how they got started.

Tel: 96890427
Add: PAW Veterinary Centre
(Puppylove)
Blk 112 Bukit Purmei Road
#01-207 Singapore 090112
Email: smartdog@puppylove.com.sgalso: http://www.petmovers.com.sg/obedience.ht…

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• You go to a Dog Trainer School.
  
  "dog trainer schools in Singapore" via Yahoo search.
  
  http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=dog%20t…
  
  That is how I learned to train dogs. I graduated a Canine Behaviorist, Master Dog trainer specializing in aggression (all aspects), Basic Obedience to Advanced Obedience trainer. It was in the 70's & then it cost $5,000.
  
  You can work with some of the rescues places they always need help. Get experience any where you can. I have mucked out cages, I've walked some of the dogs, I have dipped many in shelters, groomed them, . Go to a dog park & intermix with owners & their dogs.


• I would recommend going to a local shelter. Many shelters have programs that show volunteers how to train shelter dogs to make them more adoptable. And you can help develop contacts through the person running the program.


• The "Dog Whisperer" may have a great book on training out there. Also, watch his show for a lot of great tips.


• Well petsmart has a training program if that helps!


• First you need to train your own dog(s). Find an obedience school or club and take classes.


• HEY!!!
  I wanna be one too.
  
  If you are very unexperienced with dogs, you should start by finding a relative or friend who has one you can socialize with and get to know.
  
  Watch a lot of tv shows on dogs (animal planet has good information you can check their website)
  Hey look! found something on their website that might help you start!
  http://animal.discovery.com/guides/dogs/…
  Check it out!
  
  I have read about three books so far, and I trained my neighbour's dogs for basics with their help.
  Your local library is the best place to start.
  Read books about them, and try to go to a friend's house to test out their dog with what you learned (unless the dog is really well trained, which in my case, wasn't).
  
  The book that helped me the most, was called : The Complete Guide to Dog Training by Katharina Schlegl- Kofler
  
  I don't know much about Singapore, since I live in North-America but other answers might help you.
  
  However, for a first step, you should do the above.