From my understanding there are no recognized programs that teach training...its more or less having a mentor and training dogs for years and YEARS and YEARS
Sorry to all you 20 something dog "experts"...but ,,,,eh NO
2. How does one become a dog "behaviorist" and who came up with that "title"? WTH is a dog "behaviorist"? Dog trainers KNOW the behavior of dogs...end of discussion.
3. WTF does training dolphins, primates and chickens have to do with dogs?
I've been told by several people here that "oooooh, my trainer has a phd in animal training"...uhuh! There is no bachelor / master/ doctorate program for the behavior of DOGs..NONE. PS. To all you little trolls....how long will it take you to delete this question? Do you take weekends off? or are you still busy on Sudays?
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1) You are correct.
2) A bunch of crap. Sorry. I have met 2 so called *behaviorists* when I was fostering. ~Talking to my rescue organization coordinator~
*Sandy, Ralph is dog aggressive*
*Glen, we had him checked*
*Sandy, Ralph is dog aggressive*
*Bring him to Petco tomorrow. The *behaviorist* will make that decision*
Fast forward to Petco:
*Hi, Susy. I am glen. Ralph is dog aggressive*
*I checked him out. He is not dog aggressive. How do you know that?*
*He attacked 4 of my dogs*
*Your dogs started it*
*No. Everyone was introduced properly. He went after the fist 4 and I wasn't gonna let him go after any more of my dogs*
*glen, dear.......it takes time for adjustment*
*I know, Susy dear. But these were full blown 'I am gonna to beat the crap out of you' attacks*
*Ralph cannot be in a multi dog household*
*You have a muzzle on him. Has he had this on the whole time at your house?*
*No, he has been kenneled at my vet. I can't have him in my house. He would be dead*
Fast forward to the behaviorist taking the muzzle off Ralph and walking him through Petco where he goes after a customer's GS and before I could get him away from the GS he turns around and goes after me then he proceeds to go after the behaviorist at which time I had to pull him up off the floor via his leash and collar while trying to get the muzzle back on.
The behaviorist was in shock. I was pissed. Ralph went home with another foster person. I wished her much luck.
3) I have never seen a trained chicken but I have a bird who will tell you to F~OFF if you get too close to her cage.
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- I agree with Rotten Rotts...Experience is the only teacher...Going to all kinds of seminars with already well known trainers helps. You can pick and choose from what you have learned as to what is appropriate with your style.
I have been to many different trainers with all 5 of my dogs...Some like "clicker training", some believe in only positive reinforcement, some believe in positive reinforcement with some correction and still others believe in "discipline and correction" only....
It depends on you....what do you believe?
And no - trolls do NOT take Sundays off!!! - Have owned and trained dogs for 44yrs now..
I come with a letterhead stating I am a renowned dog trainer and Magnets for your fridge..
Before that I use to bring home strays and hide them in my parents basement..My training was so good when I was 8yrs old that they were taught not to bark so my mom did'nt realize there was a zoo downstairs:))) - I have trained dawgs for dang near 30 years and I am a legend in my own mind.
Seriously no title needed it is all experienceyou can train a chicken????? - I don't know about "re known", but, you become a dog trainer because its something you really enjoy and you "feel" a calling for. You do it by working for or with someone that has done it for a long time and whose skills and experience you respect. You become a dog trainer after you have trained a few hundred dogs and that precludes anyone in their 20's...simply not enough time there.
You become a better dog trainer by experimenting with different methods until you find something that works for your type of training and not change your mind when the latest fad comes around.
Only experience is able to teach you that.
As far as the second part, again, I have no idea, never called myself that, never wanted to, I am a trainer, not a behaviorist, but, in order to train, I must FIRST recognize a behavior in order to effect a change in it...
I have never trained a chicken or a monkey, could not tell you about how to do it, I will leave that to those with the experience in that field, however, I also would like to have them leave the dog training world alone to those with the experience in it as well.
How things appear in a lab environment is a VERY different story then how they are in the REAL world. Hope I helped.
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