Dog Health Questions: Pursue Dog training career?

I like to pre plan things before i jump right in and need a little help this time. I have loved training dogs since I was really little and I plan to pursue a career in it. I want to train dogs Agility, Basic commands, and fix problem dogs. I am thinking of working along side a shelter to train some of the dogs before they go to homes. What would be an ideal setup for this. I am thinking a large shed insulated with individual pens but dog runs connected by dogie doors. I will place one dog per kennel and the whole setup will be on a concrete slab. One more thing, what would be a good price to start out with. I was thinking $150 per week depending on the type of training but i'm not sure. I only want this to be a small thing like a side job but If i really like it I will grow bigger. I have done a LOT of research on this but I want to be absolutely sure of everything. I know many people in the dog showing business and training and they are giving me lots of advice but i need a little more info or thoughts. Thanks in advance!

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Hmm, not sure what you have in mind?

Best first step is to become certified: http://www.ccpdt.org/

If you don't have the experience or knowledge yet, try volunteering at a shelter. A shelter can't pay you that much money to train their dogs, but you would get invaluable experience doing it for free. In addition, you could foster some of the 'problem dogs' from the shelter and get them to be more adoptable.

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• Most people wont go for the "ditch your dog for a week" training methods - unless it has to do with herding or things that HAVE to be done on site.
  
  At least 50% of obedience training classes are training the OWNER. Because what good is the class if the owner has no idea how to handle the dog?


• Are you trained, qualified and licensed?
  
  EDIT:
  
  OHHHH... just read your other question. Your breeding your dog. The shelters you plan on working for HATE people who are not breeders who breed their pet quality dogs. Dogs the same as the ones you plan on producing are dying in shelters NOW... don't add to the problem...


• A shelter will not pay you 150 per week to train their dogs. They have a lot of people that volunteer their time to train shelter dogs. You need to get some experience, so at this point I would volunteer. See if there is a CPDT trainer that would let you volunteer to work with them. To train dogs for agility, you really need to start training your own dog for agility. Most people will not go to an agility trainer that does not successfully compete with many different breeds. I have seen a few dogs ruined and injured by going to someone who has no clue how to train agility. Most training classes I agree are to train the owner on how to train their dogs. In New England they range 130 for family agility classes for 6 weeks, and 145 for family dog classes for 6 weeks.