Dog Training Evolution
Recommended Answer:
NEVER!!!!!!!
Anyone that uses that anthropomorphizing BS "pet parent" is far too AR-brainwashed to be turned loose to ruin others animals!
Grow up,get real & then prove that by titling several dogs.
Guard Dog Training
- You start by training and observing, there is no one way to train a dog, just because you had success with training your dogs does not mean you can walk in a train a dog like mine. You have to be able to read a dog and decide what the best method of training the dog will respond to which, IMPO is something you are born with.
If you talk to a trainer then they might let you observe, but that will not teach you everything. Some trainers are total idiots and think that all dogs respond the same way. There are hundreds of methods of training, then you can to take that method and decide what adjustments would need to be made for a certain dog. - I'm sorry, you have no business teaching anyone anything.
If you can't figure out something as simple as when to start offering basic obedience to customers...you have already failed.
Reading books and training your own dogs does NOT make you qualified to be a dog trainer.
Not only should you be asking to "observe" a training session - you should be asking to MENTOR with the trainer and you should be doing this for quite a while before you even attempt to do it yourself!
You need a REAL trainer to mentor with. Not some Petsmart yuppy.
Google Schutzhund clubs in your area - ask for a referral to an obedience trainer that they think would be interested in mentoring. You need experience with someone that has experience with harder dogs than your average laid-back family pet. - Great question and I totally agree with your additional information about criticism. Every Dog Trainer begins somewhere. I asked my Dog Trainer. He suggest mentoring with a local trainer near you. He thinks it's an honor when he is asked. There are different approaches in training. He uses a more positive style compared to some more harsh. I think one of the others suggested was a more harsh and he recommend you joining APDT. Dog Training Association who promotes on going education. My trainer has mentors also who are dog walkers and pet sitters. And they refer business to each other and have a good working and mentoring relationship. Check out APDT.com good info and variety of options.
- Right now you do not have the qualifications to do any professional training. By that I do not mean some kind of "school", but what have you done with your own dogs besides train them at home? Are any of them CGC, or therapy certified? Do you compete in any local competition obedience trails? If you do, have you won? Do you compete in agility? Shutzhund?
What methods of training do you use? Compulsion, Clicker, P/R, etc?
Have you studied dog behavior and dog body language? Do you feel comfortable talking to dog owners about these topics?
What are your references?
As a consumer, these are the things I would look for in a trainer.
I am not bashing you for wanting to be a trainer, but there is a whole lot more that goes into that besides having well-trained dogs of your own. - You start by getting a qualification !!!!! End of.....
Start booking onto a training course which will cost quite a lot of money.
I am having trouble believing you are serious - even with your added details.
You GET A QUALIFICATION ..... You can't offer to train other people's dogs when you have no qualification to do so...!!!! - You need to finish a school or class for that. Though, this probably depends on where you live.
You don't ask a trainer if you can watch, you pay for the class and go with your dog or else it would just be a free class which no one would give.
Have you ever volunteered at a shelter? Worked with fearful or aggressive dogs? What kind of breeds do you have experience with?
What kind of "basic" training? Tricks? Behavior? - Not until you have taken a formal course and become a certified trainer. In my opinion, you would then need experience working at someone's training facility before going out on your own.
And for me, that facility would not be PetSmart working in their little ring in the middle of a store. - You do not sound qualified to me to be teaching training. Hire a qualified trainer to teach. Try finding a trainers school near you. I don't want to vouch for it( as I really don't know much about it), but there is a school called animal behavioral college that has locations across the country.
- Training your own dogs does not mean you are ready to be a dog trainer. You don't ask a qualified trainer if you may "observe a training session". Do you honestly think watching one session will teach you all you need to know?
Have you ever taken your dog(s) to an obedience trial? How many CDX's or UD's have your dogs earned? I'm guessing none....
Enroll one of your dogs in an obedience course. Go through all the levels, maybe do agility too (that is fun for both you and the dog). It's quite possible that by then, the school will want you to assist training the beginner classes, and you can move upward from there.
"if a customer happens to ask me how long I have been training, what do I say?"
Always tell the truth. At this point, all you can say is that you trained your own dogs and read some books. You may end up being a great trainer, but at this point you simply don't have the qualifications. - Go to petsmart and ask the trainers. I took my pup to petsmart at 8 weeks. he knows everything and hes on 4mos. maybe you can work at petsmart, they will hire you and give you a 4week training. they also give a certificate. just know that there is not age limit to train a dog/pup. all dogs and be train.
No comments:
Post a Comment