Dog Health Questions: How can i become a trainer for police dog? which studies are the best?

i would like to become dog trainer, but i don't know what to do... and if the studies are short i would like to achieve another diploma before getting specialized in dog training!

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Here is info from the US Deparment of Labor's page on animal care and service workers (link is in sources):
"Education and training. Animal trainers often need a high school diploma or GED equivalent. Some animal training jobs may require a bachelor's degree and additional skills. For example, marine mammal trainers usually need a bachelor's degree in biology, marine biology, animal science, psychology, or a related field. An animal health technician degree also may qualify trainers for some jobs."

I would think criminal justice programs would be smart. I am not sure that there are major programs for training the police dogs. With criminal justice, you could probably become a cop and handle the dog. Even if you don't, a degree in criminal justice may be smart so you know what you are training the dogs for. I think you can get a 2 or a 4 year degree in criminal justice. Call up a local police station that uses police dogs and ask them. They would probably be willing to help you.

You could probably take some basic dog training courses and get some experience in training dogs if you have any. You could also train jsut about any other type of animal. Training is not based on intellgience level and it is actually easier to train dumb animals because they won't be wondering why they should listen to you. Training is just associating good things like treats with a behavior you want to the animal to do like sitting. You can also associate bad things like hitting or using a spray bottle with not doing a behavior or for bad behaviors like barking, but this is frowned on by many people.

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