Dog Health Questions: Dog Training...or other ideas?

okay so i want to become a dog trainer or something involving dogs in figured the best way to start would be a dog trainer any ideas how to get a part time job as one i'm 18 btw if that helps
and don't say go to your local pet store i need some specifics

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try out animalbehaviorcollege.com
its an amazing, and affordable, college for Dog Training!!!! It will teach you all of the basics.... as far as getting the job right off the bat, it will start off as training. Look in your yellow book pages for trainers around your area and see if they need an assistant. Or just ask if you can observe some of their classes so you can see how the whole shebang goes. I allow people to sit in on my classes all the time, and I let people do internships too if they are good by the end of a 21 week program they get hired. So look around and ask!!!

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• Start volunteering at a humane society or shelter. This is a great experience and can be awesome on a resume. This will also get you used to many many different types of dogs, good and not so good to make sure your career path is ideal.
  
  There are puppy daycares that you can apply for. Some PetSmarts have puppy hotels that you could be a caretaker for.
  
  Without experience you cannot just become a dog trainer, there are schools and classes that can get you certified. Also you might want to look into dog therapy, yoga, and other dog behavior class alternatives in your area to see if they are willing to train you.


• Most colleges offer Animal Science courses. Show kennels & dog shows are another place to get more contacts, look for a beginning position, or find out it's not for you. Service dogs (like seeing eye dogs) have organizations to volunteer for, also, so do animal shelters. If you could take one dog home at a time, train it, or rehab it's personality to make it easier to adopt- I imagine a good track record would open doors. Good for you.


• YES. Petsmart. If you already have a dog its 109$ for an 8 week program with you're dog to get a simple training class...and tell the trainer your interested in being a pet trainer once youve taken the classes with her. if she thinks you'd be good at it she'll send you to a 2 week training and then you're certified. and you get paid.


• I think a good idea would be to see if you can shadow a dog trainer. Look in phone books and search online.
  
  best of luck to you!
  
  lilyxx


• Books.
  
  School, there are several good dog training schools.


• I think it's a bit more involved than just taking a 2 year training course to get certified. Maybe that's all you need to do training at PetSmart, but I would say you need more than that.
  I would try to find a good dog trainer in your area and ask them if you can shadow them (eg. just sit in during their classes.) Many trainers will take you on as an apprentice and teach you for free and get you to help out in their classes. If you love dogs though, why not start out as a dog walker. You can make a pretty good living doing it part time, and you learn a lot about dog behavior especially if you do group dog walks.