What will I need to do in order to become the trainer? Any certificates, studying specific dog behaviours? Even Sch or Ipo titles?
And what is the yearly income of an average trainer in the work?
I still don't know how I'll ever end up breaking the dream to my parents in the end, but hopefully they'll understand. Thanks for all the help and time you give.
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Probably the easiest thing is to join your local Schutzhund club. This will help you understand the dogs drives. AS far as "civil" work, you really need someone with experience to show you how it's done. "Reading" the dog is extremely important...you can't just follow a "step by step" method type of training. The "helper", "agitator", "bad guy" (whatever you wanna call him) is the one training the dog. When to confront him, and when to revert to a submissive posture is what you need to understand. Timing is EVERYTHING (and of course...the right dog).
There is no school, no certificates. You Schutzhund club should have seminars from time to time that may help. Keep in mind that a majority of schutzhund trainers now are looking completely for "prey" drive dogs....these will NOT protect you in a real situation. A good balance of "prey" and "civil" makes the best overall protection dog. Blind aggression makes a good "junk yard" or "guard" dog.
My first day went like this..."They asked why I wanted to train dogs" I said "$3it, I don't wanna train dogs....I wanna put on that sleeve and get bit" They chained a dog up and told me to "piss him off without touching him"....when I came back, they said "You're on the clock...but you'll also apprentice training obedience". Starting pay was $250 a week....a long, long, long time ago. Now, my "low-end" dogs sell for $15,000.
Good luck with the parents, Loki!
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- Hi Loki i don't know a lot about this subject but you can go on my contacts page and some of my contacts might be able to help you.
- When I was working with K9's, I had to lose *EVERYTHING* I had ever learned about training 'pets'..
If you enjoy having a family 'pet'..you may not enjoy the rigid discipline of training protection dogs. Much of what you consider today as 'cruel'..is a necessity in developing a good personal protection or police K9.
What I found hardest, was the strict rules of what pet owners would call 'socializing'. ( beginning at 5 or 6 weeks old!) These dogs can't enjoy the company of other people's dogs or even of sociable strangers. They must have ONE focus..basically, stay ON GUARD, and what might be considered a, 'search and destroy', attitude.
They don't learn how to 'play nice'..but that their only play is their work.
If you want to make a career of dog training, you might do better to think about training assistance dogs, search/rescue dogs, or just be a family 'pet' trainer to keep good dogs out of 'jail'..The professional family dog trainers (rehabbers) make very good income, and are much in demand.
To answer your question, no certificate is necessary to train dogs in any discipline. It isn't a regulated field, yet.
You may find a mentor at your local schutzhund club, by doing a search for 'schutzhund, and your zip code..Your local Kennel Club might also point you in the right direction.
You will see the basics of schutzhund, here>
http://www.schutzhund-training.com/
Although schutzhund is fun, it is still a far cry form 'real' protection training.
If you will email me your region, I may be able to find a nearby protection trainer..An interview with a pro would be a good thing.
Here is a link to NASAR..which will show you the basics of Search and Rescue. You will learn enough to know if that interests you.
http://www.nasar.org/nasar/
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