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Career in Dog Training is a deeply satisfying and rewarding profession. If you are really passionate about dogs and you took a proper course you can select dog training as career.

7 points to consider before you decide career dog training

1. You should love dogs and wants to love them more.

2. You should have a deep interest in working with dogs

3. You should be comfortable to interact with dogs of different breeds, personalities and temperaments.

4. You should be capable to manage different types of dog owners, dog handlers.

5. You should be fit

6. You should have plenty of patience and self-control.

7. You should have extensive knowledge about dog behavior and you should have willingness to learn more.

What you should know before deciding dog training as career?

You can choose one of two careers in working with dogs, the first would be ’The Pet Service Training’ and the second, ’Dog Training’. Both have relatively high demands in the market but there are a lot more opportunities in pet dog training than in service training.

Pet dog training involves teaching the dog how to live as a companion with his master and learning the basics such as obedience, being potty trained and learning acceptable behaviors which may include eliminating bad behaviors such as biting and barking.

Dog Service Training is geared towards helping people with certain disabilities or working with people undergoing therapy. Another division of service dogs may include the following: chasing criminals, drug and bomb sniffing, search and rescue dogs and hunting dogs.

Each of these take a large amount of dedication and patience on the trainers part as they are very intense fields of specialize divisions.

Top 6 favorite careers for dog lovers

• Dog Groomer

• Doggy Daycare Operator

• Dog training and behavior modification is definitely rewarding work.

• Boarding Kennel Owner or Employee

• Veterinary Technician

• Dog-Sitting and Dog-Walking

6 points to consider before you join a good training program

1. Program should cover a complete history of dog training from late 19th century to present. Comparison and contrast of dog training with other animal training endeavors.

2. Course should cover classical and operant conditioning, positive and negative reinforcement, positive and negative punishment, conditioned reinforcers, discrimination, generalization, habituation, sensitization and desensitization, blocking and overshadowing, motivation, establishing operations, conditioned emotional responses.

3. Apart from dog training, they should teach you maintenance of proper dog hygiene, nutrition and grooming.

4. Comparisons of dog learning to human learning.

5. Different types of dog Behavior likes dog development and ethology, genetics of behavior, fixed action patterns, social signals, body language, social development, critical periods, hormonal influences, breed characteristics.

6. How to open a dog grooming or training business. You should be taught on how to design your courses/instruction materials once you graduate. How to counsel individuals, motivate handlers/owners, how to screen and steer clients.

To be a good dog trainer it is not required to have a ’know it all’ mentality’ but basically all you need to know is how to handle all types of dogs, work well with their handlers and have sufficient knowledge on the basics of dog training.