Certified Dog Trainer

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If you want to be a dog trainer what do you need to take to be certified?

I want to do something with dogs and I was thinking about trying to become a dog trainer. I see a lot of the different dog trainer web sites offering expensive course and say you get certified and stuff and I want to know what you need to be certified in to become a dog trainer. I know theres a couple places that call themselves school. Are any of these scams or something bad? I just want to take a course or do classes to become a dog trainer and I want to know how to do it lol.
http://www.animalbehaviorcollege.com/
http://www.k-9companions.com/becometrainer.htm
http://cooldogtraining.com/?page_id=132

Personally, I'd find a dog training facility that I liked, and ask to be an apprentice. If they recommend a course, take that course. Not just what you find on the internet.

I have trained dogs for over 30 years, have many performance and conformation titles, and simply learned by taking a lot of classes and seminars, working my dogs and reading all I could about all types of training -- not just dogs, but marine mammals and exotics as well.

Also, thinking back my college classes in psychology (classical and operent conditioning) were very useful too.

I find that I have NO patience for some of the trainers you see at petsmart/petco and similar places. They have no clue and have never even gotten a CD on a dog, and think they know about training.

Read Jean Donaldson's book "Culture Clash" to get you started. Its an eye opener on dog behavior.

Become an apprentice to a good trainer, you'll get much farther and be a far better trainer!

My Doggies Daycare - Certified Dog Training


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