What does it take to turn regular, ordinary dogs into expert police investigators who can help with homicide or murder investigations? Cadaver dog training. Dogs have an excellent sense of smell, combined with their exceptional tracking and locating abilities, which makes them perfect for helping police investigate crime scenes and for finding missing persons. How… Read more »
Category: Become a Dog Trainer
Improve Dog Behaviors and Obedience with Our Training Course
There are many reasons why you might want to learn how to improve dog behaviors and obedience. Whether you are a police officer or security personnel, a new dog trainer, a kennel owner or work with personal protection dogs, a professional dog training course provides you with the fundamentals on how to train a dog… Read more »
Get on the Trail of Scent Detection Dog Training
With their fantastic sense of smell, dogs can be valuable tools for law enforcement in sniffing out illegal substances, bodies, missing persons and even explosives. Plus, they make pretty great partners for the men and women of the force, too! These dogs, like officers, are only as good as the people who train them. Without… Read more »
Dog Trainer Career Outlook
Those who are looking to become a dog trainer are about to read some very exciting news! The field of dog training has seen nearly explosive growth in recent years. And the great news is…the market is nowhere near full. The US Dept. of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics gives animal trainers a 15% growth… Read more »
Dog Training is a Specialized Skill
Professional dog training is an extremely specialized skill. Those wanting to become a certified dog trainer cannot simply apply at a state university and enroll in a dog training career path. It simply is not offered there. Dog trainer schools are a few and far between. Attending a reputable trainer school will probably mean travel… Read more »
A Career Investment
An education at the Dog Trainer College is an investment. There are certainly costs involved however those sacrifices will be rewarded many times over to those who apply themselves. Some misinformed people feel that an education or career as a dog trainer is a low-scale accomplishment. Nothing could be further from the truth! Much like… Read more »
Unique, Non-traditional Education
What makes an education at the Dog Trainer College so unique? Thanks for asking. The training venue is set up completely different than traditional classrooms. Here, you’re not stuck in a stuffy classroom all day. Yes, an education at DTC includes lectures and classwork. But one of the huge advantages of our type of education… Read more »
Reproducible Methods
One of the challenges of dog training is to be sure that we as trainers are using training methods that are reproducible. In other words, professional trainers can accomplish some wonderful tasks with dogs. We have the knowledge, skill, & experience to bring out the best in the dog. But can the dog owner maintain… Read more »
Business Budgeting
Ok, let’s face it. This is not one of the most exciting issues we could talk about today. But it is part of real life. Dog trainers, at least in many markets, are one of those services which can be feast or famine. There can be times when clients (and their cash) are aplenty. Then… Read more »
