How do i get into dog training?

I am 25 and do voluntary work at a local animal shelter and have been there for 8 years and have unofficially re-trained a lot of rescue dogs and rehomed them successfully, but my friends believe i should do dog training professionally, how can i go about this?

Contact the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. They should be able to give you all the info you need

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3 Responses to “How do i get into dog training?”

anwen55 on February 22nd, 2010 at 11:51 pm

Contact the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. They should be able to give you all the info you need
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http://www.apdt.co.uk/about.htm
Piggy56 on February 23rd, 2010 at 12:26 am

Hi, have you ask at the place you do Voluntary work to see if they can offer anything, i have also put a couple of websites that might be of some use to you, good luck with it:

http://www.funcareers.com/categories/pe/pe-dog/Become_a_Dog_Trainer.html

http://www.dogtrainingbookreviews.com/dog-training-sp.html?gclid=CJaQz474sooCFSYSQgodpyxzCw
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Nat on February 23rd, 2010 at 12:57 am

You could always check local newpapers and seee if any events crops up?

-Nat
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