Should i become a dog trainer?

hi i just graduated high school. i love dealing and playing with dogs.i have a german Shepperd. i would like to know what the salary would be and what courses and schools to go to. I will probably work at pets mart for a couple years and then maybe open up my own dog training studio on average how much money would i make if i own my own dog training studio. i would love to go into training dogs for personal protection.



Thanks!Should i become a dog trainer?
No, YOU shouldn't. You should go back to primary school and learn how to punctuate, how to use a spell-checker, and what ';salary'; means.

?There is no such thing as ';german';, no such thing as ';Shepperd';.

?People who operate their own business do not receive a salary - only employees at a professional level get salaries; workers at below-professional level get wages or a commission or tips-only. But owners get neither - they get what's left of the business' cash-flow after paying salaries %26amp; wages, mortgages %26amp; rentals, maintenance %26amp; replacement of equipment. Most small businesses never reach that stage - they remain in a negative-balance situation until the receiver takes over and sells off whatever it can to help recover as much as possible of the mortgage still owing.



I am confident that you have NOT trained %26amp; competed with your poorly-bred maybe-German Shepherd Dog. No ADX. No Ob.Ch. No HGH. No IPO3 or SchH3. If you HAD qualified any well-bred pooch to that level you would:

(1) know the breed's name,

(2) know WHERE to ask this sort of question - and that _here_ is NOT the place!,

(3) know that the reputation of Petsmart ';classes'; is MIGHTY low and that anyone who has a smidgen of experience at REAL training is MOST unlikely to gain employment there,

(4) know that TRAINING is NOT ';dealing and playing with dogs';.



Are you even aware of how much time professional trainers spend being stitched back together? It is a consequence of the fact that (with rare exceptions) the pooches brought to them have been massively neglected for years and have become willing - often KEEN - to bite anyone or anything that defies ITS wishes.



I find it hard to believe that you GRADUATED from a high school knowing so little! You obviously not even once sat down for a discussion with a Careers Guidance Counsellor at your school, in order to discuss what career courses your previous academic %26amp; mechanical record indicated you were suitable for, and to get guidance as to which subjects you should include in your study courses during the next 3 or so years. For starters, if becoming a business owner was your ambition, you SHOULD have been taking a management course that included accountancy/bookkeeping.

You would then know how to develop a cost|benefit plan to evaluate whether there was a viable market for your proposed business in your area, and calculate/estimate how many years you would need to survive on bank-loans before the business started earning more than it was spending. A short term for the planning process is ';market research';.

Les P, owner of GSD_Friendly: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSD_F

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Thanks for the points, voters.

It's a pity that [Michael] wasn't interested enough to choose a Best Answer himself, eh!.

Les P

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Well you need to know how to correctly spell dog breeds. Like German Shepherd.
Join a GSD club. Learn how to train from professionals. Google Shutzhund and find a club near you. Stay away from petsmart - it will only hurt your resume.
if it is your passion and you think that training dogs reduses the fights they have(like pitbulls) then go for it! try to help as many pitbulls as possible ;)
talk to them at petsmart what courses you need.