Dog Trainer Academy

DOG TRAINER INTERN ACADEMY - Level I
This intense six-day week school for dog trainers will teach you the basics of owning or operating a Professional Dog Training Business.
Learning the basics for your own dog training career. We use motivational training methods, and you will discover it is a joy to work with animals in this way. You will work individually with an assigned dog the entire week. You will spend five days learning the scientific concepts behind behaviors and how we modify them. You will learn to conduct training classes, while training a shelter dog yourself, you will learn how to conduct "shelter dog assessments", plus come away with a very intense knowledgebase of the science of dog training.
This is one of the best vocational school experiences you can have. During this six-day week we will include basic handling for grooming animals, in addition to your other training. This professional dog trainers school will cover many of aspects of instruction for dog trainers that others don't.
Upon arrival at school on Monday morning each student will be assigned the care and training of a local shelter dog. This dog will be the responsibility of the student the entire week. You will be instructed and practice the skills of training this dog in basic manners behaviors. You will learn how to conduct a Behavior Assessment on this dog plus an additional student's dog.
Each evening, you will study the lecture materials covered during the day in preparation for a written exam the next morning. There are no multiple choice questions on these exams, answers are all in hand written paragraphs constructed by you. We deem it essential that you understand training theory if you anticipate going on to become certified through the CPDT - Certification of Pet Dog Trainers Council.

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