I’m an aspiring dog trainer. I’m in 4-H with my dogs, a green IGP handler (with a very green dog, lol), and working on a couple other sports. Along with being an owner of reactive dogs.
Dogs are my passion and it’s my dream to own/start a dog training and boarding kennel when I graduate HS. I love helping the kiddos in my 4-H club with their dogs, and love helping out my friend’s dogs, and I want to do that. I especially want to help people and their dogs so they get the help I needed with my dogs.
I’d like to say I know a lot, but I don’t. I know some stuff, and I’ve worked a lot with my dogs. But I want to start learning MORE and start getting better and collecting more knowledge and training skills.
Are there any course or places or anything I can do to learn more? I want to start going to Seminars and stuff (not even sure how seminars work or how to find some close to me). I also think I might watch some Fenzi seminars. But, what else can I do? I’d love to take a Karen Pryor course (and a couple others), but not sure if I can since I’m under 18.
I do know of a trainer I was recommended to by my vet, who told me to see if I could be her apprentice, but I’m too afraid to reach out and that she’ll say no (especially since I’m more open minded approach rather than R+ like her).
But, yeah. Where can I start learning more?
Thank you!
Dogs are my passion and it’s my dream to own/start a dog training and boarding kennel when I graduate HS. I love helping the kiddos in my 4-H club with their dogs, and love helping out my friend’s dogs, and I want to do that. I especially want to help people and their dogs so they get the help I needed with my dogs.
I’d like to say I know a lot, but I don’t. I know some stuff, and I’ve worked a lot with my dogs. But I want to start learning MORE and start getting better and collecting more knowledge and training skills.
Are there any course or places or anything I can do to learn more? I want to start going to Seminars and stuff (not even sure how seminars work or how to find some close to me). I also think I might watch some Fenzi seminars. But, what else can I do? I’d love to take a Karen Pryor course (and a couple others), but not sure if I can since I’m under 18.
I do know of a trainer I was recommended to by my vet, who told me to see if I could be her apprentice, but I’m too afraid to reach out and that she’ll say no (especially since I’m more open minded approach rather than R+ like her).
But, yeah. Where can I start learning more?
Thank you!