You have thought long and hard about what you want to do as a career and you want to be a dog trainer. Before you invest your time and money on that career choice you should know that not all dog training teaching schools are the same. Unlike other career choices, dog training is mostly unregulated. That means almost anyone can claim to be a dog trainer. The schools that offer teaching degrees in dog training can vary from worthless to a full rounded curriculum.
What you will need to do is thoroughly investigate the school you plan on attending to become a dog trainer. I have also seen individual dog trainers offering dog trainer certification programs ranging from several hundreds of dollars to several thousand. This is where it gets tricky, you are paying for the trainer's reputation as much as the teaching fees. Depending on the trainer, the price can either be reasonable or outrageous. Either way you must find out if the program has any successful graduates and contact them for their opinion of the program.
Another way to become a dog trainer is to get hired at Petco or Petsmart as part of their in house dog trainer program. Both stores have their own training program. Mostly you will be selling something to your dog owning students as part of your "career" at the pet stores. You will be expected to push for more dog training as well as pushing products.
The world of dog training is a case or tread carefully and beware of rip-offs.
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