The Dog Training Industry Since the Canine Industry is not regulated or mandated, there are lots of problems, false marketing, and just blatant lies. Sadly, it’s the pets and pet owners that suffer while others profit from it.
Did you know, anyone can say that they’re a dog trainer and start a website for $8/month, say they’re ‘the number one trainer’, have a cute business name, and some cute pictures of them with a dog?
Owning a dog for 10 years and ‘saying you have 10 years experience’, is like owning a car for 10 years and saying you are certified and can train people to be mechanics and race car drivers. How about having a lot of ‘certified’ emblems on their website that anyone can pay $30 to $80 a year to be a member?
Or, saying that they are certified or Government certified-when there is no such classification?! Some dog trainers have never taken any training or stepped foot in a classroom! Where others have taken an online course that’s multiple choice (where you can just Google the answers), and then a person who took the same online course before you in your area, checks your work with a dog, and boom, you’re ‘certified’.
Of course this doesn’t work, and that’s why we see people that have hired a trainer or gone through puppy or obedience classes, and they haven’t worked. Even worse, trainers who use prong, shock, or choke collars etc. If you need to physically hurt or scare and intimidate the dog to do something, then you are NOT a Trainer or Training the Dog.
Dog to dog aggression, dog to human aggression, general aggression is very stressful for the animal and the owner. It puts the dog in a fearful, aggressive, panic, stressed, nervous state, and is always on guard and worried.
This is a fantastic service that saves so much time and money! Not to mention the frustration and sadness that comes with potentially having to re-home a dog.
