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Become a dog trainer - deepen your dog training skills and learn how to pass them on professionally

If you want to become a dog trainer, it is important that you can look back on many years of experience in keeping and training dogs. If you would like to turn your hobby into a profession, you can gain extensive experience on a course as a dog trainer, dog coach or dog breeder.

The training gives you the necessary confidence in dealing with the four-legged friends and provides you with comprehensive know-how about the breed, the behavioral biology of dogs, their body signals, their forms of behavior, the human-dog relationship, the anatomy and pathology of dogs as well as their breeding and genetics. You will also be taught professional and practical methods and tools to make dog training interesting and instructive for humans and animals. After successfully completing the course, you will also be able to offer courses on various problem situations and for different age groups of dogs. You will learn to quickly and competently detect misbehavior and behavioral problems in dogs and interpret them correctly. In this way, you will be able to professionally help the respective dog owners to correctly manage and control the behavior of their four-legged friends.

If you want to become a dog trainer, in most cases you will do this as a part-time job. Participants in dog training courses are free to open their own dog school afterwards.

Would you like to become a dog trainer and are you still looking for a suitable school or course? Would you like to find out about the courses on offer in your region or would you like to see more detailed information about the course content? On Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch you will find a comprehensive overview of the relevant and recommended training and further education courses for dog trainers. Contact the schools directly via the online contact form - free of charge and without obligation.

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The dog training courses are held over a period of around eight months and take place as three-day blocks - from Fridays to Sundays. Please note that the Friday course does not start until 5 p.m., so that you "lose" little or no working time.

During the dog trainer training course, all those who want to become dog trainers attend the required 19 modules. The following topics are covered, among others: Developmental phases of the dog, character tests and analysis, pedagogy in dogs, intra- and intercommunicative communication of the dog, domestication, specialization of dog breeds, diagnosis of behavioural problems, rhetoric, didactics, sociology of the Canis Familiaris, methodical therapy of relationship and behavioural problems in the human-dog relationship, anatomy, physiology, neurobiology, organizational structure, marketing, raising puppies - family dogs, animal welfare, animal law, nutrition and various forms of training.

After such extensive training, graduates are able to become dog trainers and open their own dog school.

People who want to become dog trainers obtain the qualification of certified dog training consultant after completing their training at the Triple-S training center.

The cost of training to become a dog trainer is CHF 7,250 for all 19 modules or CHF 450 for individual modules. In addition, there are costs of CHF 600 for the examination and optional diploma thesis.

Various continuing education, further training courses are offered for dog trainers, some of which require passing the HEB exam (dog training consultant). Possible courses are for example: NHB National Dog Owner Brevet for Trainers, Animal Care Officer FBA (specialist, profession-independent training for care staff in animal shelters with a maximum of 19 care places, Natural Dogmanship® - Instructor as well as other HEB continuing education, further training courses on a wide range of topics.

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Oberbölchenstrasse 109
4458 Eptingen
Triple-S GmbH, training center for man and dog
professionally advise and support people in training their dog

In our "Specialist training: Dog Education Counseling" (short: HEB) you get more than a dog trainer training! You will get to know different methods and approaches in dog training counseling. You will gain a deeper insight into the current trends in dealing with dogs. You will also learn how to assess procedures on a professional basis and how to use them in a pedagogically sensible way.

In our HEB, we not only introduce you to the different methods of dog training, but also discuss their educational value:
What approaches to dog training are there?
How do these different approaches work?
What consequences do they have for the relationship between humans and dogs?

Respect and empathy when working with people and dogs is the prerequisite for good dog training advice.

You can find more information on our website or arrange a consultation with us.
Region: Aargau, Basel
Sites: Eptingen
Address:
Loostrasse 10
8461 Oerlingen
Kynologie Schweiz GmbH
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As an EDUQUA-certified company, we train the qualified specialists of tomorrow.
At Kynologie Schweiz GmbH, you can attend your training courses on a modular basis so that you can
courses flexibly according to your personal schedule.

Our offers:

Independence
Courses:
-Dog trainer
-Puppy trainer
-FBA Animal handler
-Dog walker
-FBA Breeder (dog or cat)
-Dog groomer Groomer
-Adult course instructor
We give you the tools for your future independence!

Dog owners can deepen their knowledge of dogs in our Adult Dog Cynology and Puppy Cynology courses.
Further courses can be found on our homepage.

Our team consists of experienced and highly trained cynologists and specialist instructors.
We have a large facility with an indoor training hall, seminar rooms and a large dog salon.

We are authentic and want to impart practical knowledge.

Our greatest concern is your success!
We look forward to meeting you!
Strengths: The company is recognized as a training centre under the number BLV 09/0023. Our dog trainers are recognized by the veterinary authorities to offer you the necessary courses.
Region: Zürich
Sites: Oerlingen
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