 Barked: Sat Sep 6, '08 4:41am PST |
 | |  | | I agree with so many of you...I could not stomach the veterinary field, but it took me a while to get into training (didn't even know it was a career, just thought people did it with their own dogs). I too would adore the KPA program, still would. That's like Harvard for dog trainers in my eyes.  I too was working full-time when I found a course by Penn Foster. I signed up, completed it and did an internship. I think with any online course, you should do the internship just because during the course you are not getting the "hands on" help that you will need to successfully finish. The course will show you different styles of training such as "traditional" and "positive" and most of the stuff in between, though it does seem to bend more towards positive. Don't Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor is part of the book study. Of course, afterwards, just keep reading, going to seminars and learning, learning, learning. Some you will agree with and use and others you won't and it gets filed away.
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