Agricultural Opportunity: Dog trainer

Dog Trainer Current Vacancies

2008-06-13:

Dog trainers and instructors train dogs to help people with physical disabilities, hearing or sight difficulties or there are four types of assistance dog: seizure alert dogs recognize signs that their owner is about to have a seizure.
Most trainers are employed by the registered charities that form the umbrella organisation Assistance Dogs UK.

These are: Support Dogs, Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People; Dogs for the Disabled.
Trainers deal with the initial stages of training, before passing the dog on to an instructor, who takes the dog through the instructor then works with the dog and client together, Aftercare and support is provided for client-dog partnerships. trainers.

Dog trainers work 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday, with occasional evenings, weekends and bank.
Trainers and mobility instructors drive all over the country to visit dogs and their owners, and the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is the largest of the training organisations, with around 500 trainers and mobility instructors.

Guide dog trainers can be promoted to mobility instructor, although this might require relocating manager.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People employs about 20 trainers. Trainers can progress to supervisory jobs or become placement officers.

There are three organisations training assistance dogs for the disabled and medical alert dogs: Canine Partners, Dogs for the Disabled, and Support Dogs. training. (Permalink)