Dog Trainers work with dogs to teach obedience and tricks and to address undesirable behaviors. Dog Trainer job descriptions often focus on three primary duties: evaluating each dog’s individual needs, establishing training goals and a training plan and overseeing the actual training process.
Một Dog Trainer phải có khả năng hoàn thành nhiều nhiệm vụ và trách nhiệm khác nhau. Sau đây là một số nhiệm vụ và trách nhiệm mà một Dog Trainer phải có khả năng thực hiện:
- Interviewing dog owners to understand challenges and goals
- Evaluating dogs in person and identifying potential challenges
- Creating custom training plans for each dog
- Training dogs to walk on and off-leash
- Obedience training, such as training dogs to respond to commands
- Socializing dogs with other household pets and teaching them “play etiquette”
Một Dog Trainer cạnh tranh sẽ có một số kỹ năng và trình độ nhất định, bao gồm:
- Patience, consistency and the ability to reign in emotions
- Attention to detail, particularly concerning subtle dog behaviors and common examples of canine communication
- Knowledge of different dog breeds and inherent behavioral variances
- Strong people-to-people communication skills
- Past experience and education in dog training, behavior modification and related skills
- Familiarity with and/or mastery of job-specific terms and concepts like behavior chains and leash training
