How can I become a guide dog trainer...?

While it is technically possible to privately train a guide dog in the U.S., it is impractical because finding a placement would be impossible. There are accredited and highly recognized guide dog programs in the U.S. that place guides for little or nothing, so there is no advantage in going with an unknown private trainer. In the rest of the world, nearly all countries require that guides be trained by programs which are members of the International Guide Dog Federation. Without that credential, the dog would not legally be recognized as a guide and would not be permitted anywhere pets are not permitted, which would significantly reduce the usefulness of the dog.

Training a guide dog or any kind of assistance dog is a money losing proposition. I'd say it costs around $5,000 for me to produce a service dog and that's not counting anything for my labor. Just covering expenses like vet care, health screening, food and gear, and rental of training facilities. Programs offset those costs with charitable donations. Getting such donations for a private trainer would be difficult.

Guide dog trainers typically must have a college degree in something like animal behavior, psychology, or something related to disability issues. Then they have an apprenticeship, usually lasting about three years.

Now if you wanted to be a puppy raiser instead, that would be much easier. No special qualifications are needed beyond knowing how to raise a dog. It's a volunteer position, but very rewarding. Guide dog schools place their pups in special homes from the time they are about eight weeks old until they are a year or more old when they are returned to the school for advanced training. Puppy raisers are responsible for potty training, teaching manners, and teaching basic commands. Typically the guide dog program covers veterinary costs including health screening, and the volunteer puppy raiser covers the costs of food and some of the gear.

Hi, I understand that you are looking for some advice or resources to help fully train your dog or fix behavior problems. If a professional dog trainer is not an option at this time, or if you want to trt training your dog on your own (a great way to bond), I'd suggest you https://bitly.im/aM2tq

A friend recommened it to me a few years ago, and I was amazed how quickly it worked, which is why I recommend it to others. The dog training academy also has as an excellent home training course.

Teaching a dog to guide someone, then teaching that someone to trust and work with the dog can be a very rewarding career. It is, by no means easy though. Here are just a few of the requirements most established guide dog training providers have for their trainer/instructors.

Excellent Physical Health

Stamina

A Background in Animal Training

A College Degree

The Ability to Teach or Coach

Good Public and Interpersonal Communication Skills

Guide Dog instructors must be a unique combination of major league athletic coach, social worker, animal behavioristmobility specialist, public relations expert and much more.

Guide Dog trainers must work with a variety of dogs within a given size range. A great deal of walking and upper body strength is required to mold hyper young dogs into responsible workers. In the beginning, when working with dogs alone, this may not seem bad, but soon the apprentice must team dog training with people training. You can't leash correct your blind student, or give him/her a dirty look and expect the undesired behavior or wrong actions to stop. You must verbally communicate while physically managing to keep up with the dog. Many blind people laughingly remember their instructors as shy, indecisive apprentices who grew into their jobs. Coming out of yourself to work with both dogs and people is a special skill and not one to be taken lightly. A little humility also goes a long way toward becoming a good instructor.

MUST LOVE DOGS.

Find a school to attend.

http://www.gdui.org/schools.html

As I said last night, you first need to study the laws in Brazil to find out the requirements of guide/service dog training. They might not even recognize service dogs or if they do they probably need to be accredited from an approved school (usually with an Assistance Dogs International or International Guide Dog Federation). Laws in different countries are vastly different.

After reading your comment about canes, I think you need to do some research on blindness before you attempt to step into this. More individuals who are visually impaired used canes than they do dogs. There are huge advantages of case (as there are others with a dog). Further, in order to receive a dog, schools require the individual to be proficient in O&M (cane use) before they will be accepted to the program. As a trainer, you will have to lean how a cane and O&M works as well. And 'some form of trained dog' is not better than a cane...with one wrong step a guide can place their partner in a life-threatening situation.

As for the service dog school, it sounds like you still need basic knowledge on dogs, disabilities,and laws. Maybe if you have been seriously breeding and training dogs for 20+ years and training them to high levels as working dogs (poliece, gun dogs, search and rescue) a SD training school might not be advantageous. But to me it sounds like you will need to learn the skills from the ground up including dog behavior and development before you could even think of training a dog. So I'm not sure where the 'fluff' comes into it.

Every dog needs some type of training. The first class I ever took a dog to was https://tr.im/tHhdO

It's a very basic kind of class. They will help you with your dog, and show you how to work with your dog at home.

They'll also answer any questions you have about your dog's particular problems and how to handle them. The most important thing in dog training is to be consistent and work with your dog at home on the lessons. The PetSmart class teaches sit, down, come, and the very basics every dog needs to know. They will also help socialize your dog. You are unhappy with an untrained dog, and believe it or not, the dog is actually unhappy to. You need to take your dog now, as the older he gets, the harder it will be to correct your dog's bad habits. Plus the classes are fun for you and your dog. My dog went from that first PetSmart class on to advanced obedience classes. You might also contact your local humane society. The one in my area offers obedience classes with a very good trainer at a reduced price.

Check with your local Lions Club. Many clubs take puppies and somewhat train them in a home environment before they are old enough to go to guide school. It's a volunteer thing and helps out a lot.

However, as far as actually training them, those are done by accredited institutions and is very intensive. I have never heard of any assistance dogs being trained by individuals.

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Grow up...TITLE a bunch of dogs ,the highest levels...PROVE you can train the BASICS before even attempting to apply. This is NOT a game/hobby-lives depend on doing things RIGHT! ALL guide dogs must be CERTIFIED!!!

OR...do you mean just being a "puppy-raiser"? Slightly less expertise needed.

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What's so baffling?

difficult point. try searching from google and yahoo. that will help!