what is a good job if you love animals, but don't want to be a vet?

pets mart? pet co? animal breeding?

What about an actual Technician? The money is better then a vet assistant and you get to contribute more to the health and wellbeing of the animals as a tech. I am looking for a school to go to online to get a diploma in vet tech so I can do that as well. I was a vet assistant for years and after a while, cleaning dirty cages and answering phones is boring. I wanted to do more, if thats what you are looking for, consider becoming a tech.

Or if you want something not so health related, but still deal with pets on a daily basis.. what about grooming?

it's hard getting a job that pays to work with animals. I just attended the Best Friends No More Homeless pets conference (which is all about eliminating shelter euthanasia) and out of 1500 people attending, 95 % of them were volunteers that worked other jobs and spent there own money to help animals. I would look into Non profit groups and see what kind of jobs you can get in that capacity.

http://www.foundanimals.org/get-involved/employmen...

http://www.humanesociety.org/about/employment/

I was the same as you, since 2nd grade I wanted to work with animals and everyone would say "oh are you gonna be a vet?" no never, I finally got a job with animals at the age of 31, and it's in marketing..

I've decided that when I graduate from high school I'm going to become a certified dog trainer. You can make a good amount of money from that depending on where you live. If you live somewhere where not a lot of dog training is needed, perhaps you could be a dog trainer and a pet groomer? You could have an at-home business for both of them. You could also work at your local animal shelter. A good college for both certified dog training and pet grooming is ABC (Animal Behavior College.) I plan on going there. Here's their website: http://www.animalbehaviorcollege.com/

listed the following are some: Care and Conservation of organic world: Biologist Conservation Officer Cooperative Extension Agent Ecologist Educator Environmental administration Environmental Chemistry Forestry/Park Ranger Interpretive Naturalist organic elements administration organic world Rehabilitator Pets: Animal habit Outreach courses treatment and Psychology Zoos (preparation varies, starting from unique animal caretaking to biology: Director manager Keeper Habitat professional study Animal preparation: coach (large, small and exotics) for artwork, teach and leisure market, and obedience preparation Volunteer (will require particular preparation or previous artwork journey): SPCA Camps 4-H field study destiny Farmers Humane Societies Nature centers Parks organic world Rehabilitation centers Zoos

Animal Shelter,Pet Grooming,Dog Boarding,Dog Sitting. Good Luck :)

Animal physiotherapist (you would most often work with working animals like racehorses or racing greyhounds, you would specialise on species)

Animal behaviourist (specialist trainer, most of them specialise with dogs with health problems).

Vet nurse

Police dog handler

Mounted police

Army dog handler

Marine biologist

Zoologist

Not sure how much these occupations pay, but the first two you would probably run your own business and I would imagine you could charge quite a lot.

Zoo keeper

Anmal behaviourist

Animal trainer

Animal Physcologist

Shelter worker

Animal police person

Animal breeder

Farmer

Animal show judge

Animal handler

Animal food manufacterer

Vetinary assistant

Vetinary cop

Zoo inspector

Zoo manager

A wildlife activist

An animal companion

Consevationist

And many more...

Good Luck xx

Trainer.like dog trainer?