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I don't have time to read through all of the posts, so I don't know if anyone mentioned this website. Here it is: http://rawdogranch.com/ It's an awesome website, and has a lot of great information.

Thanks everyone :D This post has gotten a lot of replies! I never expected it to be this long. I brought up the idea of fostering to my mom and she thinks it will be a wonderful experience. I'll be able to help a dog in need. I'll definately stick around on this forum and within a year or so, I'll m...

Wishing_away19, Are you thinking about doing volunteer work at your local Human Society? Not only would it be a great experience for you, but you can look after the dogs as though they were yours! :D I'm thinking about it..the problem is that the closest one is 1 hour away. :D I just found a collie...

People skills is also very important to a dog trainer, far too many don't have people skills and can't get through to their clients. Only experience can learn people skills, be a waitress, work behind a bar etc to gain people skills. Also a subject that will help is psycology, dog trainers need to ...

college has a lot of benefits to you as a person. it helps pass on knowledge, trains you to (in theory) think critically/analytically, exposes you to new and different ideas. Give you an opportunity to explore interests etc. I think we can all agree on these points. Now, while on paper to some empl...

Helping at a rescue will give you a lot more experience than having your own dog will do while you are at college, the experience gained with these dogs will help you a lot when you become a trainer because you will have to learn to think on your feet with them also to think outside the box to help...

Dogs are like my best friends, they are always there for you. I don't think a dog would take my life away. I'm not really into anything else. I do love horse back riding, and I'm starting lessons soon. That might be something I'll get into, but my bigger passion is training dogs. I want to be a prof...

Mattie- Thanks Fostering is something that I'm really looking into right now. But, how long do you have the dog?...until they are adoptable? Will shelters let a 17 year old foster in a dog with her family? Do you provide the dog with everything like food, or does the shelter provide it?

Thats horrible!, but I also don't believe that choke collars are always bad. They are a training device, that some trainers use. Choke collars do just that, used correctly or not. The training philosophy of this forum is that you train your dog by showing him what you want, not "correcting&quo...

Noobs: Thank you. That is the only thing that is stopping me from getting a dog. How everyone has to be on the same page. My mom likes to spoil dogs, and her boyfriend does too. I'm not worried about my sisters, because they understand all of that.

Thats horrible!, but I also don't believe that choke collars are always bad. They are a training device, that some trainers use. They can ve very damaging to your dog if you use them incorrectly. I've used a choke collar on all of our dogs, but I didn't train our dogs to walk nicely with them. I use...

One of our dogs got outside once, and 'nipped' our neighbor. He called the police. So that night a polic officer that I have never seen before(I know a lot of police officers lol) knocked on our door. Our dogs were well-behaved. We had them sit/stay before he came in, and then we let them greet him....

Nettle- Thanks, and I'll definately stay around. So far this forum/people has been very helpful. I can't wait until I have a dog of my very own! I'm thinking that the Papillon is what I'm going to go with.

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Thank you guys for putting all of that time in your posts. :) First of all do get things clear, I'm going to a community college to get my associates degree, then I'm waiting a couple of years and going to go to the university. I just want a degree to fall back on, because I don't need a degree with...