Consumer spending on pet training services is projected to rise at a CAGR of 6% to $6.84 billion by 2031. As an Academy grad you will be in pole position to benefit from this growth.
An Academy education gives you a competitive advantage. Our skilled grads routinely run lucrative businesses and hold leadership positions throughout the industry.
The Academy’s in-depth education offers unparalleled value for money. You get everything you need to succeed straight out of the box, with post-grad support and no hidden fees.
Many Academy graduates run successful businesses either as general dog trainers or specialists in a particular area such as fear and aggression
Many of our grads hold leadership positions as behavioral experts at shelters, rescues and other animal welfare organizations.
The dog training field is awash with uneducated practitioners and the internet is awash with youtube videos and other material purporting to show consumers how to train their dogs. Unfortunately most of it is unhelpful or worse.
With an Academy education you will join the growing movement of positive-reinforcement trainers who are also skilled at getting the job done quickly and efficiently so that consumers do not resort to the use of painful equipment such as shock collars and prong collars.
Our grads often become teachers themselves, presenting at conferences, creating courses, mentoring assistants in their own businesses and writing books and articles.
The dog training field is unregulated, which means there is much work to be done lobbying for the rights and protections of dogs and consumers.
You will have the knowledge to take on leadership positions at our industry’s leading professional organizations, as many of our grads already hold such positions.
Academy students learn how to coach clients skillfully, efficiently and with empathy. Here is one of our grads coaching a client with a new puppy. All Academy students must be able to teach these behaviors quickly and reliably to dogs within their Freshman semester.
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