Yes, Tx is right not *all* dog owners put a lot of store by a certificate. Not all certificates ensure the trainer will be "positive only", or say anything about the skill and experience of the person holding the certificate.
I've known fully certified, highly credentialed dog trainers i would not dream of allowing anywhere near my dog, and i've known some ppl who are self taught, or were taught or trained about dogs, but have no certificates, that i so wish i could bring my dog to. Many members here are training dogs, and many of them, i'd so love to help me with my dog, even if they have no certificate.
Like Tx, for example. If i ever get wealthy, i will sooooooooo fly Tx up here to help with Buddy, and i would not care an iota if Tx has a certificate or not, because i know she has deep knowledge of dogs and dog training. She's even helped me with my dog via emails! I can't imagine what she could accomplish with him if she met my dog!
Some areas of dog training/dog behavior, like dog aggression or managing the shy dog, are specialties, imo. Not all trainers or behaviorists are equally experienced in
those areas, but might rock at helping your dog learn agility.
I'm not entirely certain that my dog training hero, Kikopup has any certificates.(?) Or
when in her career she got them, if any.
Victoria Stillwell was popular and successful before she ever applied for a certificate. However, she has now designed her own certificates which bear her name. Lolz, Victoria Stillwell only just recently got her first dog of her own, a year or two ago. Never ever even owned a dog, yet, was skilled at training and understanding dogs.
Still, i know if i ever got such a certificate, i'd take great pride in accomplishing that!!
Yeah i would! It's still a very very worthy goal, even if not all ppl do care about them.
give me the willies.
Thanks. ^^
