Your step-by-step guide to becoming a professional dog trainer! Advice, tips and insider secrets are presented in an easy-to-follow, down-to-earth manner; it's like having a professional trainer sit down for a helpful chat! Topics include what it's really like to train dogs--and their owners; financial feasibility of different types of training; how to get an education; how to set up your business and advertise; tools and products you should not be without; teaching group classes; teaching in-home lessons; phone tips; safety tips; trainer etiquette. This revised second edition features a brand new section on web advertising, expanded sections on education, tools and products, and an expanded Resources section. This book is required reading in many train-the-trainer courses and is recommended by the Association of Pet Dog Trainers.
Nicole Wilde is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) who specializes in behavior issues. She is a professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), the recipient of the prestigious Ian Dunbar Member of the Year Award for 2006, and a popular speaker at the organization's national and international conferences. Nicole is also an Instructor and on the Advisory Board for the Companion Animal Sciences Institute, the educational branch for the International Institute for Applied Companion Animal Behavior, and sits on the Board of the Association of Animal Behavior Professionals.
Nicole is an internationally recognized author and lecturer. Her books include Living with Wolfdogs Wolfdogs A-Z, So You Want to be a Dog Trainer, It's Not the Dogs, It's the People!, One on One: A Dog Trainer's Guide to Private Training, Help for Your Fearful Dog, Getting a Grip on Aggression Cases, Energy Healing for Dogs, and Don't Leave Me! Step-by-Step Help for Your Dog's Separation Anxiety (www.phantompub.com). She presents seminars both domestically and internationally for conferences, training clubs, and other groups.
Nicole writes training and behavior articles for various newspapers and magazines, including an ongoing Ask the Expert column for Modern Dog Magazine. She blogs for the Dog Star Daily and Victoria Stilwell's Positively site, as well as her own blog, Wilde About Dogs. Nicole co-stars in the DVD 'Train Your Dog: The Positive Gentle Method,' co-hosted the 'Dog Talk' radio show, and was featured in the Paul Owens DVD 'The Dog Whisperer.'
Nicole's background includes serving as Volunteer Coordinator for the City of Los Angeles' Animal Services, and Executive Director for Villalobos Rescue Center, a sanctuary for rescued wolves/wolfdogs, pit bulls and exotic animals.
Nicole owns and operates Gentle Guidance Dog Training in southern California (www.gentleguidance4dogs.com). With warmth, humor and positive techniques, she trains owner to train their dogs. Nicole continues to teach seminars domestically and internationally for professional dog trainers, rescue and shelter workers, veterinary groups and others, and to educate the public on canine behavior issues.
You can find Nicole on Facebook at https://facebook.com/NicoleWildeAuthor, on Twitter at http://twitter.com/NicoleWilde and on her Wilde About Dogs blog at http://wildewmn.wordpress.com.
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