Tips for Choosing a Dog Trainer

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village, I'm Carl Puentes, from K-9 Solutions in Miami, Florida and today I am going to show you dog training techniques from my new book, "Who is Training Whom." A great way to choose a dog trainer is through APDT, Association of Pet Dog Trainers and they are a world wide association dedicated to make them better trainers through education and seminars and through professionals like your veterinarian, groomer. They can speed up the process and help you find a certified dog trainer. Anybody can put up a sign and say okay, I'm a dog trainer and start training people's dogs. You want to make sure he is certified and reputable. You want to make sure that he is able to determine your dog's personality and ask questions. The more questions he asks, the better he is. You don't want somebody to just say okay, let's start training your dog without really knowing much about the dog. But one size fits all method, it's kind of old fashioned. So ya'll can learn as long as establish a program that will go along with their personality and then they get better instead of worse with the right dog trainer. "