Your Questions About Dog Training Denver

Michael asks…

Jobs in Denver for someone with a love of animals and numerous degrees?

I have a number of degrees. I also love animals. I would love a job that combined my experience and education but was helping animals; also, I would like to make a decent living. Does anyone know of such jobs in Denver, Colorado?

admin answers:

Okay, I’m an entrepreneur, and I’m thinking about doing this myself… There is a HUGE need for good dog trainers right now, and people will pay good money to have their dogs trained. My wife and I paid $350 for 6 45 minute sessions with a froo froo dog trainer (pretty average rate), and she was absolutely awesome. But, most people don’t want to pay $350 for training, and wouldn’t need half the stuff she taught us anyway. After putting our dog through her class, I realized that she wasn’t training our dog, she was simply training us to understand dogs and then she taught us a few things to teach the dog ourselves.

There are several books that you could read that would teach you everything you need to know about the basics of understanding dogs. The trainer we used had a daily checklist of things we were suppose to do with Molly, and it was so basic, anyone could have done what that trainer did! She even told us that she has two degrees in animal something or other, but what she was teaching us was straight of books that we could get from the library.

You could charge $20-30/hour and people would absolutely love you and refer you to other dog owners. You could occasionally raise your rates little by little until you are at a price that you felt comfortable with.

Just a thought!

Donald asks…

Can my home insurance raise their price for owning a bully breed if it’s a service animal?

I am getting a pit bull as a service dog; she will be official. My question is this: in the state of Colorado, can the insurance company raise the price of our home insurance for having a ‘bully breed’, if she is a service dog? Or is that an infringement upon my rights as a disabled person?

admin answers:

Where are you getting the service dog from? Are you getting a program dog or owner training? If you are owner training, the dog will not be a service dog for 18 mo – 2 years (how long it takes to train a SD).

Yes, service dogs are exempt from BSL, but most local yocal law enforcement don’t know that. Hell, most of them don’t know service dog laws at all and that they have to be allowed in restaurants and stuff. So, you run into the very real problem of putting your dog at risk if you travel through an area with BSL. Ever go to Denver? They have a seize and destroy law for pitties.

Personally, I love pitties. But, would never have one as SD b/c its not safe for them. It also creates more problems for you. You will have more access challenges, people yelling at you, running screaming from you, etc…

On your question as of insurance companies…They can not treat you any differently b/c of your mitigation aide. So, I would find it difficult to believe that they could legally raise your rates b/c of your service dog, but I don’t know how you would prove it, and you might have to fight it in court. In court, you have to prove that your dog is a properly trained SD. It you have a program dog, that’s not hard. But, for an OT dog, that could be very difficult.

Brolis….You are correct, the ADA does not apply to ones home, BUT the FHA does apply to ones home and provides the same protections.

Robert asks…

How can I socialize my puppy?

I’m planning on taking him to puppy preschool, but after that I would love for him to play with other puppies weekly (no adult dogs). I don’t trust dog parks and none of my friends have dogs. Are there any puppy play groups near Monterey, CA
BTW: I don’t have the puppy yet but I want to be prepared when I get him in a few months. He is a Doberman so he must be socialize. Thanks in advance

admin answers:

Thank me Later ^0^

http://www.spcamc.org/classes.html

http://www.zoomroomonline.com/dog-training-classes/puppy-classes.html

And they are here

Austin, TX
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Monterey Bay, CA

All i could find I also found this article maybe it helpes some how.

Http://www.aspcabehavior.org/articles/83/Socializing-Your-Puppy.aspx

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