Animal Behavior College is one of the most prestigous dog training universities in the world. The university is for those who want to enter a career in dog training. They also have a Animal Behavior College Veterinary Assistant Training Program, allowing you to become a certified veterinary assistant. Animal Behavior college is centered in California, but it is mainly based on a long distant learning program, so you can get educated right from your home. Animal behavior college can also help you after you graduate, get job placement in a career as a Petco as a professional dog trainer. They are the only dog training college that can do this because Animal Behaviors sister company, ABTA, had an exclusive relationship with Petco Animal Supplies, in which ABTA supplied all training classes for Petco.

ABC’s comprehensive curriculum is 11 stages long and expands over 800 pages. You first start learning the theoretical curriculum from your home study. Eventually towards the end of the program then you ABC Mentor Trainers to finish your curriculum program. The maximum time allotted for each student in the ABC program is 60 weeks, but you can finish the program in as little as 40 weeks. Tuition for Animal Behavior College $2815 to $3570 depending on the payment arrangements and available tuition discounts for all US students. You can also be eligible for low interest student aid loans to assist you with the cost of tuition.

Animal Behavior College is a private vocational school approved under California Education Code Sections 94915 and Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. This approval indicates that Animal Behavior College has been visited and reviewed pursuant to state standards, and that the curricula is consistent in quality with the curricula offered by traditional institutions. You can learn more about Animal Behavior College at Animalbehaviorcollege.com

If you want to get good at Dog training without a formal school education, I recommend you check out the popular e-book Secrets to Dog Training

Secrets to Dog Training is the best selling dog behavior training program on the net. I’ve had the ebook for years and it’s helped solve a few behavior problems we had with our dog.

Secrets to Dog Training Program Overview

The main e-book of the Secrets to Dog Training program is almost 200 pages long. It is as comprehensive as it gets, with over 200 different chapters on different topics! The e-book is divided in major sections, first answering common questions for new dog owners. Then the rest of the book discusses common behavior problems and how to correct them, advanced command tricks, and dog health problems.

The author covers all the basic training and command topics plus other unique topics like; dog rivalries, how to stop your dog from eat his own poop, cat and car chasing, and family deaths, to name just a few. He also helps you with some unique training styles that I’m not familiar with using, dog whispering training technique and understanding your dog through facial and body expressions through the wolf instinct. There is so many different dog training styles out there its confusing to know who is right. Thankfully he helps clear that up by giving the pros and cons to various dog training techniques.

You will find the format of the Secrets to Dog Training e-book very easy to follow. It is written very clearly in simple terms, and there is many pictures that demonstrate the points. He also gives you the flexibility to use more than one training technique to solve problems. This is very useful because some dogs might not respond as well to certain styles of training. I found the flexibility in different techniques he offered, helpful for training my own dog effectively.

The Secrets to Dog Training package also gives you a few extra e-book bonuses for free. They give you the entire ebook in audio format. That way you can listen to the book read to you on a CD player or MP3 player. The 2nd and 3rd bonus e-books “A Quick Guide to Dog Aggression” and “All The House Training Methods & Tricks” go in more depth than the main book on answering these issues. The 4th bonus book “Dog Grooming Made Easy” covers tooth hygiene, nail clipping, fur grooming, and more. It’s the only dog training package I’ve come across that thoroughly discusses dog hygiene and grooming. The “Tips On Security Training Your Dog” book is for those who want to use their dog for security. I think the best bonus e-book given away is the “Secrets To Becoming The Alpha Dog”. This e-book uses the alpha pack leader system of training. If you are a fan of the Dog Whisperer T.V program with Cesar Milan, then you will appreciate the “pack leader” training style. Finally, you get special access to the forum community available only for members who buy Secrets to Dog Training.

Conclusion

Overall, Secrets to Dog Training is the most comprehensive dog training program I’ve read. Secrets to Dog Training only costs 39 dollars and it’s in e-book format, so you don’t have to pay for shipping and handling. I’ve seen many dog training programs cost much more than that and that’s not including the shipping charge. I can see why this is the best selling training program because it covers every problem I’ve actually had or could of possibly had with my dog. I found Secrets to Dog Training very effective and learned many things that I haven’t read about from other training programs. You won’t get bored reading this book because it’s such an easy read. Secrets to Dog Training has a 60 day money back guarantee, so there is no risk to you for trying it.

I recently started seeing a T.V commercial for Don Sullivan’s The Perfect Dog: Secrets to Training the Perfect Dog. The official site is at ThePerfectDog.com or Thane.com. He also calls himself the “The Dog Father”. I admit I was a bit skeptical at first, but they had a 30 day moneyback guarantee, so I thought I would try it out.

The PerfectDog.com package comes with 2 training DVDs, Don Sullivan’s personally trademarked collar the Command Collar, and his Freedom Training Lines leashes. Don Sullivan also sales some other products at his site, but they aren’t included in the 60 dollar package. His 2 DVDs covers many topics, but not with enough depth I thought. There were a few helpful things in the DVDs, but most of it was just basic techniques or things I’m not sure are even the best approach to dog training. I have serious reservations about his training philosophy. He doesn’t believe in using dog treats and rewarding your dog. I don’t know where this idea came from because I and many other dog owners have had success training our dogs using treats. Dogs should be rewarded for knowing that they are doing a job well done. Another thing I don’t like is that there is no book that comes along with the DVDs. It would be nice to be able to at any time sit down and look up something, without the huge hassle of having to load up your computer or DVD player and search for it.

Overall, ThePerfectDog.com system is a bit of a dissapointment. I would recommend you just save your $60 dollars if you are thinking of buying it. I don’t think it was really worth the price. Instead I recommend a much more effective and cheaper training guide from the popular Secrets to Dog Training e-book guide.