They take care of boarding tasks, conduct advanced training, and may breed dogs. Owners who want their dogs to learn basic manners or to unlearn bad habits bring the dogs to the trainers. The trainers can teach the dogs simple obedience in a few days in half-hour sessions. Dogs with bad habits require a more creative approach. There are six standard dog personalities and numerous common bad habits.
Dog trainers know how different breeds tend to behave.
They look for signs of ill health or other reasons for bad behavior. The best training methods use praise and positive reinforcement to train the dogs. Violence is not used. Trainers try to think like the dog. Then they look at what they want the dog to do.