Animal Behavior College (ABC) offers aspiring dog trainers across the United States and Canada the opportunity to train from the comfort of their own home while maintaining their current jobs. Training locations are available nationwide and local to you! Founded in 1998, ABC created a new kind of animal behavior school by combining home study through written material and CDs with hands-on apprenticeship with a local professional mentor trainer. ABC maintains an educational philosophy of creating successful relationships through positive interaction and consistency. Students learn how to train dogs using positive reinforcement and other techniques, such as luring, capturing, molding, and shaping.

Programs:

• Certification as a dog obedience instructor

Financial Aid: 100% financing is available. Tuition discounts are also offered when payment is made in full or with a sufficient deposit.

Career Services: ABC and its sister company, ABTA, maintains a relationship Petco Animal Supplies to provide ABC graduates with job placement assistance for positions at Petco.

Accreditation: 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.