| There are many more opportunities to earn a living | | | | Groomer / Stylist: Many people have been able to |
| working with cats and dogs besides becoming a | | | | work from their homes, converting a back room or |
| veterinarian. That may be the job that folks think of | | | | garage into their pet styling salon. However, if you don't |
| most often when considering a career working with | | | | have the extra space, many commercial salons need |
| animals, but the prospect of years in college and grad | | | | groomers. Also, Petco offers a website to find a job |
| school may make that goal a bit difficult for many | | | | or training program near you, and even suggests a |
| folks. However, here are a few more career choices | | | | new opportunity called Mobile Pet Grooming, which we |
| to inspire you to find a job with animals, and these | | | | think has a tremendous range of possibilities for the |
| require all different levels of education. | | | | future of pet grooming. |
| Veterinarian Assistant / Vet Clinic Staff: Veterinarians | | | | Interested in Business Management? Consider a |
| employ a number of staff members to help work with | | | | career managing a boarding kennel, pet store or an |
| the pets and their owners. From the paperwork and | | | | animal shelter. Inquire at a facility near you and get |
| phone calls in the front office to the preparation and | | | | started learning their business. Some hands-on |
| assisting in the treatment of the animals and | | | | experience and a couple of evening classes in |
| post-treatment follow-up, there are many tasks that | | | | business management will jump start this career. |
| support the work of a veterinarian. | | | | Looking for something more entrepreneurial? Open a |
| Animal Care Technician: In addition to veterinarian clinic | | | | Doggy Day Care or a Pet sitting service! This is a |
| staffs, people are needed to clean, feed and monitor | | | | tremendous work-from-home possibility. There are |
| the animals in pet stores, animal boarding kennels and | | | | books to help you with all the details of setting up your |
| research labs. | | | | business. |
| Animal Trainer: Some people will pay trainers to teach | | | | Want to take your passion to an entirely different |
| their dogs to be more obedient. Other people will pay | | | | level? Local and state governments have programs to |
| trainers to teach them how to teach their own dogs. In | | | | work with animals, to enforce animal control laws and |
| a recent Internet search, we even found a job posting | | | | provide educational resources to their communities. |
| for someone to train the trainers. Beyond basic dog | | | | Contact your state or local government to find a |
| obedience training, there are careers in training police | | | | similar program in your area. |
| dogs and service dogs to assist the disabled. There | | | | Whatever direction your passion takes you, there are |
| are schools and non-profit organizations that train | | | | plenty of jobs for animal lovers. There are plenty of |
| service dogs. You could search the Internet to find a | | | | animals that need you. It's up to you to take the first |
| school to learn to teach dog obedience or a job | | | | step. |
| opening to get you working in the field. | | | | |