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Careers with Dogs

You might love domestic dogs and their canine cousins so much you want to make a career out of caring for them. There are lots of different jobs that involve working with dogs -- we've listed just a few:

Career Minimum Education Requirements
High School College Graduate School Special Training
  Animal Behaviorist High School College Graduate School Special Training
  Animal Control Officer/ Humane Officer High School College   Special Training
A trainer training a dog to work as a seeing eye dog Animal Trainer High School     Special Training
A biologist with two foxes Conservation Biologist/
Wildlife Management		 High School College Graduate School Special Training
  Creative Animal Careers
(Photographer, Artist, Writer)		 High School     Special Training
A member of the Fish & Wildlife Service about to release a grey wolf pup into the wild Government Careers
(Customs, Fish & Wildlife)		 High School College   Special Training
  Groomer High School     Special Training
  Kennel Attendant High School      
A team of veterinarians and veterinarian technicians about to start surgery on a dog Veterinarian High School College Graduate School Special Training
  Veterinary Technician High School College   Special Training
Adapted from information provided by spcaLA.

What other careers can you think of?
Activity Flying frisbee

Try This at Home

Next time you visit your vet, ask them to share their favorite part of the job with you. Also encourage them to share the biggest challenge.

Try this with other people you might know who work with dogs or other animals.
Connections Bones linked together

Children's Books

Here are two books describing different careers that involve working with animals:

I Want to Be...a Veterinarian By Catherine O'Neill Grace
Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997 ISBN: 0-15-201965-0

Careers with Animals: The Humane Society of the United States By Willow Ann Sirch
Fulcrum Publishing, 2000 ISBN: 1-55-591408-X

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This exhibit and national tour of Dogs: Wolf, Myth, Hero & Friend is made possible by PEDIGREE® Brand Food for Dogs.
The exhibit is also supported by a generous grant from the National Science Foundation.
Additional support for the Los Angeles presentation is provided by The Brotman Foundation of California.

Page updated: 6 May, 2004