Animal Trainers

Personal Care and Service Occupations · Job Skills & Competencies · SOC 39-2011 · 68 skills

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Cue or signal animals during performances.
Talk to or interact with animals to familiarize them to human voices or contact.
Conduct training programs to develop or maintain desired animal behaviors for competition, entertainment, obedience, security, riding, or related purposes.

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dog-training-fundamentals

FerroxLabs/wayland

Teaches positive reinforcement dog training for core commands (sit, stay, come, leave it, heel) and house training protocol. Uses marker training, luring, and shaping techniques with specific timing and progression criteria. Produces a training plan with session structure and troubleshooting. Use when the user asks about training a dog, teaching commands, house training a puppy, positive reinforcement techniques, or marker training basics. Do NOT use for behavior modification of serious issues (aggression, severe anxiety, resource guarding), service dog training, or advanced competition obedience.

SimHacker/moollm

Canine interactions, loyalty mechanics, and pack dynamics

basic-obedience

pjt222/agent-almanac

Foundation obedience training for dogs — sit, stay, come, heel, and down using positive reinforcement and marker training. Covers timing, reward hierarchy, session structure, distraction proofing, and common handler errors. Use when a new puppy (8+ weeks) is ready for foundation training, an adult dog lacks reliable basic commands, a rescue dog needs to learn the household's command vocabulary, before advancing to complex behaviors or off-leash work, or when existing commands have degraded and need re-establishing.

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dog-training-fundamentals

FerroxLabs/wayland

Teaches positive reinforcement dog training for core commands (sit, stay, come, leave it, heel) and house training protocol. Uses marker training, luring, and shaping techniques with specific timing and progression criteria. Produces a training plan with session structure and troubleshooting. Use when the user asks about training a dog, teaching commands, house training a puppy, positive reinforcement techniques, or marker training basics. Do NOT use for behavior modification of serious issues (aggression, severe anxiety, resource guarding), service dog training, or advanced competition obedience.

FerroxLabs/wayland

Comprehensive pet training guide covering puppy and kitten training timelines, basic commands, house training methods, crate training, leash training, clicker training methodology, training session structure, common mistakes, advanced tricks, and addressing problem behaviors. Use when the user asks about pet trainer, or needs help with comprehensive pet training guide covering puppy and kitten training timelines, basic commands, house training methods, crate training, leash training, clicker training methodology, training session structure, common mistakes, advanced tricks, and addressing problem behaviors. Do NOT use when the request requires professional specialized advice or falls outside the scope of pet trainer.

SimHacker/moollm

Canine interactions, loyalty mechanics, and pack dynamics

basic-obedience

pjt222/agent-almanac

Foundation obedience training for dogs — sit, stay, come, heel, and down using positive reinforcement and marker training. Covers timing, reward hierarchy, session structure, distraction proofing, and common handler errors. Use when a new puppy (8+ weeks) is ready for foundation training, an adult dog lacks reliable basic commands, a rescue dog needs to learn the household's command vocabulary, before advancing to complex behaviors or off-leash work, or when existing commands have degraded and need re-establishing.

behavioral-modification

pjt222/agent-almanac

Address unwanted dog behaviors through desensitization, counter-conditioning, and management. Covers reactivity (to dogs, people, sounds), separation anxiety, resource guarding, excessive barking, and leash pulling using force-free methods with systematic threshold management. Use when a dog shows reactivity toward other dogs, people, or stimuli; when separation anxiety causes destructive behavior or vocalization; when resource guarding is present; or when behaviors like excessive barking or leash pulling interfere with daily life — after basic obedience is established.

basic-obedience

pjt222/agent-almanac

Foundation obedience training for dogs — sit, stay, come, heel, and down using positive reinforcement and marker training. Covers timing, reward hierarchy, session structure, distraction proofing, and common handler errors. Use when a new puppy (8+ weeks) is ready for foundation training, an adult dog lacks reliable basic commands, a rescue dog needs to learn the household's command vocabulary, before advancing to complex behaviors or off-leash work, or when existing commands have degraded and need re-establishing.

behavioral-modification

pjt222/agent-almanac

Address unwanted dog behaviors through desensitization, counter-conditioning, and management. Covers reactivity (to dogs, people, sounds), separation anxiety, resource guarding, excessive barking, and leash pulling using force-free methods with systematic threshold management. Use when a dog shows reactivity toward other dogs, people, or stimuli; when separation anxiety causes destructive behavior or vocalization; when resource guarding is present; or when behaviors like excessive barking or leash pulling interfere with daily life — after basic obedience is established.

basic-obedience

pjt222/agent-almanac

Foundation obedience training for dogs — sit, stay, come, heel, and down using positive reinforcement and marker training. Covers timing, reward hierarchy, session structure, distraction proofing, and common handler errors. Use when a new puppy (8+ weeks) is ready for foundation training, an adult dog lacks reliable basic commands, a rescue dog needs to learn the household's command vocabulary, before advancing to complex behaviors or off-leash work, or when existing commands have degraded and need re-establishing.

behavioral-modification

pjt222/agent-almanac

Address unwanted dog behaviors through desensitization, counter-conditioning, and management. Covers reactivity (to dogs, people, sounds), separation anxiety, resource guarding, excessive barking, and leash pulling using force-free methods with systematic threshold management. Use when a dog shows reactivity toward other dogs, people, or stimuli; when separation anxiety causes destructive behavior or vocalization; when resource guarding is present; or when behaviors like excessive barking or leash pulling interfere with daily life — after basic obedience is established.

basic-obedience

pjt222/agent-almanac

Foundation obedience training for dogs — sit, stay, come, heel, and down using positive reinforcement and marker training. Umfasst timing, reward hierarchy, session structure, distraction proofing, and common handler errors. Verwenden wenn a new puppy (8+ weeks) is ready for foundation training, an adult dog lacks reliable basic commands, a rescue dog needs to learn the household's command vocabulary, vor advancing to complex behaviors or off-leash work, or when existing commands have degraded and need re-establishing.

behavioral-modification

pjt222/agent-almanac

Address unwanted dog behaviors durch desensitization, counter-conditioning, and management. Umfasst reactivity (to dogs, people, sounds), separation anxiety, resource guarding, excessive barking, and leash pulling using force-free methods with systematic threshold management. Verwenden wenn a dog shows reactivity toward other dogs, people, or stimuli; when separation anxiety causes destructive behavior or vocalization; when resource guarding is present; or when behaviors like excessive barking or leash pulling interfere with daily life — nach basic obedience is established.

basic-obedience

pjt222/agent-almanac

Entrenamiento de obediencia básica para perros — sentarse, quedarse, venir, caminar junto y echarse usando refuerzo positivo y entrenamiento con marcador. Cubre temporización, jerarquía de recompensas, estructura de sesiones, prueba contra distracciones y errores comunes del guía. Usar cuando un cachorro nuevo (8+ semanas) está listo para entrenamiento básico, un perro adulto carece de comandos básicos confiables, un perro rescatado necesita aprender el vocabulario de comandos del hogar, antes de avanzar a comportamientos complejos o trabajo sin correa, o cuando los comandos existentes se han degradado y necesitan restablecerse.