All it takes to be a professional dog trainer is to take money for training dogs, that's why there is such a huge disparity between dog trainers. The big difference is the program they follow and the hours they put in. I have been fairly heavy into dog training for coming up on 2.5 years and thanks to Raymond, I have upped my standards and my ability to handle a dog. I currently have a dog with Mark Smith with Southlake Kennels in LaPlace and I think he is one of the best in the game. In my observations I have yet to see a trainer that makes upwards of $500K much less $1MM (minus Mike Stewart of Wildrose due to his niche market) The hours they put in are very labor intensive and the amount of attention to detail is crazy. It's comprable to any other professional outdoor sport (fishing, hunting) excepet it is such a small market that there are very few large endorsments and your main source of revenue is client dogs.
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