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I do hope it won't be too problematic to cross-post this here, it seems a very good spot for it. If it is, I will remove it. I have recently become interested in perhaps pursuing a career as a dog handler for police/military/contractor (drug/bomb sniffing dog, etc.). Unfortunately, information on such a path seems to be rather sparse (after perusing the usual search engines) and so, thus far, do open positions. Still, I figured I'd ask SA as I figured there's bound to be someone out there who knows more about this. I fully anticipate being let down by finding out this won't really be feasible for me for any number of reasons (it's a pattern I've got going, but I digress), but I figured I might as well try to learn more before I can make the call one way or the other. I've been around dogs my whole life and currently have a hound and he is awesome. I am a dog person, I think it safe to say, and think that this might be something worth exploring (not grooming, etc.). Now, this may seem like a silly basis for something to pursue as a career, but I'm currently in accounting and have had at least two other shots into career fields that have more or less failed, so my mind wanders a good bit. I don't often come across anything that piques my interest, so when I do, I try to look into it a bit more. Basically, I'm starting from scratch here. I have a basic knowledge of dog training (mostly the older style with hunting dogs), but no clue whatsoever as to how to get into this field. As I understand it, one path is to join the armed forces (which is really not feasible for me, owing to some health problems) or perhaps to go through a police academy, although that doesn't guarantee landing in this position at all. Still, this doesn't really answer what sort of training and whatnot one might need, much less where/how to acquire it. While I am not opposed to training and the like, I don't really want to go back to school right now (assuming a criminal justice degree might help). I put in 6 straight years from my bachelor's to my master's (history, failed path #1) and am still fairly well burnt out. Still, it seems that once a person has the basic skill set required to train and then "handle" a working dog, getting into a position to do this should be fairly easy, but I could be completely wrong. So basically, I am leaving this open to ask anyone if they would please enlighten me about this field. You have my sincerest thanks in advance.
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Cheers. If you ever get around to opening your own place and need someone with a master's degree to use as a lackey, you know where to find me. I can't believe I missed the career thread though. Mighty observant of me 
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