Community Overview. San Antonio, Texas, is tackling obesity, a health condition that is prevalent throughout the city of 1,327,407 residents. In Bexar County, where San Antonio is located, 65.7% of adults are overweight or obese. In Texas, 32.4% of children aged 10-17 are overweight or obese.
Becoming Certified. 1  1. Research programs. You can choose to attend a four year college or university that offers a degree in Animal Behavior. 2  2. Receive your certification. It is possible to earn your certification as a dog trainer without completing coursework. 3  3. Find an apprenticeship.
Some countries, such as the UK and Australia require service dogs to come from programs recognized by ADI. In the U.S., there is no national mechanism in place for certifying or licensing service dogs. Some programs certify the dogs they train, but very few will certify dogs trained by others for liability reasons.emember: certification doesn't make a dog a real service dog any more than a fake ID makes a minor over 21. What makes a dog a real service dog is being trained to perform tasks that mitigate his disabled handler's disability. 1  Service dogs.