You and your family have always taken care of different kinds of animals since forever, then you must adore animals. And if you were to spend your whole day with animals it would mean the world to you? In this case, you should consider finding a job related to animals. Actually, there is a number of career paths requiring different academic degrees that might appeal to your taste as well as your professional and personal skills. The greatest advantage of these jobs is the opportunity to spend quality time with animals.
Veterinarian
Choosing to be a veterinarian may be the best decision you've ever made. Not only it is one of the most prestigious and high-paid jobs in the world, but also it can be truly fulfilling. Whether you work at your own clinic, for a big animal health care company or animal hospital, as a vet you spend time with a variety of species (large, small, or exotic) and provide them with quality health treatment. Such job is not easy. You need to be a extremely well-educated professional in the area. Moreover, the job requires specific knowledge, long-time experience and very high academic degree such as doctor of veterinary medicine.
Veterinary Nurse
This is another good and well-paid job that allows you not only to be with animals all day long , but to provide them with basic medical care. Usually vet nurses take care for injured or sick animals under the guidance of the veterinarian. Vet nurse is also considered a highly fulfilling job.
Dog walker
One of the perks of being a dog walker is that you do a lot of physical exercise. Dog walkers' approximate working time is from six to eight hours per day. Of course that is in the case when they have to walk more than one or two dogs. The profession is interesting and modern. It is appropriate for people with good social skills and enjoy making new acquaintances. And, it is very high paid. Average salary of a dog walker goes between 30,000 and 60,000 $ per year. Some dog walkers are obedience trainers as well and earn much more.
Animal trainer
To be an animal trainer doesn't require high academic degree. In fact, it is not necessary for you to have finished college. You may have studied in high school and that is enough as long as you have the right skills which, as it appears to be, are applicable in so many areas. . Animal trainers are pretty much needed in the entertaining business. Take the circus, for example, where every program includes at least two or even more shows featuring adorable and well-trained animals, from bears and lions to dogs and birds. Also, movies about human-animal relationship are most liked by the audience. You probably haven’t given it a lot of thought, but it takes a very good trainer to teach the main character performed by an animal to obey to commands and deliver a hilarious and moving on-screen show.
Going back to ordinary life, dog owners need a trainer to teach their belligerent dog some fine manners. With the proper training, any animal can become the perfect pet. At last but not least, animal trainers' services are most valued for training animals to assist people like training guard dogs for the blind.
Wildlife Biologist
Wildlife Biologists observe and study animals populations and behavior in their natural habitat. Usually they work on various research projects in education facilities, research centers or for a science program applied by the government.
Pet sitter
Sounds like baby sitter and there is a reason why. Being a pet sitter is a job very similar to babysitting only it is about caretaking not a baby but a pet. Not everyone can make it a good pet sitter. What professional pet sitters do is take care of the pets while their owners are not at home. They give them food, water, play with them, take the dogs out for a walk and, if necessary, they provide them with medical treatment following the vet's instructions. Pet sitter is very rewarding job. Usually pet sitters' work schedule becomes very busy in summertime.
Wildlife Photographer
This profession allows you to combine the things you like the most: photography and animals. For this reason, it is one of the most fulfilling career jobs. The life of a wildlife photographer is associated with permanent absence from home for a long time. But if you enjoy traveling as well as animals and taking pictures there is nothing to worry about. Wildlife photographers have exceptional skills. They are hardworking and immensely patient. Usually their best photos were taken after long hours of waiting in not ver comfortable position.
Animal breeder
Anyone can be an animal breeder. If you have a male and a female cats at home and you let them have a litter that makes you an animal breeder. However, when you breed animals and make money of it you become a professional breeder and you need to follow a few requirements established by the government of your country. Professional breeders usually conduct a research of the bloodlines of the animals they wish to breed. Most breeders breed animals for meat (pigs), whilst others prefer to increase population of animals that are due to go extinct. This job doesn't require higher education. A Certificate for animal breeding is good enough. Of course, if you would like to stand out in the competition in this field you may consider earning a Bachelor's degree.
