Membership Eligibility Calculator

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Are you interested in Associate Membership or Certified Membership?

Associate Membership

Certified Membership

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How old are you?

under 13

13 or older

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Unfortunately, NADOI Associate Membership is only available to people who are at least 13 years old.

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Associate Membership is open to everyone who:

supports our mission;
is at least 13 years old;
has an interest in dogs and dog training; and
is willing to abide by our Code of Ethics.

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Are you 18 years of age or older?

yes

no

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Unfortunately, Certified Membership is available only to applicants who are at least 18 years old.

We encourage you to apply for Associate Membership at this time.

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Do you TEACH OTHER PEOPLE how to train their dogs?

yes

no

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Certified Membership is available only to applicants who teach people how to train their own dogs.

We encourage you to apply for Associate Membership at this time.

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Have you successfully trained your own dog in basic manners?

yes

no

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Certified Membership is available only to applicants who have owned and trained a dog.

We encourage you to apply for Associate Membership at this time.

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Do you have at least 5 years experience TRAINING YOUR OWN, FAMILY or FRIEND'S DOGS?

yes

no

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Certified Membership is available only to applicants who have at least five years experience in training dogs.

We encourage you to apply for Associate Membership at this time.

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Do you have at least five years experience TEACHING group classes and/or private lessons?

yes

no

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Certified Membership is available only to applicants who have at least five years experience TEACHING classes and/or private lessons.

We encourage you to apply for Associate Membership at this time.

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Have at least 100 dogs gone through your group training classes or private lessons?

yes

no

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Certified Membership is available only to applicants who have had at least 100 dogs go through their training program.

We encourage you to apply for Associate Membership at this time.

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Do you teach private lessons?

yes

no

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Do you have at least 288 hours of experience as a Head Private Trainer?

yes

no

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Congratulations! You are eligible to apply for Certified Membership.
To start your application, simply click here.

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Do you also teach Group Classes?

yes

no

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Do you have at least 104 hours as a Lead Instructor of Group Classes

yes

no

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To be eligible to apply for Certified Membership, NADOI requires a certain minimum amount of experience teaching private lessons and/or group classes.

If you need more information or help in determining if you have enough experience, please contact us.

If you do not yet have sufficient experience, we encourage you to become an Associate Membership.

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If you teach both Group Classes and Private lessons, you may have enough experience combined between them. Please contact us for further information.

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Congratulations! You are eligible to apply for Certified Membership.
To start your application, click here.

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Do you teach Group Lessons?

yes

no

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Do you have at least 104 hours of experience as the lead Instructor?

yes

no

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NADOI requires that applicants for Certified Membership that teach group classes have at least 104 hours of experience.

If you do not yet have sufficient hours of experience, we encourage you to become an Associate Member.

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Congratulations! You are eligible to apply for Certified Membership.
To start your application, click here.

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To be eligible to apply for Certified Membership, NADOI requires a certain minimum amount of experience teaching Private Lessons and/or group classes.

If you need more information or help in determining if you have enough experience, please contact us.

If you do not yet have sufficient hours of experience, we encourage you to apply for Associate Membership.