Why Do Dog Trainers Exist?

Why do dog trainers exist? 

Have you ever thought about that? 

Apart from the ‘obvious’ reason: Training a dog to perform certain skills and helping dogs and humans live harmoniously together - as you will hear from most trainers.

Wikipedia defines dog training as:

“Dog training is the act of teaching a dog particular skills or behaviors. Dog training includes teaching a dog to react to particular commands and cues as well as to act independently by deliberately changing their natural behavior.”

I don’t know about you - but I have a problem with that last sentence, “by deliberately changing their natural behavior.”. This is why I have become a Certified Family Dog Mediator and refer to myself as such, rather than a ‘trainer’