This online course will help you understand the behaviour of dogs and gives you extensive insight into the industry of dog psychology and training. You will:
- Understand why dogs behave the way they do and thier react to external influences
- Learn about the anatomical and physiological development of dogs
- Learn all about dog behaviours
Although we cannot recommend any specific type of dog training programme – we do know that affection, discipline and exercise is essential for a dog to have a comfortable and healthy life.
If you can help owners set boundaries with their dogs, to show them how to communicate affection in ways for dogs to understand, and to recognise the role and importance of exercise, then you too are on your path to becoming a dog trainer or behaviour advisor.
Course Structure
The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 9 in-depth lessons:
- Nature and Scope of Canine Psychology
- A brief history of the canine evolution
- Self-domestication
- Canine industries
- Canine Senses
- Understanding canine communication
- Sight
- Body Language
- Smell
- Sound
- Elimination Postures
- Understanding Natural Canine Behaviour
- Social Structure
- Social Behaviour
- Aggression
- Clinical Problems
- Biological Rhythms
- Sleep
- Sexual Behaviour
- Maternal Behaviour
- Parturition
- Suckling and Weaning
- Eating and Drinking
- Canine Behavioural Development
- Nurture
- Sensitive Periods
- Neurological Development
- Canine Temperament Testing
- How Breeds Differ
- Canine Behavioural Disorders
- Attention Seeking Behaviour
- Excessive barking
- Chewing
- Running away
- Chasing moving objects
- Begging
- Digging
- Separation anxiety
- Aggression
- Phobias
- Excessive compulsive disorders
- Cognitive Dysfunction
- Calming a dog
- Basic Dog Training
- Forming habits
- Conditioning
- Classical Conditioning
- Operant Conditioning
- Socialisation
- House training
- The use of visual signals
- The use of voice commands
- The use of training aids
- Dog Obedience Training
- Practical Training Techniques
- Recall
- Sit
- Stand
- Drop
- Leave
- Down
- Stay
- Heel
- Seek
- Retrieve
- Bark on Signal
- Controlling a Dogs Movement
- Territorial nature of dogs
- Fencing
- Dog doors
- Kennels
- Exercise requirements
- Socialisation requirements
- Walking on a lead/leash
- Electronic barriers
- Microchips
- Pet Registration and Licensing
- Controlling Killing Wildlife
- Training Working Dogs
- Training for retrieving
- Guarding
- Hearing dogs
- Herding
- Tracking
- Controlling attacks on animals and people
Dogs fill a variety of roles in our current human society. Working dogs can carry out a wide range of jobs from herding sheep, helping the lives of disabled and blind people, to seeking out and detecting dangerous substances.
In most countries around the world, the most common role of domesticated dogs is as a companion to humans. There are a wide variety of ancillary industries that rely on this companion animal market.
Examples of this include:
- breeding enterprises
- grooming enterprises
- training enterprises
- boarding or kennel enterprises
- walking and pet sitting
- pet shops sell a range of products and equipment
- canine behaviour therapists
- complementary medicines and therapies
HOW DOES A WARNBOROUGH ONLINE COURSE WORK?
You can start the course whenever is convenient for you. You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.
If you have any questions please contact us.
