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Dog Behaviour and Training Certificate
Qualification
Dog Behaviour and Training Certificate
Delivery
100% online, self paced learning.
Duration
Approx. 6 months (part time).
Course Access
Lifetime membership.
Learn Essential Dog Behaviour Training
If you dream of a career where you get to work with dogs every day, then this Dog Behaviour and Training Course will teach you pivotal skills and knowledge that will prepare you for a professional canine career. Created by industry experts in dog behaviour training, this online dog training course will be your foundation for a long list of rewarding animal careers such as working as a dog trainer, animal welfare specialist, pet sitter, or dog groomer.
Through comprehensive online lessons, you'll learn how to confidently communicate with dogs, by understanding how dogs think and learn. You'll explore common behavioural problems and disorders and learn how to navigate these in your positive training approaches.
Gain essential knowledge on different dog breeds, their anatomy, physiology and brain and hormonal systems. Progressing through each module, you'll explore professional dog obedience training techniques such as the Koehler method, motivational training and clicker training and learn how to apply these techniques to correct problem behaviours such as chewing, jumping, barking and other destructive behaviours. You'll be amazed by how much there is to learn about dog psychology and training and how important this knowledge is when embarking on your professional canine career.

It covered so much more information than I expected!
"I found this course covered so much more information than I expected which is great! I felt like I have learnt a lot and it will be so helpful in the future. The final assessment was a great way of going over all the information once more.."
Topics
This course includes 12 interactive modules, carefully designed to teach you how to become a confident canine care professional.
- Where did dogs come from?
- Dog domestication
- Different breeds
- Natural v artificial selection
- How genes influence dog breeding
- How genetics influences health
- Nature v nurture
- What is a breed standard?
- Dog group classifications
- Judging dogs by breed or group
- The five senses
- Skin and hair
- The musculoskeletal system
- The digestive, respiratory and urinary systems
- The nervous system
- Nerves and neurons
- The brain
- Hormones
- Canine nutrition
- Common dog diseases
- How diet impacts a dogs health
- The puppy years
- The reproductive years
- The adult years
- Hierarchy and socialisation
- Managing aggressive behaviour
- Submissive behaviour
- Feeding behaviour
- How do dogs think?
- How do dogs learn?
- Adjusting your style to the dogs learning needs
- Common myths about how dogs learn
- Training techniques
- The Koehler method
- Dominance based training
- Model-rival training
- Relationship-based training
- Motivational training
- Clicker training
- Types of disorders
- Dealing with fears and phobias
- Handling destructive behaviour
- Eating disorders
- Correcting problem behaviour
- Chewing, jumping, whining, barking, food aggression and separation anxiety
- General obedience training
- Specialised dog training roles
- Training dogs for the military
- Training rescue dogs
- Training dogs for sport
- Training disability support dogs
Top Student Reviews
Kayla
This course was easy to follow and I loved the information provided. The assessments were well planned out and were questions that related to the course information read well! This course provided me with a lot of necessary information and I loved it!
Nathaly
“I truly enjoyed this course” all the information provided were fantastic and the instructors were wonderful and knowledgeable.
Rajinder
You provide best service to his students and tutor hannah is very kind and helpful
Chen
This course is quite useful for the development of my new career. I received a lot of helpful knowledge of dog grooming. I definitely will recommend my friends to study this course if they are interested in Pet grooming. Appreciate for Hannah Grice.
Mellissa
Great corse, easy to understand and I like that there is no time limit to complete the corse.
Kazumela
thanks and it was good and useful for my business.
Samantha
Was very happy with the course. Very informative and I have felt I learnt a lot. All of the information provided was easy to read and understand.
Sherina
This course was very easy to understand and gave me all the basic tools I needed to become a dog groomer.
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