This veterinary approved and externally accredited online course is written and designed by a qualified animal behaviourist with a busy behaviour referral practice. In the course you will learn how the dogs brain, genetics, breeding and environment affect behaviour. You will also learn canine body language and how to assess emotions, along with socialisation and other critical phases in a dog’s life. Fear, anxiety, frustration, reactivity and how to work safely with dogs are also covered in depth.
The course is made up of multiple learning processes, such as written content, webinars, downloadable resources, directed tasks, recommended reading and references. There are no exams, but to obtain your certificate you must answer some multiple choice questions at the end of each module.
There is a final assessment which is designed to help you bring together and apply some of the knowledge you have acquired throughout your studies on this course. This is not a marked piece of work but, to gain your certificate, you will need to provide some feedback and make notes in the form provided.
Course aims:
- To learn about the dogs brain and how genetics, breeding and environment affect behaviour.
- To understand how dogs learn.
- To have a solid understanding of canine body language and how to assess emotions.
- To learn about behavioural development – socialisation and other critical phases in their life.
- To learn how fear, anxiety and frustration impacts on aggression.
- How to manage and deal with reactivity safely.
- How to work safely with dogs and preventing problems in the workplace.
- To learn about mental enrichment and how to harness a dog’s natural senses.
- See full course curriculum below.
Course features:
- Written by an experienced, qualified animal behaviourist with a busy behaviour referral practice.
- Easy-to-digest lessons give you the flexibility to learn at home at your own pace.
- Over 4 hours of recorded webinars, which are slides presented with a voiceover.
- A comprehensive list of references and related research for each module.
- Factsheets, questionnaires, templates and other helpful resources.
- Tutor and technical support available.
- Lifetime access to dip in and out of the course whenever you need to refresh your knowledge.
- CPD Certificate of completion.
- CPD Transcript for prospective employers.
- CPD Reflection for professional portfolio and CPD log.
- Case Studies E-Book
- Works on computers, tablets & smartphones.
Suitable for:
- Veterinary nurses
- Vets
- Animal behaviourists
- Kennel workers
- Dog trainers
- Dog wardens / community officers
- Rescue centre workers
- Pet professionals
- Dedicated dog owners
Note: The Advanced Certificate in Canine Fear, Anxiety & Aggression and The Advanced Certificate in Feline Fear, Anxiety & Aggression share some content. However, although many of the module titles are the same, the course is written with an emphasis on the particular species you are studying.
Course content
About your tutor
Caroline Clark
Course includes
- 8 Modules
- 4 Hours of Webinars
- Downloadable Resources
- No Exams!
- Certificate of Completion
- Lifetime Access
- Help and Support
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Reviews
really would recomend this course to anyone wanting to get confident with behaviour 🙂 Has a brilliant content and very knowledgable.
Have thoroughly enjoyed this course. Easy to understand, lots of additional information and reading. Minor technical issues dealt with promptly. Will be recommending to others.
Really helped me better understand reactivity. Has made me want to progress further with canine behaviour studies. Really really interesting content!
This advanced certificate was one of the major prompts for me taking Caroline’s Canine Diploma, as the learning in this certificate was brilliant – so much learning to be had!
I would definitely recommend this course. Easily accessible, loved all the additional links to external sources and articles, practical tips and examples. Very well put together. Thank you
This course was great. Primarily, having no time-limit to complete this course was a massive benefit with struggles I faced whilst trying to complete it. I chipped away where I could and I’ve finally finished.
The course covered far more topics than I expected it would, I learnt a lot about and even discovered some things I didn’t learn at Bachelor’s level. I feel like my Bachelors set me up for success though, I knew most of what was on the course but this was a great refresher and kept me up to date.
I will absolutely continue to use this course as a source of information in the future for my companion animals and professionally. I absolutely recommend this course to anyone who wants to get involved with dogs or simply wishes to learn more about them.
This course is useful for both people within the animal industry but also for pet owners to be able to better understand their dog. This course was very engaging and I have gained a much greater knowledge and understanding surrounding canine behaviour.
I found the course highly beneficial and informative. I particularly appreciated module 5 about learning, what technics, methods and tools I can use to help the animal and the owner. I appreciated the in-depth explanations and real-life examples that helped clarify these concepts. Additionally, the course included helpful handouts and resources for further study.
The course provides a good overview of behavioural issues in an easier to understand format.
I particularly liked learning about learning theory, holistic therapies and methods of behavioural modification. It was so interesting how all stages of life can effect a dogs behaviour including from birth (even during gestation) to adulthood and becoming a senior.
The content was easy to understand and apply to day to day work. It was very informative but also engaging.
I found the whole course helpful and all of the different facts, methods of behavioural modification and factors I can apply to my work and recommend things to clients to use outside of the vet practice and at home.
This course has already helped my in my career as I have started socialisation clinics and also using these methods and information to aid canine behaviour and prevent fear and anxiety of coming to the vets.
I would highly recommend this course if you are wanting to get involved with canine behaviour and helping then feel more comfortable and reduce anxiousness.
Highly recommend, I am a qualified veterinary nurse and I will use this knowledge within practice
Loved this course, went into to a good amount of detail, found it interesting and enjoyable. Learnt a lot and look forward to learning more as a dog lover.
even as an experienced vet picked up a lot of knowledge , liked the size of the modules . always difficult to fit in with vetting full time but the lifetime access was both a blessing and a curse! Its taken me a long time to finish but will defiitely use it and further study