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Introduction to Canine Psychology
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Level: QLS Level 1
Fees: £295 £206.50
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This course is the perfect starting point for the dog lover and aspiring canine care professional, giving students the opportunity to better understand their companion, or lay the groundwork for a career in canine care.

Over four units, you’ll study everything from puppyhood, to the relationships of adult dogs, forming a basis for improved interactions with and understanding of dogs.

You will also complete a Special Study on a topic of your choice, relevant to the course.

We send your first unit upon enrolment, so you can start whenever you want, and progress through the course at your own pace, studying when and where you choose.

What You Will Learn

Unit 1 

Relationships:

  • Natural behaviours
  • Pack rules – the modern view
  • Early learning
  • Fun and games

Unit 2 

Food and exercise:

  • What the dog needs
  • Different feeding methods
  • A little about labels
  • When and how to make changes in the diet
  • The value of exercise

Unit 3

Building the bond:

  • Early influences
  • The stages of puppyhood
  • Coping with the juvenile and adolescent dog
  • Training for everyday life
  • The special needs of the rescue dog

Unit 4

Problem behaviour:

  • What is problem behaviour?
  • Health effects on behaviour
  • Owner error
  • The question of punishment
  • Some ways of putting things right

You will also complete a Special Study on a topic of your choice, relevant to the course.