Module Number: CFBA1101

Understanding canine care and behaviour

Vital reading before booking this module

We offer a selection of the most interesting and informative books and cutting edge DVD's on the subject of dog behaviour & training and in addition, you will study our own specially written course material designed purposely for this module by our own experts who are frontline practitioners of dog behaviour & training and together with theory merge with the real-world of practically based dog training in a way that no published material anywhere else achieves to understand the domestic dogs mind!

Welfare and health requirements of owning a happy dog.

The wolf in your dog! Understanding the genetic connection between the domestic dog and the wolf.

Technical Dog Training (T.D.T) How successful dog trainers apply modern techniques which can be used to train any breed of dog successfully.

Dogs and people; Investigate a long-standing relationship.

Variety of dog training methods and most of all their specific application with the vast array of breed types and owner personalities.

Causes of dog aggression and how to prevent it developing.

Understand positive solutions to dog aggression.

Investigate the origins of behaviour problems and the way exercise, diet and regime form the basis of rehabilitation

The domestic pack - dominance/status/leadership - what does this mean?

Understanding canine communication; visual, physical, audio.

Phase one: Origins and the domestication of dogs.

Phase two: The development of the breeds, health and care of the dog.

Phase three: Equipment for training and control.

Phase four: Living with the dog; understanding leadership.

Phase five: Dog behaviour, instincts and natural drives; specific breed drives.

Phase six: How dogs learn.

Phase seven: Canine Communication.