Getting started: Course in Basic Training and Canine Education

We teach you to train dogs using the latest techniques, and with animal welfare always kept in mind.



Objectives
- To train up canine trainers
- To teach the use of learning techniques in training
- To modify unacceptable behaviour and achieve sociability.
- To give an introduction to specific training
- To prepare students for the Graduate Diploma in Canine Unit Instruction.

Career options
- Dog trainer-educator
- In-home dog trainer
- Sports dog trainer
- Veterinary centre trainer
- Training assistant for canine instructors
- Adoption centre trainer
- Boarding-kennel trainer
- Maintenance assistant in canine refuges and boarding kennels.

Qualification
Certificate in Basic Training and Canine Education, from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Recognised by the Institute of Public Safety of Catalonia (ISPC) as an in-service training activity addressed to members of the Catalonia police and firefighting forces.

Enrolment
Enrolment is finalised on payment of the fee. The School's Gestió Acadèmica (Academic Management) sends applicants an email to confirm their enrolment on the course.

Programme syllabus

1. Training techniques

• Design and planning of basic canine training programmes.
• The dog's temperament and behaviour: anomalous behaviour during training, modifying bad habits and behaviour problems.
• Aggressive behaviour by the dog.
• Control of environments.
• Handover and matching training Technics
• Planning one-to-one classes.
• Work areas and support materials for basic dog training.
• Socialisation techniques for pups and adults.
• Designing protocols for owners.
• Risk identification and prevention in basic dog training.
• Animal welfare (enrichment).

2. Assessment and behaviour-modification techniques.

• The dog's behaviour: character, aptitudes, instincts, needs and satisfactions.
• Development of the training.
• Learning strategies.
• The pup's psychological development.
• The dog's intelligence and learning.
• The dog's obedience: phases in obedience.
• Behaviour disorders in the dog.
• Progress-report writing.

3. Maintenance

• Classifying breeds and recognising the basic standards. Morphological characteristics of the dog.
• The musculoskeletal system.
• The respiratory apparatus.
• The digestive system.
• The nervous system.
• Care and hygiene.
• Enrichment (non-credit-bearing).

4. Entrepreneurship

• Creative business.
• Competitive strategies.
• Business start-ups.
• Basic Accounting.
• Marketing.
• English