Introduction to Dog Training Course Online

Do you love dogs, or dream of working as a dog trainer?  If so, then our 100-hr dog psychology course is perfect for you.  You will learn about canine psychology, senses, dog training, dog obedience, solving behavioral disorders, and much more in this online course. This course is suitable for students, dog owners, dog and animal professionals, and anyone wanting to learn more about dogs and their behavior and training.

If you are interested in more dog training courses check our the Dog Care course or look at the Advanced Certificate in Animal Behaviour if you are passionate about other animals as well.

Why Study Dog Psychology?

An understanding of canine psychology and behaviour is vitally important for anyone who works with dogs or keeps them as a companion animal. Understanding how the domesticated dog has developed anatomically and physiologically from its wild counterpart, the wolf, will helps us to understand behaviours commonly seen in  today’s domesticated dog and therefore allows us to provide an environment in which the dog remains a happy and healthy companion.

Its important to remember that many dogs display behavioural problems or ‘unwanted behaviour’ at various stages in their lives. Often, an unwanted behaviour is merely a symptom of an underlying problem (either mental or physical) and the unwanted behaviour that is displayed is the dog’s way of coping with the problem.  It is important to remember that the behaviour may be ‘unwanted’ in human terms only; it is a natural response for a dog to bark when the door-bell rings or to dig a hole in the garden.  Understanding dog psychology will help make sense of the dogs behaviour.

What You Will Do

• Describe how canine animals think and discuss the relevance of understanding canine psychology to people.
• Explain how canine animals communicate and formulate an understanding of possible ways that a human may communicate with a dog.
• Understand behaviours that are natural and predictable in canines and learn to recognise and understand signals that dogs give.
• Explain how dogs develop behavioural characteristics throughout stages of their life.
• Describe commonly occurring behavioural problems in dogs.
• Develop a program for training a new pet dog when it is brought into a household.
• Explain how to train a dog to perform predetermined actions upon command.
• Describe how the movement of dogs can be controlled, both through training and other methods.
• Describe how dogs can be trained to perform tasks required as a working dog, including a sheep dog, tracking dog, blind dog or substance detection dog.