3: Practical Handling Skills
Lead work
Handling for problem solving
Preventing aggression & defensive behaviours
Tutor: Sheila Harper
4: Learning Principles & Training
· The purpose of training
· What is really being learnt?
· Learning theory
· Rewards & reward systems
· Shaping, including clicker training
· Stopping techniques
Tutor: Sheila Harper
5: Health Part 2 (timings for this area may vary)
· Assessing dogs
· Movement, nutrition, health issues
· The holistic approach – alternatives for owners
Tutor: Sally Askew
6: Puppies and Adolescents
· Puppies and adolescents
· Social and behavioural development
· Associated problem
Tutor: Sheila Harper
7: Relationships & Mental Stimulation
· Relationships – Dog and Owner
· The dog’s viewpoint. Life rewards
· Distractions and their advantages
· Compromise
· Care and welfare of the dog
· Nose work
· Creativity
Tutor: Sheila Harper
8: Problem Solving & Behaviour Problems
· Causes, symptoms and consequences of behaviour problems
· First steps towards solving problems
· The canine way of conflict solving
· What is a problem?
· Client expectations
· Counselling
· Therapy and rehabilitation
· Behaviour modification
· Lead techniques for problem solving
Tutor: Sheila Harper
9: Instructing & Training Classes
· Teaching, lecturing and people skills
· Approach to instructing – flexibility and adaptability
· Class content
· Planning and running classes, expectations and compromise
· Needs of dog and owner
· Assessment
· Enriching the environment
· Where does the problem lie?
Tutor: Sheila Harper
10: Behavioural Case Studies
· Counselling skills and information gathering
· Case histories and their systematic evaluation
Tutor: Sheila Harper