Animal Care College
Caring for people caring for animals since 1980
The Animal Care College
Index House
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 7ET
Email:
info@animalcare college.co.uk
Tel: 01344 636436
The Animal Care College was established in 1980 and provides the most highly regarded and widest range of distance learning Qualifications at every level of companion animal care in the UK.
The Animal Care College courses are accredited by LASER (formerly the Open College Network (South East Region), a nationally recognised and Ofqual-endorsed awarding body. This means students can rest assured that the courses the College offers are good quality. In addition to their Animal Care College certification, students can choose to have their individual achievements recognised by LASER awarding body. A certificate from LASER gives students' achievements National recogintion.
The Animal Care College distance learning courses have been successfully helping pet owners and professionals alike for over thirty years.
The College offers recognised accredited qualifications at levels 1-3/4 for dog and cat owners or those who want to learn more about their pets or are looking for a career within the animal care sector.
There are over forty home study courses available.
Courses for experts - Modifying canine aggression
The College has been educating and informing pet owners and professionals for over thirty years, but we also have a number of advanced courses at Level 4.
One of the most useful to dog trainers and in fact, anyone who handles dogs professionally is Modifying Canine Aggression. Like our highly respected Pet Bereavement course for counsellors, it is not rocket science - but mistakes can be devastating or dangerous.
Modifying Canine Aggression is a long established course accredited by LASER (formerly the Open College Network SER). It attracts 9 Credits at Level 2 & 36 credits at Level 3/4).
It is a five Unit 'in depth' course written primarily for trainers and behaviourists and summarises the reasons for aggressive behaviour, the backgrounds and current thinking about the treatment of canine aggression and suggests ways in which aggressive behaviour can be modified.
The course includes:
Information and discussion on
Living with an aggressive dog,
The necessity of aggression for survival,
Normal/abnormal aggression and acceptable and unacceptable aggression
Safety issues and options
Severity of aggression and preventing its development
The neuro-biology of aggression including neurotransmitter and endocrine function and effect
Supportive pharmacology and manipulation of neural activity by diet and/or natural supplements
The effect of constant stress/arousal on emotional responses and thresholds for aggression
Medical conditions and veterinary referral
Genetics, learning and classifications
Dog-dog aggression and dog-human aggression
Treatment
Conditioning alternative behaviours and alternative emotional responses
Case studies
You can get full details on this and other courses by going to www.animalcarecollege.co.uk
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