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Course overview
This bundle contains the following diplomas:
- Pet First Aid
- Pet Nutrition
- Pet Psychology
- Canine Communication
- Dog Grooming
Note: You can choose between Dog Grooming or Cat Behaviour
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
- 50 hours
- You will have lifetime access
What if I don’t pass first time?
We have our exam pass guarantee in place. You will be allowed to retake the final assessment as many times as you require until you pass the course. There is no additional charge to retake the test.
Subjects
Note: You can choose between Dog Grooming or Cat Behaviour
- Introduction and importance of veterinary services
- Gain information on general pet health
- Learn about registering with your local vet and making visits
- Get insight into the anatomy of a dog
- Learn the different causes of limping in dogs
- Get tips on examining pets at home
- Learn about pet digestion
- Learn about checking vital signs
- Know the signs of dehydration and what to do
- Learn how to examine wounds and how to stop bleeding effectively
- Know how to treat burns on all pets
- Get an understanding of how to treat a choking pet
- Know what to do in the event a pet goes into shock
- Learn basic CPR for pets
- Understand what it takes to approach an injured animal
- Learn the different tools and techniques to restrain an animal
- Know the signs and symptoms of frostbite
- Drowning and near-drowning first aid
- Get insight into household hazards
- Learn about poisoning and treatments
- Know the home treatment for vomiting and diarrhoea
- Learn about different food types, pet diets and how to read pet food labels to ensure that the pet is given the best nutrition at all times.
- Understand the importance of nutrition for pets.
- Learn about the digestive system; learn the difference between herbivores, omnivores and carnivores.
- Identify how the right nutrition can help with disease prevention.
- Learn about the different feeding stages in animals and how diet varies from when they are puppies or kittens to when they are adults, and what they need to eat as seniors or when pregnant or lactating.
- Know what is considered a healthy weight for a pet and learn about various weight issues the pet may experience throughout its life.
- Know the reasons why a pet may not be eating and why the pet may be overeating.
- Learn everything you need to know about pet food, from where to buy it, to the difference between cheap and expensive pet foods, to how to change your pet’s diet, and more.
- Know about snacks and treats for pets and what is acceptable and what is not.
- Learn what herbs you can use with pets.
- Know what foods should be avoided at all costs.
- Identify how essential oils can be important for pets and what essential oils can be used.
- Learn about the specific sources of nutrition from proteins to carbohydrates and more.
- Learn more about rabbit and guinea pig nutrition and about food that is best for hamsters, mice and rats.
- Learn more about basic fish food ingredients, along with the dietary differences in birds.
- The modules will also teach you about what reptiles eat and how to feed them, along with why it is so important to keep a food diary.
The Pet Psychology Diploma is broken into various modules, every one furnishing you with significant data and understanding; assisting you with realizing what you need to prevail in this vocation pushing ahead.
- Comprehend what creature brain research is and why you need to find out about it.
- Gain proficiency with the verifiable foundation of pet brain science and how it very well may be utilised today.
- Recognise why you ought to find out about creature practices.
- Recognise creatures’ distinctive vision capacities.
- Find out about idea development, what it is and how to utilise it.
- Contrast the cerebrums of people with canines and see what separates them.
- Become familiar with the cerebrums of felines and canines.
- Comprehend the feelings displayed by pets and how to deal with them.
- Achieve a comprehension of moulding, it’s set of experiences, what it is and past tests.
- Recognise spatial capacities in creatures and furthermore figure out how they explore.
- Become familiar with pet correspondence.
- Achieve a comprehension of human language preparation in working with pets.
- Find out about creature preparation and its set of experiences.
- Comprehend normal canine practices and how they change as the pet gets more seasoned. Relate to little dog practices and the sky is the limit from there.
- This module will likewise cover how canines realise, what support is and why it is so significant with regard to canine preparation.
- See more about canine correspondence and canine hostility, fears and fears.
- Relate to mental canine practices and how to function with them.
- Find out about feline correspondences and activities.
- Gain proficiency with the mental difficulties in felines.
- Find out about feline hostility and fears.
- Achieve a comprehension of animosity and fears in hares.
- Studying gerbils and working with them.
The Canine Communication Course has been intended to plan and instruct understudies to speak with a wide range of canines, and it will unquestionably put you on target to succeed, regardless of what objective you have your psyche set on. The course covers the accompanying:
- Data about canine advancement and knowledge
- The significance of socialisation
- How canines speak with one another
- The likenesses and contrasts between canine varieties
- Canine quieting signals
- Normal canine conduct issues and how to fix them
- How canines speak with people
- How people can speak with canines
- The job of a canine proprietor
- Step-by-step instructions to show a canine essential orders
- Canine feelings and indications of anguish
- Working with canines
- Module 1: Introduction
- Module 2: History of Dog Grooming
- Module 3: Anatomy and Health, Parasites, Infections & Zoonotic diseases in dogs
- Module 4: Pre-grooming Health Assessment
- Module 5: Coat and Skin Disorders and How to Groom a Dog
- Module 6: Getting Started
- Module 7: Animal Training, Dealing with Difficult Dogs & Training for Grooming
- Module 8: Prepping the Work Area
- Module 9: Pre-bath Preparation
- Module 10: How to Bath a Dog
- Module 11: Drying a Dog
- Module 12: Detail Grooming (Clipping, Scissoring, Eyes, Ears, Teeth, Feet, Bottoms)
- Module 13: Cleaning Your Working Environment
- Module 14: Grooming Specialities
- Module 15: Law in the Workplace, First Aid and Emergency Care
- The particular kind of conduct that is viewed as typical for felines at each age
- The potential reasons for awful conduct in felines
- Ways you can keep undesirable activities from happening
- Tips you can use on the occasion the feline participates in those practices
- Data about preparing felines
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