dog pyschology

hi

i'm wondering if anyone can help i'm looking at doing a home study course in dog pyschology does any one know of any good ones and will it be reconisged by vets etc???

i hope you can help as i would love to work with dogs/animals but finding it hard to find something?

donna x

Hello,

I was in the same boat and spent hours looking around! Here is a link to a course i did find:

http://www.uk-open-learning.com/Cart...FSRbEgodmVPZCw

thanks.

have you done the course?

x

No not yet! The money i save gets used for something else all the time . . Still the last time it was for my NI Ela so it was worth it LOL.

i know what you mean it always goes on the dogs in our house lol but they are worth it, i found this one which is cheaper but not sure if it would be as good what do you think?


http://www.opencollege.info/dogpsychology.html

x

How far do you want to go, Donna?

If you want to work with animals/dogs part time, you could be a trainer and there are numerous courses, also you could if lucky and are able to move around, end up working for Hearing Dogs or something similar

If you want to be recognised by vets, in some ways you do need a degree (but not just if you want to be a dog trainer, more if you want to be an actual behaviourist who may be liaising with the vets on behavioural problems)

A few links may be of help:

http://www.apdt.co.uk/dog_training_careers.asp
http://www.apbc.org.uk/career.htm
http://www.apbc.org.uk/training_courses.htm
http://www.sparsholt.ac.uk/schwww/anman/bs.htm
http://www.coape.co.uk/
http://www.animalcarecollege.co.uk/

Hth

i would love to be able to do a degree and be recognised by a vet but i have to work full time due to being a parent and can't affored not to.

i would just love to do anything to do with dogs and be able to work with them every day,

i've had a look at the sites thank you will look in more detail tonight.

thank for the help.

To become a qualified behaviourist requires a degree, generally to PhD level. If you just want to work with dogs but cannot get your foot in the door, so to speak, try volunteer work first. It is difficult to get a job directly with animals without the relevant qualifiations as it is a very competative field of work.

Do you have a Dog's Trust near you? You could start off by volunteering there, to get a foot in the door and get some work experience

HTH x