Dog Breeder Course

• Common canine body language signs and signals
• Terms used to describe a range of emotional states in canines
• How to assess canines from their body language
• Common canine behavioural issues
• Methods used to modify canine behaviour
• How to work with common canine behavioural problems
• Potential causes of canine stress
• Signs of stress in canines
• Potential causes of aggression in canines
• The signs of aggression in canines
• How stress can lead to aggressive behaviour in canines
• The ladder of aggression in canines

•  The causes of canine diseases
• Methods of disease prevention.
• How a range of canine diseases are transmitted
• Risk assessments for the prevention of disease transmission in canines.
• The welfare of canines in pet care settings
• Potential welfare issues in pet care settings
• Feeding of canines in pet care settings
• How welfare issues can be prevented in pet care settings
• Feeding requirements for canines in pet care settings.
• Common eating and dietary issues in canines
• Techniques for dealing with eating and dietary issues in canines in pet care settings.
• Different ways to enter dog enclosures
• Different ways to exit dog enclosures
• Potential problems with exit and entry to dog enclosures
• Essential personal protection equipment for canine handling
• The importance of personal protection equipment for canine handling
• Ways to provide environmental enrichment in pet care settings
• The impact of correct environmental stimulation in pet care settings
• Safe and unsafe play in canines
• Safe management of canine interactions

ofModule 1 : Introduction

• What is in and out of the scope: breeding of dogs
• In Scope Criteria
• Out of Scope Criteria
• Criteria Quiz

 Module 2 : General Conditions

• License Display
• Records
• Use, Number and Type of Animal
• Staffing
• Suitable Environment
• Suitable Diet
• Monitoring of Behaviour and Training of Animals
• Animal Handling and Interactions
• Protection from Pain, Suffering, Injury and Disease
• Emergencies
• General Conditions Quiz

 Module 3 : Specific Conditions

• No Overnight Stay
• Suitable Environment
• Suitable Diet
• Monitoring of Behaviour & Training
• Housing apart from other dogs
• Records
• Protection from Pain, Injury, Suffering and Disease
• Higher Standards
• Specific Conditions Quiz

 Module 4 : Specific Conditions

• No Overnight Stay
• Suitable Environment

Live 1-2-1 ‘Zoom’ tutorials

The ‘learner’ has the option of a 1-2-1 (45 mins) personal tutorial, at the outset or midway and the end of this Breeding Regulations & Guidance unit, or as required by the Learner. 

• Understanding the main legal considerations for a canine business
• Identify and apply the main legal considerations to your business
• Assessment – the legal landscape
• Understanding the Regulations and Guidelines
• The licensing process and ongoing assessments
• 1-3 years licenses and 1-5 star ratings
• Compliance and obligations
• Conditions and guidance
• Mandatories and Higher Standards
• Developing your policies and processes
• Risk assessments
• Documentation: what you need, how to address it and evidencing compliance
• DIY vs DIFY
• The Licensing team
• Practical realities
• Questions and answers

• What is Covid-19?
• What are the symptoms?
• What are the dangers?
• How does Covid-19 spread?
• Social distancing and self-isolation
• Assessment

Unit 2 – Covid-19 and its impact on pet businesses

• Pets and Covid-19
• What we expect to change
• Impacts of Covid-19 for dog businesses
• What are the risks in your business?
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Disinfecting inc transport
• Handover Guide for dogs
• Pet service protocol matrix
• Covid-19 considerations for Commercial Boarding
• Covid-19 considerations for Home Boarding
• Covid-19 considerations for Commercial Dog Day Care
• Covid-19 considerations for Commercial Dog Day Care
• Covid-19 considerations for Dog Walkers
• Covid-19 considerations for Dog Groomers
• Covid-19 considerations for other pet-care professionals (includes Dog & Cat Breeders, Pet Shops and other breeders, Dog Trainers, Pet Microchip Implanters)
• Assessment 

Unit 3 – Winning back hearts and minds

• Reassuring your customers
• Additional Policies & Procedures
• Resources
• Assessment

You have access to an online tutor and there recorded seminars, as well as flashcards, quizzes, ‘podcasts’, a research and reading list, together with a workbook and in-course exercises.

You need access to half decent Internet and email. The course is a blend of different learning content and styles.

Some Level 3 course providers just send you a pdf workbook, a reading list and tell you to get on with it. Which is what got us going in the first place thinking we could do better than that.

Both options give you an Ofqual Level 3 Award qualification, and you don’t have to do the most expensive unless you want to do so, unless the content meets your needs, and because you can afford it.

So you choose.

Others are very likely already dog professionals who have dog needs and customer demands to meet, before they wash off all the mud, do the household stuff, put their feet up and start thinking about studying.

We have to have a finite timeline, to keep everybody focused. But if you can complete and pass your course in 2 to 3 months, Brilliant!

When you’re successful, the actual Ofqual Level 3 Award (and assessment) is:

Level 3 Award in Canine Care, Behaviour and Welfare
Qualification Number: 603/4536/6

The certificate, will come from the Ofqual national awarding organisation, the Open College Network West Midlands who are, if you like, our examining body (officially known as an Awarding Organisation).

We should stress you only get the certificate if you pass the accredited assessment(s), but if you want to check the core qualification exists, you can check it on the Ofqual list of regulated qualifications.

https://register.ofqual.gov.uk/Detail/Index/1379?category=organisations&query=Open%20Network

And the approved qualification

https://register.ofqual.gov.uk/Detail/Index/43005?category=qualifications&query=Level%203%20Award%20in%20Canine%20Care%2C%20Behaviour%20and%20Welfare%20

Do come back to us with any more questions.