HEALTH CARE
The student will be taught the importance of health care procedures.
1. Properly groom and wash his/her assigned animal.
2. Accomplish health inspection.
3. Preform daily kennel sanitary requirements.
4. Understand the importance of normal food ration and food quality.
5. Avoid hazards of improper watering and feeding.
6. Define routine veterinary assistance requirements.
7. Knowledge of diseases and parasites that affects a dog, their symptoms
and methods of prevention and treatment.
FIRST AID PROCEDURES
Upon conclusion the student will have a working knowledge in First Aid
procedures including:
1. Knowing how to restrain a dog who has been injured.
2. Applying bandages and medicine.
3. Recognizing injuries.
4. Knowing the signs of overheating, treatment, and prevention.
5. Knowledge of prevention and treatment of a bloated dog.
BEHAVIOR OF DOGS
The behavior of a dog is the result of many factors. Upon conclusion
of these hours the student should be familiar with the different kinds
of behavior and what causes that particular behavior.
RECORD KEEPING AND PROFICIENCY TRAINING
Upon conclusion the student must be familiar with procedures for keeping
a dog proficient and for proper record keeping.
PRINCIPLES OF OBEDIENCE TRAINING
Upon conclusion of these hours the student should have a working knowledge
in obedience training and be familiar with:
1. Knowledge of the classical conditioning theory of dog training.
2. Applying the needed patience.
3. Knowing the correct time to praise.
4. Applying the correct amount of praise with the assigned dog.
5. Knowing when to correct the dog.
6. Applying the right correction at the correct time.
7. Knowing what the dog is telling you by reading the dog's body movements.
8. Defining the obedience formula.
9. Knowledgeable in all obedience training techniques and theories.
10. Controlling and handling aggressive and fearful dogs.
11. Knowledge of building motivation, willingness in a dog.
12. Knowledge of the correct equipment to use.
13. Knowledge of working with different breeds and attitudes.
KENNEL MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN
The student will have experience in running and controlling the kennel
facility. They will be trained in:
1. Safety features and procedures of the kennel area.
2. Kennel design.
3. Disease and parasitic prevention.
4. Equipment necessary to successfully run and operate a kennel facility.
5. Maintenance and construction of the kennel facility
6. Knowledge of veterinary clinic procedures.
7. Knowledge of computer management of training records and operating
records.
ADVERTISEMENT, MARKETING AND CONTRACT DESIGN
At the conclusion of these hours the student will be familiar with different
advertising and marketing strategy. The student will also know the legal
structure of a contract.
AGILITY COURSE TRAINING
The student will learn the theories and training procedures of the agility
course. Upon conclusion of these hours the student will be familiar with:
1. Knowing how the various obstacles builds confidence in a dog.
2. Applying the training techniques to teach the various obstacles.
3. Knowledge of preventing injuries to the dog.
4. Knowledge of construction of an agility course.
THEORY OF PROTECTION
At the conclusion of these hours the student must show proficiency in:
1. Recognize the training abilities of a clients dog.
2. Identify a dog's mental and emotional status.
3. Understanding the natural instincts of a dog's aggression.
4. Learn to read his/her dogs and other people's dogs by the aggressive
indications that the dog gives.
THEORY OF SCENT
At the conclusion of these hours the student must show proficiency in:
1. Knowledge of the overall training objectives.
2. Knowledge of work environments.
3. Knowing the performance capabilities of a trained tracking dog.
4. Applying the principles of a tracking dog in training.
5. Defining and understanding the olfactory abilities and availabilities of scent.
6. Recognizing limitations that will effect a dog's ability to detect and identify scent.
7. Employing a tracking dog in an effective manner by taking
advantage of the temperature, humidity and available air currents.
