218 - Dog Daycare

Course Title: Dog Daycare - 218

Credits: 5 (Approx. 70 work-hours)

Instructor: Vernessa Wysocki, Dip.D.D.

Course Description

Dog Daycare 218 is an exploration of topics relevant to operating a dog daycare. The course covers both administrative and dog behavior aspects in a well rounded program. Working in dog daycare involves understanding and managing the social behavior of dogs as well as how to provide safe and fun mental and physical stimulation. This course will be of value to anyone working in the dog daycare field presently or who may want to.

Students can expect to do a lot of studying and writing in this course.

Essay assignments will be required on the following topics:

  • Leasing versus buying property
  • Marketing strategies
  • Brochure and print add development
  • Action plan / staff protocols
  • Emergency action plans
  • Owner hand-outs
  • Toys in the dog daycare
  • Communication between dogs
  • Common medical problems in the dog daycare
  • Sanitation planning
  • New dog introductions
  • Breed characteristics
  • Staff mediated discord among dogs
  • Aggression between dogs
  • Encouraging calmness
  • The decison to remove a dog
  • Liability issues

Course Texts

  • Off- Leash Dog Play – A Complete Guide to Safety & Fun by Robin Bennett & Susan Briggs
  • Doggie Daycare Owning and Operating Your Own Business by Bill and Kellyann Conway (Provided through CASI)
  • All About Dog Daycare A Blueprint for Success by Robin Bennett available through dogwise orwww.allaboutdogdaycare.com)
  • The Culture Classh by Jean Donaldson
  • Avoiding Liability When you Train, Shelter or Adopt-out Seminar and essential legal documents DVD by Kenneth Phillips (available through www.dogbitelaw.com)
  • Any first aid for dogs book or video
  • On Talking Terms with Dogs by Turid Rugaas

Enrollment Package Includes

  • Coursework document with assignments and course notes
  • Student Handbook
  • Access to Classroom, with transcripts from Guest Visits and handouts
  • Free membership with IIACAB and to all issues of its journal JACAB
  • Access to your Instructor for one-on-one guidance
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Schedule

The course begins as soon as your enrollment is complete and you receive your enrollment package. Although we allow 6 months for this course, you are free to complete the course sooner if you can, and we do allow extensions if need be.

Prerequisites: None

Tuition

$700 Cdn. (Currency Converter) + 4% fee for for online payments. Textbooks not included in tuition. They may be purchased through http://www.dogwise.comhttp://www.amazon.comhttp://www.abebooks.com or http://www.half.com in most cases. Also check the Student LibraryCanadian Residents 5% GST.

Enrollment

Visit the "ENROLL" page and follow the application instructions.

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