232 - Training and Behavior Modification in the Shelter and Rescue Environment

Course Title: Training and Behavior Modification in the Shelter and Rescue Environment - 232

Credits: 3 (Approx. 42 work-hours)

Instructor: Molly Stone, CDBC; Dip.A.B; CC-SF/SPCA

Course Description

The uniqueness of the shelter or rescue environment creates significant challenges in training and changing problem behaviors. This course will explore these challenges and how to meet them. The goal is to assess a dog’s needs and implement a plan that will help resolve problem behaviors, and/or prevent common ones to make the dog more readily adoptable and help ensure a greater probability of retention after adoption. This course will explore these topics in detail. Some of your assignments for this course will require you to present your papers for the class to review before you hand in the final drafts.

IAABC Approved course with 18 CEUs.

Resources

  • Click! For Life: Clicker Training for the Shelter Environment edited by Karen Pryor
  • How to Create a Happy, Eager, and Fun Relationship With Your Dog by Dee Ganley and Nancy Lyon
  • Don't Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor
  • Culture Clash by Jean Donaldson
  • Successful Dog Adoption by Sue Sternberg
  • http://www.hsus.org
  • Marston, L. & Bennett, P. (2003). Reforging the bond - towards successful canine adoption. Applied Animal Behavior Science, 83( 3), 227-245. Click here to purchase or get through library.
  • Scarlett, J., Salman, New, M., Kass, P. (1999). Reasons for Relinquishment of Companion Animals in US Animal Shelters: Selected Health and Personal Issues. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 2(1), 41-57. Click here to purchase or get through library.

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 4 months for this course, you are free to complete the course sooner if you can, and we do allow extensions if need be.

Prerequisites

Principles of Learning and Behavior 104

Tuition

$350 Cdn. (Currency Converter) + 4% fee for for online payments. Textbooks not included in tuition. They may be purchased through http://www.dogwise.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.abebooks.com or http://www.half.com in most cases. Also check the Student Library. Canadian Residents 5% GST. Most public libraries will either have journal articles or can get them through inter-library loans. University libraries are more likely to have them on site.

Enrollment

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

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