Complete Canine Care Diploma

Do you currently, or do you want to, care for other people’s dogs, perhaps as a walker, sitter, day care provider, groomer, kennel assistant or rescue dog handler? This is the course for you.

The BCCS Complete Canine Care Diploma course offers a comprehensive study of all areas of working with and caring for dogs, including understanding canine communication and reading body language to avoid unpredictable behaviours, introducing dogs to each other and the basics of training and dog psychology.

The course covers early days with mum through to differences in breed, how to meet dogs properly, basic health and nutrition, the importance of exercise and solutions to common issues. This course aims to equip anyone working with and caring for dogs on a regular basis with all of the information they’ll need to get it right from day one. Whatever your role within the dog care industry, this qualification will enhance your understanding and assure your customers that their dogs are in good, knowledgeable hands.

On completion, the student will:

Understand the various stages of canine development
Understand the workings of the dog’s mind and how they learn
Have a basic understanding of canine health and nutrition, including the importance of good quality foods
Understand breed differences and the importance of matching the right dog with the right owner
Know how to make introductions betweens dogs, and to humans, including young children and babies
Understand the importance of exercise, and how much a dog needs in order to avoid certain unwanted behaviours
Know the basics of dog training
Have a good understanding of dog behaviour
Be able to identify communications and body language which make sense of otherwise ‘unpredictable’ actions
Understand their role, as the human, including the importance of boundaries, discipline and leadership

Course Content:

UNIT ONE – Early Days With Mum
UNIT TWO – Canine Mind and Senses
UNIT THREE – Pairing Dogs and Owners
UNIT FOUR – Breed and Behaviour
UNIT FIVE – How Dogs Learn
UNIT SIX – Getting Introductions Right
UNIT SEVEN – The Importance of Socialisation
UNIT EIGHT – The Importance of Boundaries and Rules
UNIT NINE – Basic Health & Nutrition
UNIT TEN – Why Dogs Need Exercise
UNIT ELEVEN – Communication and Reading Body Language
UNIT TWELVE – Basic Training
UNIT THIRTEEN – Problems and Issues: Aggression
UNIT FOURTEEN – Problems and Issues: Fears and Phobias
UNIT FIFTEEN – The Role of the Human

We provide specialised courses for anyone interested in pursuing a career working with dogs. Our courses are written and assessed by professionals currently working within the canine behaviour and training field. This assures our students that the course content is current and well informed, and will equip you with real world knowledge which you can put to use immediately upon completion.