Purpose: Learn the safe and appropriate use of herbs and aromatherapy for pets.

Prerequisite: None

What can you expect to learn in this course:

• The history of herbology.
• How to source good quality herbs from reputable sources and what those herbs should look, smell and taste like.
• How to grow common herbs in their garden.
• What parts of the plant have healing properties
• Contraindications and precautions when using herbal remedies
• The most beneficial form of each herbal remedy including learning how to prepare dried herbs, powders, teas, infusions and compresses.
• How to use herbal remedies to provide solutions for common ailments – behavioural issues such as anxiety, nervousness and fear; digestive upset including nausea, flatulence, constipation, impacted anal glands and diarrhea; parasite problems; lesions of the skin.
• How to use herbal remedies to help elderly animals cope with the infirmities of old age such as arthritis, cataracts, dental issues, heart disease, kidney disease and incontinence.
• The qualities of aromatherapy oils
• Blending of aromatherapy oils
• What are carrier oils and how to use them
• Contraindications and precautions with the use of aromatherapy
• Aromatherapy and Herbal Remedies are not substitutes for veterinarian care!

Course Completion Deadline: This course must be completed in its entirety within 3 months from the date of registration.

Required Textbook: None. Participants will be provided with a manual of useful herbs and recipes as well as a comprehensive list of useful books and resources.

CEU Status:

CCPDT- 4 CEUs
ABCDT-L2 – 4 CEUs

Instructor: Sheilagh O’Sullivan, M.A.

Course length: Four 60 minute classes.

Course Fee –  $75.00 USD

Student Information:

Access to this course will expire in 3 months. Therefore, you have 3 months to complete this course from the date of registration.

You must also read and agree to the E-Training for Dogs, Inc. Standard Terms and Conditions prior to taking a course: Click HERE to read these. You will be asked when you register if you have read them and will not be allowed to take the course if you do not agree to the terms.

Building Better Bodies through Canine Nutrition

Course Information: This high quality on-line course, Building Better Bodies- Intro to Canine Nutrition, is a canine nutrition course that is current in its content, enlightening in data presented, enjoyable, and applicable for every dog you own, treat, or work with. This canine nutrition course will introduce you to whole food nutrition; meaning utilizing real foods and the nutrients within to glean value and energy in what is eaten. It will build upon this by defining vitamins and minerals, looking at where these can be derived in nature as well as basic nutrient requirements for dogs. Formulations, dietary options, processing, and nutrigenomics will also be presented. You will have the opportunity to learn how to read labels and then try your new skills either on-line or at a store. Selecting whole food supplements is introduced and the course closes with tools to determine a dog’s nutritional status using fur analysis and a body systems questionnaire.

Instructor: Ava Frick, DVM, CAC, FAIS

Prerequisites: None. Some understanding of biology, science, and nutrition would be helpful.

What can I expect to learn in this course:

• To give you a working knowledge of whole food nutrition that you can understand and apply.
• To help you understand how to determine what is the right type of canine food or diet to purchase or recommend.
• To guide you in knowing how to select a quality whole food nutritional supplement for dogs throughout life and life stages.
• For Credit includes Instructor feedback. There will be Written Exercises and Homework that the student will turn in after each of the nine lessons. A Certificate and CEUs are available.
• For Audit does not require any homework. There is no Instructor interaction. No Certificate. No CEUs.

CEU Status:

CCPDT- 13 CEUs (6.5 CBCC-KA CEUs)
IAABC- 14.5 CEUs
NADOI- 9 CEUs
PPAB/PPG – 12 CEUsABCDT-L2 – 13 CEUs

Disclaimer:  This course focuses on whole food factors, learning how to read labels, creating better diets, and integrating supplements.

There are a variety of great dog food and supplement companies.  This course does not promote any dog food company or any specific type of feeding a dog. However, Dr. Frick does recommend in both her practice and in this course, the Standard Process line of supplements because of their uniquely formulated tissue extracts. Whether you chose to utilize the products of Standard Process is your choice.  She strongly believes that she would not be doing you or your dogs a service if she does not take this opportunity to enlighten you about this aspect of our and their bodies.

Course Length: 9 ninety minute sessions.

For Credit Cost: $385.00 USD

For Audit Cost: $125.00 USD

Also available: Advanced Canine Nutrition

We are proud of our students!!!! Click HERE to see some of our students of this course.

Student Information:

You must also read and agree to the E-Training for Dogs, Inc. Standard Terms and Conditions prior to taking a course: Click HERE to read these. You will be asked when you register if you have read them and will not be allowed to take the course if you do not agree to the terms.

Puppy Fitness Course

Purpose: Extended 8 lesson puppy fitness course webinar, where you learn how puppies grow, what their nutritional and exercise needs are to enhance body awareness, self-confidence and to support each stage of your puppy’s development.

Course Information: This course will focus on puppies from eight weeks up to eighteen months of age. We begin with structural evaluation of your dog as it relates to function – in other words we are evaluating for purpose, not for fancy. This will reveal your puppy’s areas of weakness (i.e. straight shoulders, high neck set, no dewclaws, cow-hocked, sloping croup, etc). Each session will be dedicated to a different region of the dog as we discuss the different stages of development, including growth plate closure and use this information to guide us as we develop a more conscious approach to puppy development instead of destruction.

Prerequisites: None

What a student can expect to learn from this course:

• Enlightened appreciation of the puppy
• How to evaluate structure in relation to function & potential injury
• Understanding of basic how activity impacts the body
• Importance of maintaining balance/proprioception during growth spurts to achieve optimal wellness
• Skills that will enhance abilities to raise and train each dog better than the last

For those of you looking to “taste” this course before registering for the comprehensive version the Instructor has created an Introductory one hour webinar.  Click here to view details on this the “How to Build the Perfect Puppy: Quick – Puppies UN-Puzzled” (60 minute webinar) webinar.

Instructor: Racine Hyatt, CCFt

Course Length:

OnDemand: Eight (8) 90 minute sessions.

CEUs

CCPDT – 10 CEUs
IAABC – 12 CEUs
ABCDT-L2 – 8 CEUs

Course Fee – 

For Credit: $310.00 USD

For Audit: $90.00 USD

Student Information:

Access to this course will expire in 6 months.

You must also read and agree to the E-Training for Dogs, Inc. Standard Terms and Conditions prior to taking a course: Click HERE to read these. You will be asked when you register if you have read them and will not be allowed to take the course if you do not agree to the terms.

To achieve the greater goal of a long career and healthy aging – not just a good run.

Course Information:

• WHO? Your dog! Does he have “athletic” structure which will support him during your chosen event or be damaged by the multiple stresses of training and competition? What degree of angulation does he have; is it similar front to hind and what is the big “trade-off” created by angulation extremes, its impact on muscle development and optimal movement. What can we learn watching dog’s gait?
• WHAT are the 5 important attributes for performance dogs? How important is Proprioception for a performance dog, and how can we improve this key sense.
• WHERE will the dog need these structural traits for optimal performance? How can we predict injury potential when certain aspects are weak?
• WHEN should we plan to condition each aspect during training, competition & off seasons? Why is it important to create pre-, competition and –post season routines?
• WHY will conditioning prevent / minimize sport related injuries? Have you ever considered the connection between metabolism, physical development and injury potential? What is “tapering” and how will this technique extend your dog’s career and keep him ‘sharp’
• HOW will optimal condition enhance the dog’s ability to recover from a crisis – and what is the impact that ‘drives’ will have on injury and rehabilitation outcomes?

This presentation will introduce you to the various topics of discussion in the Conditioning a Performance Dog program and leave you with the skills to raise each dog better than the last – for the dog’s sake!

Instructor: Racine Hyatt, CCFt, CCM

Course Length:

OnDemand: One 60 minute sessions.

Course Fee:

For Credit OnDemand: $45.00

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Student Information:

Access to this course will expire in 7 days. Therefore, you have one week / 7 days to complete this course from the date of registration.

You must also read and agree to the E-Training for Dogs, Inc. Standard Terms and Conditions prior to taking a course: Click HERE to read these. You will be asked when you register if you have read them and will not be allowed to take the course if you do not agree to the terms.