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
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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.