With the guidance of step-by-step lessons, you will learn to train your dog to be friendly, patient, confident, gentle, and at ease in all situations for visiting hospitals, libraries, nursing homes, schools and assisted living facilities.
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Are you looking forward to working with your dog to visit facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, and schools, or train your pet dog for various forms of assistance, with an emphasis on therapy training? This online therapy dog training course can be an excellent solution for you and your dog. Our online Certified Therapy Dog Training Course is developed by the SDTSI team of trusted, experienced behavioral experts, who have 30+ years of combined professional animal care and dog training experience.
This course will help you learn:
• the benefits therapy dogs can provide
• basic control for therapy work
• conditioning the dog to handling
• public access and a wide variety of specific animal-assisted therapy tasks
Friendly dogs and friendly owners who are willing to work as a team and get quick access to visit care centers, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, libraries, etc, and enrich the lives of people thereby interacting with them.
Dogs should be one year or older. Be house trained, vaccinated, and well-groomed.
9 Modules 20 Videos
11 Modules 20 Videos
11 Modules 20 Videos
13 Modules 20 Videos
Previous
Next
1. receive a qualified therapy dog, an official therapy dog ID, which will allow you and your dog to access care centers or other therapy dog allowed facilities. To view a sample of the award, please click here.
2. obtain a certificate issued by SERVICEDOG TRAINING SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL: Therapy Dog Certificate. To view a sample, please click here.
It means your dog has been trained to perform the work or task as a therapy dog.
The primary purpose of certification is to ensure that your dog is fully trained as a therapy dog, and that you are ready to pass any of the various certification tests after completing the course.
Lesson 1 Definition of Therapy Dogs
1 - Definition of Therapy Dogs
2 - Definition Regarding Therapy Dogs
Lesson 2 What Dogs can be Therapy Dogs?
1 - What breeds are best suited as therapy dogs?
2 - What about mixed breeds?
3 - Now for the question of male dogs versus female dogs.
4 - What Makes a Good Therapy Dog?
Lesson 3 Bond with Your Dog
1 - First Thing to Learn - Picking Up the Dog
2 - Understand Your Dog
Lesson 4 First Thing to Teach
1 - How A Dog Learn
2 - The Six Basic Commands For Therapy Dogs
Lesson 5 Correct Unwanted Behaviors
1 - Dog Pulling Leash
2 - Dog Jump on People
Lesson 6 Handlers Job
1 - Healthcare
Lesson 7 Therapy Dog Task Training
1 - Socialize Your Dog
2 - Accept Petting
3 - Allow Grooming
4 - More Tricks to Show Off
Lesson 8 Dog Therapy Application
1 - Dogs in care homes/institutions
2 - Dogs in schools
3 - Dogs in hospitals
4 - Risk Management
All study materials
⊛ 8 lessons
⊛ 10 videos
⊛ 8 exams
⊛ 9hrs 13m time to complete
⊛ Certificate upon completion
Study and Training Guide
Full Tutor and Admin support
Are you looking forward to working with your dog to visit facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, and schools, or train your pet dog for various forms of assistance, with an emphasis on therapy training? This online therapy dog training course can be an excellent solution for you and your dog. Our online Certified Therapy Dog Training Course is developed by the SDTSI team of trusted, experienced behavioral experts, who have 30+ years of combined professional animal care and dog training experience.
This course will help you learn:
• the benefits therapy dogs can provide
• basic control for therapy work
• conditioning the dog to handling
• public access and a wide variety of specific animal-assisted therapy tasks
Friendly dogs and friendly owners who are willing to work as a team and get quick access to visit care centers, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, libraries, etc, and enrich the lives of people thereby interacting with them.
Dogs should be one year or older. Be house trained, vaccinated, and well-groomed.
9 Modules 20 Videos
11 Modules 20 Videos
11 Modules 20 Videos
13 Modules 20 Videos
Previous
Next
1. receive a qualified therapy dog, an official therapy dog ID, which will allow you and your dog to access care centers or other therapy dog allowed facilities. To view a sample of the award, please click here.
2. obtain a certificate issued by SERVICEDOG TRAINING SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL: Therapy Dog Certificate. To view a sample, please click here.
It means your dog has been trained to perform the work or task as a therapy dog.
The primary purpose of certification is to ensure that your dog is fully trained as a therapy dog, and that you are ready to pass any of the various certification tests after completing the course.
Lesson 1 Definition of Therapy Dogs
1 - Definition of Therapy Dogs
2 - Definition Regarding Therapy Dogs
Lesson 2 What Dogs can be Therapy Dogs?
1 - What breeds are best suited as therapy dogs?
2 - What about mixed breeds?
3 - Now for the question of male dogs versus female dogs.
4 - What Makes a Good Therapy Dog?
Lesson 3 Bond with Your Dog
1 - First Thing to Learn - Picking Up the Dog
2 - Understand Your Dog
Lesson 4 First Thing to Teach
1 - How A Dog Learn
2 - The Six Basic Commands For Therapy Dogs
Lesson 5 Correct Unwanted Behaviors
1 - Dog Pulling Leash
2 - Dog Jump on People
Lesson 6 Handlers Job
1 - Healthcare
Lesson 7 Therapy Dog Task Training
1 - Socialize Your Dog
2 - Accept Petting
3 - Allow Grooming
4 - More Tricks to Show Off
Lesson 8 Dog Therapy Application
1 - Dogs in care homes/institutions
2 - Dogs in schools
3 - Dogs in hospitals
4 - Risk Management
All study materials
⊛ 8 lessons
⊛ 10 videos
⊛ 8 exams
⊛ 9hrs 13m time to complete
⊛ Certificate upon completion
Study and Training Guide
Full Tutor and Admin support
No Breed, Size or Weight Restriction
Trained to perform work or task
Behave in public and under control of handler
Animal must be up to date with all vaccinations
