Canine Nutrition and Its Relevance to Behaviour Webinar

Helping you to make an informed choice when selecting a dog's diet through their life-stages.

On-demand Webinar Nutrition & Behaviour

This veterinary approved webinar is written and presented by a clinical animal behaviourist and qualified registered veterinary nurse. It has been designed for pet professionals, fulfilling Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements. However, it is also suitable for owners whose want to be better informed about what to feed their dog.

There are no exams, but to obtain your certificate of completion you must answer some multiple choice questions, which have been designed to ensure that you have learned the material.

Course aims:

To understand the constituents of the canine diet. In other words what the diet is made up of.
How to feed the dog through their different life-stages.
To learn how feeding can affect behaviour.
To undestand how nutraceuticals and supplements can help to modify the diet.
See full course curriculum below.

Course features:

Written with the benefit of practical veterinary and canine behaviour experience.
Information and content based on safe working practices.
Easy-to-digest lessons give you the flexibility to learn at home at your own pace.
Webinar slides presented with a voiceover – as if you were sitting in a real-life lecture theatre.
Canine enrichment and nutrition factsheets.

Tutor and technical support available.
Lifetime access to dip in and out of the course whenever you need to refresh your knowledge.
CPD Certificate of completion.
CPD Transcript for prospective employers.
Works on computers, tablets & smartphones.

Unique verifiable certificate code

Suitable for:

Dog owners
Dog walkers
Dog groomers

Dog carers / sitters
Dog trainers
Dog kennels / hotels

Animal behaviourists
Veterinary nurses
Pet professionals

This course includes:

5 modules

Before you enrol:

About the instructor:

Course curriculum:

Module 1: Constituents of the Diet 7 lessons
- Welcome
- Introduction & Outline
- Water
- Protein
- Fats & Oils
- Carbohydrates
- Fibre, Vitamins & Minerals
Module 2: Life-Stage Feeding 4 lessons
- Youth
- Adults & Pregnancy
- Geriatric
- Antioxidants & Supplements for Geriatrics
Module 3: Choosing a Diet 4 lessons
- Raw Diets
- Food Allergies
- Obesity
- Gastric Dilation-Volvulus (GDV) (Bloat)
Module 4: Modifying the Diet for Behaviour 5 lessons, 1 quiz
- Modifying Diet for Behaviour
- Promoting Gut Health to Reduce Anxiety
- Probiotics
- Natural Calming Agents
- Summary
- Canine Feeding and Nutrition Self Assessment Quiz
Downloads & Additional Material 7 lessons
- Canine Enrichment
- Top 3 Tips for Choosing a Pet Food
- The Breakthrough Diet
- Nutrition Factsheets
- CPD Transcript
- Course Feedback
- Want to learn more?

Student reviews:

4.9

27 reviews

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AI Review Summary

Students felt much more confident understanding canine nutrition and dietary supplements for their own dogs.
Reviewers appreciated how the course was clearly presented without confusing jargon, making complex topics easy to absorb.
Students valued learning how diet directly affects dog behaviour and can help solve behavioural issues.
Learners praised the flexible, bite-sized format that let them study at their own pace without pressure.

Based on 27 published student reviews across all star ratings for this course.

Brilliant, will be back for more courses

I’ve done a large amount of online learning & this is by far the best, I really enjoy the courses/webinars, they’re very well put together. I’ll definitely be back for more. Thank you.

Really enjoyed this course

I really enjoyed this course.
It was informative and helpful, I feel more confident in dietary supplements and requirements in canines

Very current information

Very useful information, good to refresh but also learn new information, as diet fashions can change rapidly. Also how diets can effect behavioural issues. Very interesting.

very useful information

easy to absorb and learn from

it was good to have my own knowledge affirmed

it was good to have my own knowledge affirmed. The presentation was clear and concise, not presuming a particular level of knowledge already present in the viewing person. The content was full, interesting and very usable. I felt it very helpful that there was not a lot of technical jargon...