CPDT — Certified Professional Dog Trainer
| Course | Content | Main Textbook | Evaluation | Fee € |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Evolution |
Four lessons: variation, natural selection, evolution. |
"Evolution" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
Free |
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Ethology and Behaviorism |
Four lessons: merging ethology and behaviorism, creating relationships, making training simple and efficient. |
"Animal Training My Way" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
168 |
|
The 20 Principles All Animal Trainers Must Know |
Four lessons: The 20 Principles All Animal Trainers Must Know plus 16 principles for the advanced trainer, planning a training session. |
"The 20 Principles All Animal Trainers Must Know" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
148 |
|
Animal Welfare |
Two lessons: The Five Freedoms and the Three R’s, welfare science, ethics, and law. |
"Animal Welfare" by A. Pinto-Poulton |
Quiz |
148 |
|
EFR for Animals |
Four lessons: Emergency first response for animals focusing on dogs, horses, and cats. |
"EFR for Animals" by M. J. Cunha |
Quiz |
98 |
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Anatomy and Physiology |
Two lessons: the body plan and physical functions of anatomy and physiology. |
"Anatomy and Physiology" by A. Bourquin |
Quiz |
98 |
|
Canine Behavior |
Three lessons: the behavior of the domestic dogs and their wild relatives; dog language A-Z. |
"Dog Language" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
168 |
|
All About Puppies |
Five lessons: imprinting, socialization, the puppy's arrival at the new home, stimulation, training. |
"All About Puppies" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
148 |
|
Dogs and Children |
Two lessons: how to create a good relationship between child and dog and how to prevent problems. |
"Dogs and Children" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
40 |
|
Dogs Home Alone |
Two lessons: A practical case and the CHAP prevention and cure program. |
"Dogs Home Alone" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
98 |
|
Canine Problem Behavior |
Three lessons: 10 facts about dogs—myth or truth? and 10 strange dog behaviors explained—debugging popular credence. Files from the EI Canine problem behavior cases. |
"Canine Problem Behavior" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
98 |
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Pedagogy |
Four lessons: Motivation, active learning, teaching adults, creating better classes. |
"Pedagogy" by various authors |
Quiz |
89 |
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Canine Proficiency Verification |
Practical work with dogs supervised by tutor |
Proficiency Verification |
Proficiency Verification |
396 |
CACE — Certified in Applied Canine Ethology (in addition to CPDT)
| Course | Content | Main Textbook | Evaluation | Fee € |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ethology |
Four lessons: Ethology—history and principles, genetics and behavior, evolutionary strategies, sexual behavior, instinct and learning, communication, social behavior, agonistic behavior, animal economics and intelligence, evolutionary perspectives. |
"Ethology" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
168 |
|
Animal Learning |
Three lessons: Classical and operant conditioning. Learning. Signals. Discrimination, generalization, and stimulus control. Increasing and decreasing behavior. Reinforcement schedules. Advanced operant procedures. Plan of action. |
"Animal Learning" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
168 |
|
Applied Animal Learning |
Three lessons: The Morphology and Syntax of SMAF. Examples of POA. Quick Guide to designing a POA in SMAF. |
"SMAF" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
128 |
|
Agonistic Behavior |
Five lessons: Fearful, aggressive, dominant, and submissive behavior. Pacifying behavior. |
"Agonistic Behavior" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
168 |
|
Measuring Behavior |
Four lessons: How to measure behavior, Methods of sampling animal behavior. Using Ethograms. Chi-squared. |
"Measuring Behavior" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
168 |
|
Canine Scent Detection |
Three lessons: From acquisition of indication behavior (alert) and acquisition of target scent to the final blind test. |
"Canine Scent Detection—The Practical Manual" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz and Proficiency Verification |
396 |
CAAE — Certified in Advanced Applied Ethology (in addition to CPDT and CACE)
| Course | Content | Content/textbook | Evaluation | Fee € |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Equine Behavior |
One lesson: The behavior of the horse, its social behavior, senses, how it apprehends the world, and its ability to solve problems. |
"The Nature of Horses" by Stephen Budiansky |
Quiz |
98 |
|
Feline Behavior |
Three lessons: the behavior of cats as well as the most common causes of problem behavior and how to solve them. |
"Feline Behavior and Misbehavior" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
98 |
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Zoology |
Two lessons: introduction to Zoology, how to distinguish and classify animals, particularly mammals. |
"Intro to Zoology" by A. Pinto-Poulton |
Quiz |
98 |
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Evolution and Ethology |
Two lessons: this is a comprehensive and advanced course in evolution and ethology (graduate level). |
"Animal Behaviour" by David McFarland |
Assignment |
238 |
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Learning and Behavior |
Three lessons: a most comprehensive course reviewing the various forms animals learn and acquire new behavior (graduate level). |
"Learning and Behavior" by Paul Chance |
Assignment |
238 |
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Critical Reasoning |
Six lessons: logic and critical reasoning, how to evaluate statements and how to build sound arguments (graduate level). |
"Think Out of the Box" by R. Abrantes |
Quiz |
238 |
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Equine Proficiency Verification |
Practical work with horses. |
Practical work with horses supervised by a tutor |
Proficiency Verification |
396 |
|
X-Practice Proficiency Verification |
Practical work with an animal other than a dog or a cat. |
Practical work with a third species, other than dog and horse, of your choice |
Proficiency Verification |
396 |