Course, Program, or Certification
1 CEU Daycare and Boarding Basics
Biography
Top 10 Tips: Perfect Boarding Stay -Top 10 Tips: Perfect Playgroup -How to Fill a Mop Bucket -Dog Daycare Toolkit – Water Safety for Dogs -Safely Handling Bleach -Intro to Appropriate Play & Rest
1.5 CEU Designing a Sales Funnel in Your Pet Business
Biography
This mini-training dives into what a sales funnel is and how it can benefit your pet business. What metrics should you track? How can you attract more people into your funnel? How does nurturing your clients become a #1 priority after the sale?
6 CEU Disaster Planning for Pet Professionals
Biography
Disaster Planning for Pet Professions is an online certificate program that was designed by Pet Safety Crusader™ Denise Fleck with Pet Sitters International. This certificate program focuses on disaster planning as it applies to pet professionals and instructs students in how to put their disaster plan in action. This course is ideal for pet sitters and pet care providers at all stages of business.This five-section online course will teach you: How to prepare your disaster plan What supplies you need for pets and their people How to put your plan into action Disaster specific tips for over 20 natural and man-made disasters, including civil uprisings, wildfires, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and many more First aid basics for pets and people Pet sitters successfully completing this course and passing the final exam will earn the “Certificate in Disaster Planning
1.25 CEU Dog Breeds 101
Biography
-Why Know the Breed? -The Hound Group -The Herding Group -Top 10 Dog Breeds -The Working Group -The Toy Group -A Quick Guide to Breed Groups -The Terrier Group -The Nonsporting Group -The Sporting Group
Resources: Breed Group Cheat Sheet
3.5 CEU Dog Daycare Marketing Blueprint
Biography
How to successfully market and grow your dog daycare business.
3 CEU Dog Daycare Staff Training
Biography
Give your staff the expert guidance on dog behavior and handling so that they can take better care of the dogs, feel more confident and limit the amount of problems in the play groups.
3 CEU Dog Daycare Staff Training
15 CEU Dog Handler Academy Employee Training Monthly Membership Program
Biography
Course 101: Basic Dog Handler Training covers topics like handler behavior, collars and leashes, kennels and crates, and even how to clean up pee and poop properly. Course 201: Social Cues & Safety goes further into canine displays, play types and styles, stress warnings, dealing with physical aggression and latches, and advanced kenneling techniques. Course 301: Client Relations covers tone and eye contact, building rapport, settling nervous pet parents, discussing dog behavior at daycare, addressing common questions, and reinforcing policies. Course 401: Surviving & Thriving in the Workplace covers soft skills, effective communication among team members, the drama triangle, and more. Learn about our memberships and other products at http://www.doghandleracademy.com.
20 CEU Dog Handler Academy Employee Training Monthly Membership Program
2 CEU Dog Handler Academy’s Business Culture 101
Biography
Your business has a culture, but is your culture working for you? Within this course designed specifically for the dog care industry, HR and company culture expert Rob Van Craenenbroeck details how to overcome barriers and successfully build a healthy culture for your business. Topics include leadership’s role, cultural consciousness, avoiding resentment in your team, how to incentivize your team, how to implement changes, hiring and retaining talent, culture evaluation, offering an employee an exit, employee growth and work purpose, key behavior habits, relationship equity, and next-level outcomes.
5 CEU Dog Handler Academy’s Business Marketing 101
Biography
You’ve got a website and social media, but do you know HOW to market your pet care business? In this course, pet industry marketing expert Joe Meyers covers how to create an authentic, personal experience in your marketing and how to determine if your marketing efforts are actually working for you. You’ll learn about marketing best practices as well as how to get more reviews for your business (AND how to handle negative reviews!). Topics include client storytelling, knowing your numbers, website best practices, digital advertising, local advertising, social media, email marketing, word of mouth marketing, printed marketing materials, event promotion, and hidden marketing gems.
3 CEU Dog Handler Academy’s Dog Handler to Day Trainer Course
Biography
The Dog Handler to Day Trainer Course provides an introduction to basic obedience dog training for the experienced dog handler employee. Dog Handler to Day Trainer Course topics include: tools (treats and rewards, treat pouches, training leashes, collars, hand signals), building trust and becoming a resource, creating attachment (coercion, scent, affirmation, and sculpting behaviors), vocabulary and commands (name, good, anh-anh, come, find it, wait), and applications (training outside, training pet parents and pet family, jumpers). At the end of this course, the learner must submit a video to Dog Handler Academy showing him/her as the trainer with a dog, demonstrating these skills from the course: walking the dog, calling the dog’s name, giving treats along the walk; loose leash walking (without using the dog’s name); the “wait” command (e.g., at a door with the dog waiting to go through until asked by the trainer); the “anh-anh” command and taking a half step into the dog’s personal space for spatial pressure. The business or individual who purchases the course also receives access to a series of videos and ideas to create (or improve) your dog day training or dog school program.
2 CEU Dog Training for Pet Pros
Biography
How Dogs Learn: -The Basics -Guide to How Dogs Learn -Classical Conditioning -Operant Conditioning -Counterconditioning & Desensitization Teaching Basic Behaviors: -Sit -Down -Touch -Watch Me -Drop It -Loose-Leash Walking & Troubleshooting -Guide to Housetraining Management: -What is Management? -Guide to Management Tools Canine Enrichment: -Canine Enrichment Resources: 4 Stages of Learning, Dog Trainer’s Toolkit, Basic Deference Protocol, Nothing in Life is Free
1 CEU Dog Walking Visit Basics
Biography
-Writing Great Visit Notes -Top 10 Tips: Perfect Visit -Encountering Off-Leash Dogs -Dog Walker’s Toolkit -Doorway Management Resources: Safe Indoor Play, New Client Meet & Greet Checklist