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Certificate Requirements

Certificate Requirements

Dog Trainer

Certificate TC-091-10

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1-800-547-2882

Effective: August 2025

First Semester

Course # Course Title Credits Prerequisites/Comments
091-360 Introduction to Dog Training 1   Introduction to dog behavior, biology and development. You will learn about the history of the dog and how they've been trained in past and present. Learn the language of dog training and development stages of the process.
Course #: 091-360
Title: Introduction to Dog Training
Credits: 1
Prerequisites/Comments:   Introduction to dog behavior, biology and development. You will learn about the history of the dog and how they've been trained in past and present. Learn the language of dog training and development stages of the process.
091-361 Dog Training Applications 1 1   Student will learn about dog communication, schedules of reinforcement, shaping up shaping, predictability and control, enrichment for mental and physical health. Course objectives include: Understanding dog body language; Learn how and when to add a cue; Understand how each schedule of reinforcement affects learning; Understand shaping complex behaviors, behavior chains and common shaping mistakes; Understand how enrichment affects mental and physical health of a dog; Develop enrichment plans for mental and physical health for dogs in less active and stressful settings (ie. shelters, disabled owners).
Course #: 091-361
Title: Dog Training Applications 1
Credits: 1
Prerequisites/Comments:   Student will learn about dog communication, schedules of reinforcement, shaping up shaping, predictability and control, enrichment for mental and physical health. Course objectives include: Understanding dog body language; Learn how and when to add a cue; Understand how each schedule of reinforcement affects learning; Understand shaping complex behaviors, behavior chains and common shaping mistakes; Understand how enrichment affects mental and physical health of a dog; Develop enrichment plans for mental and physical health for dogs in less active and stressful settings (ie. shelters, disabled owners).
091-362 Dog Training Applications 2 1   Students will learn how to apply knowledge to real life dog training, basic problem solving, types and roles of support dogs. Course objectives include: Learn basic obedience skills and how to teach them to a dog; Learn advanced obedience skills and how to teach them to a dog; Problem solve training methods, what works best for THIS dog; How to treat the most common behavioral problems in dogs and how to develop a behavior modification plan; Learn the different kinds of support dogs, how to train them, the laws regarding assistant dogs.
Course #: 091-362
Title: Dog Training Applications 2
Credits: 1
Prerequisites/Comments:   Students will learn how to apply knowledge to real life dog training, basic problem solving, types and roles of support dogs. Course objectives include: Learn basic obedience skills and how to teach them to a dog; Learn advanced obedience skills and how to teach them to a dog; Problem solve training methods, what works best for THIS dog; How to treat the most common behavioral problems in dogs and how to develop a behavior modification plan; Learn the different kinds of support dogs, how to train them, the laws regarding assistant dogs.
091-363 Dog Training Lab 1 2   Hands on working with individual dogs, meet training requirements.
Course #: 091-363
Title: Dog Training Lab 1
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Comments:   Hands on working with individual dogs, meet training requirements.
091-364 Dog Training Lab 2 2   Observe and collaborate on a training plan for individual dogs; plan of actions working with a training partner, taking turns observing and providing feedback of training.
Course #: 091-364
Title: Dog Training Lab 2
Credits: 2
Prerequisites/Comments:   Observe and collaborate on a training plan for individual dogs; plan of actions working with a training partner, taking turns observing and providing feedback of training.
  Total Credits: 7  
Total Credits: 7

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Total Credits Required: 7

2.0 Minimum Certificate GPA Required for Completion

Updated: 10/10/2025 9:57 a.m.  |  Printed: 10/27/2025 10:25 p.m.

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