Question on dog psychology courses from Norma Jean:

Q: I am very interested in Canine Behaviour Psychology. I was all set to study this course in the UK but just realized recently that the College that I was going too study through recently too stop providing Canine Behaviour Psychology.

I was really disappointed to have found out about this information as I was planning to study this course in November this year.

I would like to know for those that have already studied Canine Behaviour Psychology in the UK, what College/University do you highly recommend that is excellent to studying this course in the UK.

As I have a full time job, I will need for find a correspondence distance college where I can study in my own time provided.

I am aware that employment as a Canine Behaviourist in the UK is not in demand as it is in the US but I would still like to study this course and use my skill and experience after completion abroad, perhaps in Europe, Australia or US in the future.

I look forward in getting a response from those that have the same passion for Canine Behaviour Psychology.

Thank you

Thank you for question Norma. The first couple of resources you should look at are:

http://www.apbc.org.uk/training_courses.htm
http://www.apbc.org.uk/career.htm

and you may get some insight and value from this one too:

http://www.bishopburton.ac.uk/index....seId=446&mode=

Residential Dog Psychology Courses vs Distance Learning Dog Psychology Courses

Learning canine psychology via a course - be it residential or distance learning - is more (or at least should be) grounded in the scientific elements of what we have learned about the way the dog's mind works. Dog psychology and dog training are, as I'm sure you appreciate, very different disciplines.

It is more than possible that a person may take a dog psychology course and be inept as a dog trainer, where a fantastically skilled dog trainer may have little to no academic understanding of dog psychology.

As is very often the case, you can glean so much information on a subject like this by browsing the scientific journals and searching for the latest University studies in the field of dog psychology.

Some links on canine psychology that can give some reading inspiration:

Canine Genetics (PDF)

Solo takes a double dose of Xanax (alprazolam) for his nerves during the 4 July festivities in the United States. That is in addition to the antidepressant, fluoxetine or amitriptyline, that the 11-year-old border collie takes year-round. Fireworks just set him off, as do thunderclaps, gunshots — practically any explosive sounds — sending him into nervous fits. Panting and drooling with eyes dilated, he desperately searches for a place to hide. If another dog is nearby, he might attack. "It's called anxiety redirection," says Melanie Chang, Solo's owner and an evolutionary biologist at the University of Oregon in Eugene.

Dogs Can Smell Cancer in Human Breath (National Geographic)