Canine Separation Anxiety
Canine Separation Anxiety
This veterinary approved webinar is written and presented by a qualified animal behaviourist with a busy behaviour referral practice, who is also a qualified registered veterinary nurse. It has been designed for pet professionals, fulfilling Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements. However, it is also suitable for dog owners whose pet already has a degree of separation anxiety.
Written with the benefit of real-world clinical behaviour experience and informed by current behavioural science.
Learning outcomes:
- Recognise the signs and symptoms of canine separation anxiety, understand how they develop and how to prevent them.
- Learn to identify triggers, predictive cues and low-level signs of stress before they escalate.
- Understand how to diagnose separation anxiety and assess levels of severity.
- Explore practical relaxation techniques, desensitisation strategies and how to use technology to support training.
- Learn how to prepare for and carry out a structured separation anxiety training programme.
- Gain guidance on diet, supplements and medication options that can support behavioural modification.
- Understand key considerations and advice when introducing a new dog to the home.
This course includes:
- 6 modules
- Bitesize lessons
- Access on all devices
- Lifetime access
- Recorded webinar
- Downloads
- No assessments, just quizzes
- Certificate of completion
- CPD transcript
- Tutorial & technical support
- Training guides, info factsheets and links to scientific research
Who this course is for:
- Pet professionals
- Dog owners
- Dog trainers
- Dog walkers
- Dog groomers
- Dog carers / sitters
- Rescue centre workers
- Veterinary nurses
- Animal behaviourists
Before you enrol:
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About the instructor:
Course curriculum:
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Module 1: Introduction
- Welcome
- Definitions
- Why Do Problems Develop?
- Other Factors
- Signs and Symptoms
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Module 2: Prevention
- Advice for Lockdown
- Habituation
- Advice when getting a new dog
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Module 3: Diagnosis and Levels of Severity
- Diagnosing separation anxiety
- Separation Related Issues
- Triggers and predictive cues
- Recognising the levels of severity
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Module 4: Treatment Strategies
- Preparation for treatment
- Understanding Desensitisation and Counterconditioning
- Recognising low level signs of stress
- Diet, supplements and medication
- Relaxation Techniques and Using Technology
- Preparing for The Training Programme
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Module 5: The Training Programme & Keeping Records
- Checklist, Rules & General Pointers
- Using Cues
- The Stages of Training
- Keeping records & evaluation of progress
- Canine Separation Anxiety Self-Assessment Quiz
Student reviews:
- Students felt much more confident understanding separation anxiety and managing it with their own dogs
- Reviewers praised how Caroline broke down complex ideas into digestible, easy-to-follow segments and clear explanations
- Students valued the practical advice, training downloads and realistic timescales for tackling the problem effectively
- Learners appreciated studying at their own pace with well-organised videos and resources fitting busy schedules
Based on 50 published student reviews across all star ratings for this course.
Elaine M.
VerifiedBrilliant Course
Having had a dog with separation anxiety, I know how tough this can be for the dog and their caregiver. Lots of great information and solutions for prevention and addressing issues. Visuals and pace spot on. Its great to be much more informed about this, and will help me in my future career.
Tracy Emma G.
VerifiedBrilliant course on Canine Anxiety. Goes into great detail and provides useful tools. Would recommend.
I found this course very informative and thought the way the materials were presented made the information more easily digestible. Caroline has a great way of imparting complex ideas in an easily understandable manner. Would highly recommend this course to anyone wanting to know more about canine anxiety.
Rachel J.
VerifiedThe preparation stage prior to the actual departure treatment plan
Thanks Caroline- lovely easy to follow program in digestible bite size chunks with some really helpful information and resources :)
Leah U.
VerifiedInformative webinar
Very clear and informative webinar
Clare H.
VerifiedInformative and useful information!
Very succinct information about how to deal with separation anxiety in dogs. Everything made sense and sets expectations about how this issue can be managed.
Freyer Y.
VerifiedReally enjoyable and easily digested in chunks
The course is delivered in a way that allows for time to process the information and also to schedule amongst a busy life.
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