Pet Care Online Course

 

Why Study this Pet Care Course?

If you’re interested in taking care of different types of pets, or if you want to deepen your understanding in animal care, then this online pet care course is exactly what you’re looking for! This course will teach you how to take care of different types of pets, such as dogs, cats, birds, fish, and more. This course covers how to select, breed, feed, train, and the proper way to take care of them, and much more.

 

Want to work with pets? Need to know more about caring for pets?

Learn the fundamentals of pet care in this online, self paced course.  Study from home and learn to care for cats, dogs, birds, rabbits, fish and more. You will be guided by our expert Australian veterinarian tutors.

  • A course designed to further your knowledge of the care of pets
  • Learn how to care for your pets.
  • Understand selection, breeding, routine care.
  • An excellent qualification for anyone who works with animals or wants to.
    A great course for people interested in their pets.

Who should do this course?

  • Pet Owners
  • People who work in pet shops
  • People who aspire to work with pets (e.g. as a breeder, in an animal shelter, etc)

Course Aims

  • Discuss the general principles of pet care, as they relate to a wide range of different types of pets.
  • Describe routine care for cats.
  • Compare the characteristics of different cat breeds.
  • Describe routine care for dogs.
  • Compare the characteristics of different dog breeds.
  • Describe routine care for birds as pets.
  • Describe routine care for fish
  • Describe routine care for rabbits as pets.
  • Describe routine care for reptiles and amphibians.
  • Describe routine care for rodent pets.

Course Outline

There are 8 lessons in this course:

  1. Introduction to Animal Care
    • Laws and licenses
    • Animal Charities and Societies (eg. RSPCA, WSPA, Blue Cross)
    • Pet Care Needs (feeding, Watering, Shelter, Containment, Fencing, Caging, Protection)
    • Maintaining Health
    • Hygiene
  2. Cats
    • Breeds (Lang Haired, Semi Long Haired, Short Haired, Oriental etc)
    • Cat Selection
    • Allergies
    • Containment
    • Sexing
    • Desexing
    • Breeding
    • Newborn Kittens
    • Exercise
    • Behaviour
    • Hygiene
    • Feed and nutrition
    • Amount of food
    • Watering, Grooming
    • Travelling
    • Care for a sick cat (Signs of illness, Temperature, Common ailments, Skin disorders, Ticks)
    • Cats and wildlife
  3. Dogs
    • Dog Selection
    • Breeds (Pure and mixed)
    • Varying size and temperament
    • Grooming
    • Skin care
    • Inherited traits (aggression, deafness)
    • Containment
    • Breeding
    • Desexing
    • Exercise
    • Behaviour
    • Feeding
    • Canine Nutrition
    • Bones
    • Watering
    • Training
    • Travelling
    • Identifying sickness
  4. Birds
    • Bird Selection
    • Breeds (eg. Canaries, Finches, Budgerigars, Small Parrots etc)
    • Sexing
    • Desexing
    • Containment (Aviaries –selection, design, size, management)
    • Feed and Feeding
    • Watering
    • Grooming (Wing trim, Beak Trim, Nail Trim)
    • Hygiene
    • Catching and Restraining
    • Travelling
    • Caring for the Sick Bird
    • Signs of illness
    • Temperature
    • Supportive therapy
    • Common Ailments (eg. Abscesses, Alopecia, Apoplexy, Aspergillosis, Breathlessness, Constipation, Parasites)
    • Safety in the Home
  5. Fish
    • Fish Selection
    • Inside or Outside
    • Warm or Cold water
    • Number of fish
    • Types of fish (Tropical, Marine, Cold Water)
    • Costs, Size
    • Equipment: Tanks, Ponds, Pumps, Aquariums, Night lights
    • Water quality
    • Changing Water, Feed (Pelleted, live feed –Daphnia, Brine Shrimp)
    • Illnesses (Fungal, Bacterial, Parasites, Environmental)
  6. Rabbits
    • Rabbit Breeds (Large, Small and Dwarf)
    • Selection
    • Legality (Illegal in some areas)
    • Containment (Hutch or Cage)
    • Environment (temperature etc)
    • Feeding, Nutrition, Watering, Feed quantities and routine
    • Grooming
    • Handling
    • Moulting
    • Transporting
    • Sexing, Breeding
    • Identifying illness (Coccidiosis, Snuffles, Myxomatosisis, Sore Hocks, Pasteurellosis, Ear Canker, Heat Stroke, Cannibalism, Calcivirus Disease)
    • Care of sick rabbits
  7. Reptiles and Amphibians
    • Types (eg. Salamander, Frogs, Venomous snakes, Non-venomous snakes, Shingle-backed lizard, Tortoises, Terrapins, Axolotls, etc),
    • Selection,
    • Legal Issues,
    • Housing,
    • Environmental requirements (Moisture, Humidity, Warmth, etc),
    • Terrariums,
    • Problems (eg. Dehydration, Stress, External and internal parasites, Blisters, Scale Rot, Mouth Rot or Canker, Colds/pneumonia, Constipation and diarrhoea, Cannibalism, Incomplete sloughing of the skin -shedding of the skin)
    • Feed and feeding
    • General Care
  8. Guinea Pigs, Hamsters and Mice
    • Varieties, Selection
    • Containment
    • Sexing, Breeding
    • Grooming
    • Feeding, Watering
    • Illness (eg. Skin Problems, Abscesses, Mites, Ringworm, Fleas, Respiratory Infection, Vitamin C Deficiency, Otitis, Salmonella, Stripping etc)

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  • Experienced Tutor support
  • Certificate sent to you
  • Online study (Printed notes available)
  • Self paced - no set timetable
  • 12 months to complete course

From: $35.00 / week for 19 weeks

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    • 12 months to complete course

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      Pet Care Online Course

       

      Why Study this Pet Care Course?

      If you’re interested in taking care of different types of pets, or if you want to deepen your understanding in animal care, then this online pet care course is exactly what you’re looking for! This course will teach you how to take care of different types of pets, such as dogs, cats, birds, fish, and more. This course covers how to select, breed, feed, train, and the proper way to take care of them, and much more.

       

      Want to work with pets? Need to know more about caring for pets?

      Learn the fundamentals of pet care in this online, self paced course.  Study from home and learn to care for cats, dogs, birds, rabbits, fish and more. You will be guided by our expert Australian veterinarian tutors.

      • A course designed to further your knowledge of the care of pets
      • Learn how to care for your pets.
      • Understand selection, breeding, routine care.
      • An excellent qualification for anyone who works with animals or wants to.
        A great course for people interested in their pets.

      Who should do this course?

      • Pet Owners
      • People who work in pet shops
      • People who aspire to work with pets (e.g. as a breeder, in an animal shelter, etc)

      Course Aims

      • Discuss the general principles of pet care, as they relate to a wide range of different types of pets.
      • Describe routine care for cats.
      • Compare the characteristics of different cat breeds.
      • Describe routine care for dogs.
      • Compare the characteristics of different dog breeds.
      • Describe routine care for birds as pets.
      • Describe routine care for fish
      • Describe routine care for rabbits as pets.
      • Describe routine care for reptiles and amphibians.
      • Describe routine care for rodent pets.

      Course Outline

      There are 8 lessons in this course:

      1. Introduction to Animal Care
        • Laws and licenses
        • Animal Charities and Societies (eg. RSPCA, WSPA, Blue Cross)
        • Pet Care Needs (feeding, Watering, Shelter, Containment, Fencing, Caging, Protection)
        • Maintaining Health
        • Hygiene
      2. Cats
        • Breeds (Lang Haired, Semi Long Haired, Short Haired, Oriental etc)
        • Cat Selection
        • Allergies
        • Containment
        • Sexing
        • Desexing
        • Breeding
        • Newborn Kittens
        • Exercise
        • Behaviour
        • Hygiene
        • Feed and nutrition
        • Amount of food
        • Watering, Grooming
        • Travelling
        • Care for a sick cat (Signs of illness, Temperature, Common ailments, Skin disorders, Ticks)
        • Cats and wildlife
      3. Dogs
        • Dog Selection
        • Breeds (Pure and mixed)
        • Varying size and temperament
        • Grooming
        • Skin care
        • Inherited traits (aggression, deafness)
        • Containment
        • Breeding
        • Desexing
        • Exercise
        • Behaviour
        • Feeding
        • Canine Nutrition
        • Bones
        • Watering
        • Training
        • Travelling
        • Identifying sickness
      4. Birds
        • Bird Selection
        • Breeds (eg. Canaries, Finches, Budgerigars, Small Parrots etc)
        • Sexing
        • Desexing
        • Containment (Aviaries –selection, design, size, management)
        • Feed and Feeding
        • Watering
        • Grooming (Wing trim, Beak Trim, Nail Trim)
        • Hygiene
        • Catching and Restraining
        • Travelling
        • Caring for the Sick Bird
        • Signs of illness
        • Temperature
        • Supportive therapy
        • Common Ailments (eg. Abscesses, Alopecia, Apoplexy, Aspergillosis, Breathlessness, Constipation, Parasites)
        • Safety in the Home
      5. Fish
        • Fish Selection
        • Inside or Outside
        • Warm or Cold water
        • Number of fish
        • Types of fish (Tropical, Marine, Cold Water)
        • Costs, Size
        • Equipment: Tanks, Ponds, Pumps, Aquariums, Night lights
        • Water quality
        • Changing Water, Feed (Pelleted, live feed –Daphnia, Brine Shrimp)
        • Illnesses (Fungal, Bacterial, Parasites, Environmental)
      6. Rabbits
        • Rabbit Breeds (Large, Small and Dwarf)
        • Selection
        • Legality (Illegal in some areas)
        • Containment (Hutch or Cage)
        • Environment (temperature etc)
        • Feeding, Nutrition, Watering, Feed quantities and routine
        • Grooming
        • Handling
        • Moulting
        • Transporting
        • Sexing, Breeding
        • Identifying illness (Coccidiosis, Snuffles, Myxomatosisis, Sore Hocks, Pasteurellosis, Ear Canker, Heat Stroke, Cannibalism, Calcivirus Disease)
        • Care of sick rabbits
      7. Reptiles and Amphibians
        • Types (eg. Salamander, Frogs, Venomous snakes, Non-venomous snakes, Shingle-backed lizard, Tortoises, Terrapins, Axolotls, etc),
        • Selection,
        • Legal Issues,
        • Housing,
        • Environmental requirements (Moisture, Humidity, Warmth, etc),
        • Terrariums,
        • Problems (eg. Dehydration, Stress, External and internal parasites, Blisters, Scale Rot, Mouth Rot or Canker, Colds/pneumonia, Constipation and diarrhoea, Cannibalism, Incomplete sloughing of the skin -shedding of the skin)
        • Feed and feeding
        • General Care
      8. Guinea Pigs, Hamsters and Mice
        • Varieties, Selection
        • Containment
        • Sexing, Breeding
        • Grooming
        • Feeding, Watering
        • Illness (eg. Skin Problems, Abscesses, Mites, Ringworm, Fleas, Respiratory Infection, Vitamin C Deficiency, Otitis, Salmonella, Stripping etc)

      Enrol Now

      • Experienced Tutor support
      • Certificate sent to you
      • Online study (Printed notes available)
      • Self paced - no set timetable
      • 12 months to complete course

      From: $35.00 / week for 19 weeks

      Clear

       

      Get a Free Info Pack!

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        Accredited courses.