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Learn to confidently communicate with dogs by understanding their thoughts and learning behaviours.

"Excellent course, thank you for a thorough, in depth course on Dog Behaviour and Training. The course material was well presented and easy to follow.The assessment was thorough and time was taken to review my assessment and give feedback.Thank you so much for a great course.I feel equipped and encouraged to pursue this pathway". - Alison Jessup

Enrolling in this course will reveal the depth of knowledge and skills needed to understand dog psychology and training, which are essential for anyone seeking a career working with dogs. This course is perfect for those with a strong passion for dogs who are interested in starting a professional canine career.

You'll learn how to confidently communicate with dogs by understanding their thought processes and learning behaviours. You'll also delve into common behavioural problems and disorders, and develop positive training approaches to tackle them. With essential knowledge on different dog breeds, their anatomy, physiology, and brain and hormonal systems, you'll progress through each module and explore professional dog obedience training techniques such as the Koehler method, motivational training, and clicker training.

This course teaches you how to apply these techniques to correct problem behaviours such as chewing, jumping, barking, and other destructive behaviours. You'll be amazed at how much there is to learn about dog psychology and training and how crucial this knowledge is when embarking on a professional canine career. The course opens up many rewarding animal careers, such as working as a dog trainer, animal welfare specialist, pet sitter, or dog groomer.

What Sets Us Apart?

A distinctive feature of our course lies in the outcomes of our students. We take great pride in sharing the stories of individuals who have not only completed our course but have also established their own thriving dog grooming businesses. We are proud of these success stories as they serve as a testament to the effectiveness of our course, as do our reviews on Trust Pilot.

Jodi Gooding

Very interesting to research the subjects, I found the course informative and enjoyable.

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Certification and Accreditation

Accredited and Industry Endorsed

Our Professional Dog Grooming Diploma and Dog Behaviour and Training Certificate are internationally accredited by ICOES.

Vibe Learning went through a rigorous evaluation and audit of these courses to gain accreditation. Having ICOES accreditation guarantees you will receive a high standard of content that has undergone evaluation by an independent organisation, ensuring it's quality and credibility.

Course Modules

  • The Evolution of Dogs
  • Understanding Candids
  • Dogs v Wolves
  • From Wild to Best Friend: Dog Domestication
  • Dog Breeds: Exploring Their Diversity

  • Decoding Dog Genes
  • Breeding Better: Nature vs. Human Influence
  • The Gene Pool: How Genetics Shape Breeds
  • Predicting Traits: Understanding Gene Probability
  • Personality Blueprint: Breeding for Temperament
  • Gene Showdown: Dominance vs. Recessiveness
  • Breeding Wisely: The Dangers of Inbreeding
  • Crafting Canines: The Art of Selective Breeding
  • Healthy Hounds: Genetics and Well-being
  • Innate Instincts: Nature vs. Nurture in Dogs

  • Canine Classifications
  • Breed Standards
  • Breed Membership Requirements
  • Breed Groups Explained
    • Toys
    • Terriers
    • Gundogs
    • Hounds
    • Working Dogs
    • Utility Dogs
    • Non-Sporting
  • Designer Dogs
  • Mixed Breeds

  • The Five Senses
    • Smell
    • Hearing
    • Taste
    • Touch
    • Sight
  • Skin and Fur
  • The Musculoskeletal System
  • The Circulatory System
  • The Heart
  • The Lymphatic System
  • The Digestive, Respiratory and Urinary Systems

  • The Nervous System
  • The Automatic Nervous System
  • Nerves and Neurons
  • The Spinal Cord
  • The Brain
  • Endocrine System Overview
  • Hormones Effect on the Brain

  • Canine Nutrition
    • Proteins
    • Starch
    • Fibre
    • Fats
    • Minerals
    • Vitamins
    • Water
  • Feeding According to a Dogs Needs
  • Older Dogs
  • Identifying Health Concerns
  • Common Dog Diseases
  • Dog First Aid & CPR

  • The Puppy Years
  • Socialising Puppies
  • Puppy Training
  • The Reproductive Years
    • Puperty in Males
    • Puperty in Females
    • Mating
    • Pregnancy
    • Whelping
    • Nursing
    • Weaning
  • The Adult Years
  • Older Dogs

  • Understanding The Domestication Effect
  • Canine Connections: Exploring Hierarchy and Socialisation
  • Puppy Independence: Navigating the Detachment Phase
  • Addressing Separation Anxiety in Dogs
  • Desensitisation Techniques for Dogs
  • Strategies for Managing Aggressive Behavior in Dogs
  • Hierarchial Aggression
  • Unpacking Mounting Behaviour
  • Insights into Territorial Aggression in Dogs
  • Understanding Predatory Aggression
  • Decoding Submissive Body Language in Dogs
  • Submissive Body Signs
  • Investigating Marking Territory in Dogs
  • Exploring Feeding Behaviour in Dogs

  • Explore How Dogs Think
  • How Do Dogs Learn
  • Understanding Associative and Non-Associative Learning in Dogs
    • Habituation
    • Sensitisation
    • Classical Learning
    • Operative Learning
  • Positive/Negative Reinforcement
  • Positive/Negative Punishment
  • Adapting Your Approach to Meet Your Dogs Learning Style
  • Navigating Reinforcement and Correction in Dog Training
  • The Art of Timing
  • Debunking Common Misconceptions abuot Canine Learning

  • Training Techniques
    • The Koehler Method
    • Dominance Based Training
    • Model-rival Training
    • Relationship-Based Training
    • Motivational Training
    • Clicker Training
    • Scientific Training
  • Basic Commands
    • Sit
    • Lie Down
    • Recall

  • Types of Disorders
    • Aggression
    • Fears and Phobias
    • Destructive Beahviours
    • Abnormal Repetitive Behaviours
    • Elimination Related Behaviour
    • Eating Disorders
  • Correcting Unwanted Behaviours
    • Separation Anxiety
    • Chewing
    • Food Aggression
    • Excessive Whining
    • Jumping
    • Biting, Mouthing and Nipping

  • General Obedience Training : Your Dog Training School
  • Dog Trainer v Dog Behaviourist
  • Specialised Dog Training Careers
    • Training Dogs for people with Disabilities
    • Training Rescue/Emergency Dogs
    • Training for the Entertainment Industry
    • Training Dogs for Militart and law Enforcement
    • Training Dogs for Sport
    • Training Disabled Dogs
  • Become a Dog Walker or Pet Sitter
  • Working in Doggy Cay Care or Boarding Kennels
  • Dog Photography Careers

The final assessment serves as a comprehensive evaluation of the knowledge and skills acquired in this Certificate.

The assessment consists of 40 short-answer questions. These questions aim to gauge your your ability to apply knowledge and techniques learned throughout the modules. Your responses will be submitted to the course mentor for grading and constructive feedback.

Consider the following 3 example questions:

  1. Your dog stops barking at the school bus that drives past every morning. This is an example of what kind of non-associative learning?
  2. The nervous system is made up of the central and peripheral nervous systems. What are each of those components made up of?
  3. If your dog constantly whines to get your attention, what steps can you take to correct it?

Course Mentor

Professional Groomer, Hannah Grice
Hannah Grice

"I'm always here to help and am very easy to approach."

Meet Hannah Grice, the passionate owner and head groomer behind The Dog House, a charming boutique dog grooming establishment. With a wealth of experience and accolades under her belt, Hannah's journey into the world of grooming began with her beloved Poodles, Ivy and Raven, who not only stole her heart but also propelled her to success in grooming and obedience competitions.

Certified and mentored by renowned groomers like Tiarne Perkiss and Christine Speerin, Hannah brings a unique blend of expertise and enthusiasm to her teaching endeavors. Whether guiding students through our online courses or presenting grooming video tutorials, she ensures a supportive and constructive learning environment every step of the way.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, we offer a 7-day money-back guarantee. During that time, you'll have access to all the materials. If you decide the course isn't right for you, just send us an email to get a full refund.

We provide lifetime access! This course is designed for self-paced learning, which means you have the freedom to study on your own schedule.

There are no time limits or deadlines, and you have 24/7 access to the course. You'll have all the flexibility and convenience to balance your studies with other commitments.

Yes, our dog behaviour course is accredited by the International Council for Online Educational Standards (ICOES).

You can find more information about ICOES on their website here.

Yes there are short-answer assessments which you will submit to your course mentor. Additionally there are multiple choice quizzes that you can complete as many times as you need to.

These assessments will help you understand the material and will reinforce your learning. There are no deadlines on any of the assessments.

You have lifetime access to your course.

No, there's no need to buy equipment before enrolling in the course. The practical tasks in the course are optional, and if you choose to complete them, you'll only need basic supplies.

Yes, we've partnered with Artemis Grooming Supplies, one of the top pet grooming supplies distributors in Australia, to offer our students up to 20% off on grooming supplies. So, you can get everything you need at a discounted price if and when you need it.

Yes, we offer interest free payment plans for just $25 per week.

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Learn to apply the elements and methods of Six Sigma to achieve the highest possible quality.

Learn how to effectively apply the elements and methods of Six Sigma. Understand how more than 25 tools and methods relate to the DMAIC (define, measure, analyse, improve, and control) model. Determine the relationship of basic statistics to Six Sigma and learn about the Six Sigma business case including strategic planning, the voice of the customer (VOC), quality function deployment (QFD), benchmarking, and financial investment methods. Discover how to use brainstorming, Pareto charts, and critical to quality help define processes, problems, and opportunities. Master the use of other key tools such as cause and effect diagrams, checksheets, scatter diagrams, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and force field analysis. 

In this self-paced online course, you will learn how to apply the DMAIC model each step of the way. You'll learn how to define, plan, implement, and close a Six Sigma project. You'll also know how to use process capability and how to apply lean thinking. And you'll understand the basics of advanced Six Sigma tools such as sampling, design of experiments (DOE), analysis of variance (ANOVA), hypothesis testing, control charts, and probability distributions.

Courses are delivered to you through expertly executed lessons, online instruction and interaction with like-minded students. Our courses are designed to deliver all of the benefits of studying in a classroom whilst giving you the flexibility to study at a time and place to suit your needs. You can access your classroom 24/7 from any device with an internet connection.

This course has a 3 month duration. You'll complete comprehensive lessons, quizzes and assignments before submitting your final exam at the end of the course to achieve your certificate. Courses must be completed within the 3 month access period.

In our first lesson, we'll start off by investigating DMAIC, the most popular acronym within the Six Sigma body of knowledge. It stands for define, measure, analyze, improve, and control. Then, to set the stage for the remaining lessons, we'll explore basic statistics. Since many of the Six Sigma methods and tools that we'll be discussing require that you have a basic knowledge of statistics, I want to make sure that you're well-prepared. I'll show you how to apply the measures of location—median, mode, mean—and the measures of dispersion—range, mean absolute deviation (MAD), variance, and standard deviation (SD).

In this lesson, we'll take a look at the business side of Six Sigma. We'll start off by discussing strategic planning—a concept that looks at internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats. We'll move onto two methods of identifying customer requirements—the voice of the customer (VOC) and quality function deployment (QFD). Next, we'll explore benchmarking, a technique that helps you determine how your company matches up to the competition and industry standards. Finally, we'll look at a few financial methods to help you keep track of key objectives.

You can't improve something unless you first define it. To help us identify what we're dealing with, we'll begin this lesson by reviewing the first element of the DMAIC model: define. We'll move on and cover the basic Six Sigma metrics—defects per unit (DPU), defects per million opportunities (DPMO), yield, and rolled throughput yield (RTY). Next, we'll investigate a few team techniques to help define conditions and situations—brainstorming, brainwriting, nominal group technique (NGT), and affinity diagrams. We'll finish up by seeing how Pareto charts and critical to quality (CTQ) relate to process and problem definition.

In our next two lessons, we'll tackle the measuring aspect of DMAIC. Along with defining a process, problem, or opportunity, if you don't measure something, you can't improve it. You'll learn about different types of data and gain an understanding of sampling by seeing how it's used to analyze and observe populations. We'll conclude the lesson by examining three graphical methods to measure a population: histograms, stem and leaf diagrams, and box and whiskers plots.

As we continue our discussion on the measure component of DMAIC, we'll begin today by looking at probability distributions, failure methods and effects analysis (FMEA), and physical measurement. The probability distributions that we'll review (binomial, Poisson, and chi-square) are discrete. We'll study their formulas and see how their distributions compare to the normal curve. FMEA is one of the most popular and effective Six Sigma tools. I'll help you learn about FMEA's risk priority numbers (RPN) and also provide a form to help you use FMEA. We'll wrap-up the lesson by examining a few members of the physical measurement family—metrology, tensile strength, micrometers, and optical comparators.

In this lesson I'll present several tools that relate to the third component of DMAIC: analyze. Our first order of business today will be learning how to make sound decisions and assess risk. After that, we'll look at tools to help you investigate the processes, problems, and opportunities you defined and measured in the earlier lessons. I'll share how to use regression analysis and cause and effect diagrams. We'll also spend time on force field analysis, storyboards, decision trees, why-why diagrams, and finish up with checksheets and scatter diagrams.

Are you familiar with the old saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words?" Since we're going to be spending a large portion of the lesson discussing flowcharting, I believe this quotation is very relevant. Flowcharts are a fine tool to define processes and analyze what's taking place. We'll look at the ins and outs and the subtleties of creating and using flowcharts. After we discuss flowcharting, we'll jump back into the world of statistics and examine hypothesis testing and analysis of variance (ANOVA).

In this lesson and the next one, we'll discuss project management as an essential vehicle to help you achieve your Six Sigma plans. We'll begin by discussing the different phases of the project life cycle. Then we'll move on and examine deliverables. Since they represent what customers expect, you need to know how to create and manage them. We'll also define stakeholders and talk about what they expect. I'll give special emphasis to the words "customers" and "stakeholders" to represent those inside and outside your organization.

Now that you have a good understanding of the different phases of a project and know all about deliverables, you're ready to learn how to "scope" and schedule a project. Scoping refers to making sure that you set the original boundaries for your project. When you understand all the variables of your project and define the scope properly, your plan and the results that follow have a much better chance of meeting stakeholder expectations. In this lesson, we'll talk about what is arguably the most valuable item in your project management toolbox—a work breakdown structure (WBS). We'll discuss two different versions of WBS and then we'll look at ways to schedule your project.

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Today we'll finish our examination of DMAIC by featuring the final letter—C for control. I'll share three tools to help you control your operations: run charts, control charts, and process capability. We'll discuss how to create run charts, go through an overview of control charts, and create two different types of control charts. I'll wrap things up by showing you how to use process capability.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Once you've made the payment, we'll send you a confirmation email with a link to start your course. Feel free to get started whenever you're ready!

You'll have 3 months access to your course. In that time you are free to study at your own pace. The course duration is 24 hours.

Online learning is a flexible way to study that fits around your schedule, giving you the freedom to learn at your own pace from anywhere in the world. You'll have 3 months to complete the course and can take the multiple-choice questions and final exam whenever it suits you.

If you need help, you can contact us anytime. You can also join the discussion area where you can interact with other students. The discussion area for each lesson is open for the entire duration of the course.

Of course! We offer a 7-day money back guarantee. As long as you haven't completed the course, you can get a full refund within 7 days of enrolling.

We do not offer extensions or transfers for this self-paced course. However, you will have 3 months to complete the course, and if you need to cancel within the first 10 days of enrolment, we offer a money back guarantee.

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From the moment that you enrol in the Six Sigma: Total Quality Applications you will become an integral part of our learning community. You'll find yourself with the freedom to learn at a speed that suits you, on any device, from anywhere in the world. Achieving your career goals no longer has to mean compromising family and work commitments.

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Our Values

Learn At Your Own Pace

We believe in personalised learning. That's why we provide all the tools and support you need to succeed at your own pace. With flexible learning, you'll stay motivated and retain more information. Plus, you can balance your studies with work and family commitments to make your dreams a reality.

We Won't Break The Bank

Education should be accessible to anyone who wants to learn. That's why we offer some of the most competitive prices in the industry with payments plans for just $25 per week. Investing in your future is a smart choice and doesn’t have to break the bank.

Industry-Led Courses

There's no better way to learn than from experts with years of experience in your field. That's why each of our 200+ industry-led courses are designed to give you a real-life perspective on your industry. With our expert mentors, you'll learn from people who have a wealth of knowledge and experience, and who are passionate about sharing it with you.

Get The Personal Support You Deserve

At Vibe Learning, we're real people who are dedicated to providing you with personal support every step of the way. Our industry experts are not only professional and knowledgeable but also incredibly passionate about sharing their expertise with you. With their guidance, you'll gain invaluable insights and practical knowledge to help you succeed.