Therapy Dogs for Education and Healthcare
Does your dog enjoy meeting new people and is he/she calm and confident?
You may work in education, have a therapeutic practice or work as a health professional and want to share the joy your dog brings with those in your workplace?
Maybe you have some time to volunteer with your dog to help children with their learning or provide positive impact to people with additional learning needs. You may want to offer comfort sessions to older people or deliver a professional paid for service. If so, we have courses and workshops to start your journey.
Therapy Dog Training - 3 simple steps
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Complete Therapy Dog Training Online Workshops 1&2
Available as a CPD accredited course bundle these two workshops provide everything you need to know about setting up your therapy dog service. Written resources and templates help you deliver a safe and compliant service and canine welfare knowledge to ensure your dog’s happiness & well-being. Also included are bite sized video-based tutorials to coach your dog to the silver recommended level of training for therapy dogs in the UK.
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Temperament Assessment
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We know how much you care for your dog, so to make sure he/she will be safe and happy in an environment away from the comfort of home, an informal temperament and training needs assessment is crucial. We will help to arrange this for you via our UK network of over 60 qualified trusted trainers. We can also collaborate with your own trainer or behaviourist. This session usually takes place from the age of 18 months when your dog is fully matured and ready to cope with a new environment.
*An assessment fee is charged by the individual trainer.
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Certification
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Provide those you work with the ultimate reassurance that you are a responsible therapy dog guardian delivering best practice in client safety and animal welfare by gaining the TDT UK – Visiting Therapy Dog Certificate and Dog Training Award. You will need to have completed the online Therapy Dog Training Workshops 1&2 and received a ‘Ready’ in your temperament assessment and dog training. If you receive this certificate. you are eligible to purchase a Therapy Dog Training UK uniform for both you and your dog.
*A standard certificate of CPD credit and course completion is available for everyone to download once you have completed Therapy Dog Workshops 1&2.
Max completed the 3 steps to certification and enjoyed our live training sessions.
Max has a lovely calm temperament is now fully qualified and loves visiting his local school and helping the children engage with their reading.
Whether you have a puppy or dog with little or no training, you want to progress with your training or learn some online fun activities to delight your clients, check out our other online courses and our live training weekends and temperament assessment roadshow dates. Our Trusted Trainers also run live therapy dog training sessions.
Therapy Dog Training UK is a Responsible Business With a Purpose
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We want to spread the message that the happiness and well-being of a therapy dog in any setting away from home is a priority
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We want every therapy dog guardian to have access to best practice information in order to be knowledgeable & confident to deliver a safe, compliant therapy dog partnership to their clients.
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There are therapy dogs bringing amazing benefit to people every day, often in demanding environments. We believe we owe it to these amazing animals to offer gentle guidance and training so they can feel confident and happy to thrive in valuable work they do outside of family life.
*All of our dog training is based on positive force free methods.
