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Sample the Kinship Psychological Dog Training Trainers Course Outline Here is a sample of the Kinship® Psychological Dog Taining® Trainers course outline, remember there is so much more! This is a sample of the outline from the Canine Companions Kinship® Psychological Dog Training® Trainers Course. 1.  Introduction to dog training Here we teach you how dog training began and introduce some of the different methods used today by professionals 2.  Breeds An introduction to the different breeds, how they are grouped and an analysis of the more popular ones. 3.  Canine Development - - Socialization Stages                                Learn the structure of a canine’s growth and development from birth to death. Critical  stages of socialization that can effect a dog for the rest of its life. Learn what problems  dogs have at 4 months, 8 months, 18 months, 2 years, 3 years, and 5 years. 4.  Canine Evaluations &- Psychology Understand dogs like a professional. We teach you how to read a dog. What motivates them. - How they learn and what they are capable of. 5.  Basic Care                                How to properly care for a dog. Housing, bathing, brushing, nail cutting, feeding, veterinary care, exercise and play. 6.  Principals of Reinforcement Behavior that continues to occur is rewarding. What is the most effective form of praise? Why corrections don’t work. And more… 7.  Equipment All the gear we use and how to use it. What you need and what you don’t and why. 8.  Praise/Mindsets/Attitude Along with understanding reinforcement, the professional trainer needs to have communication skills in order to effectively train a dog. Praise is an essential form of communication and reinforcement. We break down the three different levels of praise and teach you how to use it. 9.  Contact/Rapport/Pacing How to make contact is essential for communicating. How to develop rapport is essential in creating a relationship before any training can begin. Pacing is a skill used for developing rapport. 10. - Commands - sit, down, stay, stand, heel, come and go. There are several different ways to teach commands depending on the temperament and age of the dog. Here we teach you the different ways and when to use them. 11.  Heeling Heeling is more than just a command it has to do with pack relationships and leading. We teach you how to heel a dog, points of balance and the proper footwork and mechanics. 12.  Problem Solving                                House breaking, pulling, chewing, jumping, running away, bolting, separation, mouthing.   We teach how to evaluate a problem and how to use  training to correct it. 13.  Handling and Evaluating Aggression, Dog Bite Prevention Your own personal safety may rely on this. We teach you how to recognize aggression and how to handle aggressive dogs safely using time-tested techniques. 14. Tricks We teach you the basics of how to teach the dog any trick. From play dead to army crawl.  15. AKC Good Citizen Test                                 We teach you how train dogs to pass and we teach you how to administer the test. This is just a sample there is so much more!  Dog Steps, Footwork, Attention Models, Controlling Non Verbal Signal Sets, Wild Dogs, Reading Dogs, etc... Plus the Canine Companions Guide To Cynology (The Sudy Of Canine Veterinary Sciences) Course and Manual.  Become a Canine Companions Certifed Cynologist! Course includes: Canine Basic First Aid and CPR, Anatomy, Physiology, Parasitology, Immunizations, Emergency Restraint and Sanitation. Over 100 Hours of Training! Press this link to sign up for training