Dog Handling

This course provides you with the knowledge on how to handle un-cooperative dogs, including both theoretical and practical training.

This is an intensive course, limited to small numbers of delegates with classroom work & practical sessions.

The morning sessions cover the theory of handling dogs,legal aspects of dog handling, health & safety, and basic animal first aid.The afternoon is a practical animal restraint session at a kennel.

This course will give you skills and confidence for a career in dog handling - such as an animal warden or kennel staff.

Delegates will consider:

• Animal identification
• Relocating animals
• Animal health examinations
• Handling equipment
• Practical dog handling tasks
• Assessing animals
• Protective clothing
• Cat handling
• Handling, restraint, & transportation of animals
• Handling equipment & protective clothing
• Animal assessment

Delegates will not handle 'high risk' animals in the practical session