Course curriculum

    1. Welcome

    2. The History of The Personality Assessment of Domestic Animals (PADA-ICofA)

    3. Content

    4. Requirements to become part of The Fabulous PADA Team

    1. Understanding Canine Behavior – The Foundation of PADA-ICofA

    2. Animal rights and human responsebilities

    3. Relationship between dog and human, part 1

    4. Relationship between dog and human, part 2

    5. Animals’ emotions what are they like

    6. Ethology and behavior development in dogs

    7. Stress biology

    8. Animals in control (Innovating animal-human communication)

    9. Dogs’s signals and communication

    10. Behavior and Communication in dogs part 1

    11. Behavior and Communication in dogs part 2

    12. The dog´s health

    13. Health check and preventing injuries

    14. Personality in dogs and breeds characteristics

    15. Big 5 and Primary Emotions

    1. Introduction to the PADA-ICofA Method

    2. Key aspects of PADA-ICofA

    3. PADA-ICofA Canine Sub-tests

    4. PADA-ICofA Manual

    5. Health Considerations in the PADA-ICofA Assessment

    6. Risk Management During PADA-ICofA Assessments

    7. The Monash Canine Personality Questionnaire-Revised.

    8. Video Examples from PADA-ICofA Testing

    9. Observing Positive Emotions in the PADA-ICofA Assessment

    10. Labrador Retriever

    11. Samojed

    12. Flat Coated Retriever

    13. Doodle "Morpheus"

    14. Doodle "Perro"

    15. PADA-ICofA Assessment Observation Form

    16. Interviews

    17. Interview with dog handler with a dog that a dog that was NOT recommended for further training in AAS

    18. Interview with dog handler with a dog that a dog that was recommended for further training in AAS

    1. Post-Evaluation Report and Certification

    2. Post-Evaluation Email to Handler (PADA-ICofA)

    3. Certificate

    4. Behavioral Assessment Report

    5. Radar Chart

    1. Links and Articles for Deeper Insight

    2. Relevant websites

    3. Our Canine Connection: The History, Benefits and Future of Human-Dog Interactions

    4. Behavioural differences and similarities between dog breeds: proposing an ecologically valid approach for canine behavioural research

    5. The Importance of Evaluating Positive Welfare Characteristics and Temperament in Working Therapy Dogs

    6. A Dogs Got Personality

    7. Assessing personality traits in dogs- conceptual and methodological issues.pdf

    8. A possible basis for personality in dogs- Individual differences in affective predispositions, Svartberg

    9. A Systematic Review of the Reliability and Validity of Behavioural Tests Used to Assess

    10. Breed, age, and social environment are associated with personality traits in dogs

    11. Differences in facial expressions during positive anticipation and frustration in dogs awaiting a reward

    12. Dog Behaviour Prediction Testing

    13. Highly heritable and functionally relevant breed differences in dog behaviour

    14. If you blink at me, I’ll blink back. Domestic dogs’ feedback to conspecific visual cues

    1. Fabulous PADA-ICofA Team Members

    2. Apply to become member of The Fabulous PADA-ICofA Team

    3. Upload your CV

About this course

  • $899.00
  • 92 lessons
  • 20 hours of video content