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

    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. Physical Ecological Cognition in dogs

    7. Social Cognition in dogs

    8. Canine cognition - cooperation

    9. Ethology and behavior development in dogs

    10. Stress biology

    11. Social learning in dogs

    12. Solving Social Problems

    13. Social learning in dogs

    14. Learning and behavior (learning theory advanced)

    15. Learning Theory part 1

    16. Learning Theory part 2

    17. Training techniques

    18. Learning

    19. Do As I Do - introduction

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

    21. Dogs’s signals and communication

    22. Behavior and Communication in dogs part 1

    23. Behavior and Communication in dogs part 2

    24. Behaviour and communication quiz

    25. The dog´s health

    26. Health check and preventing injuries

    27. Personality in dogs and breeds characteristics

    28. Big 5 and Primary Emotions

    1. Introduction to the PADA Method

    2. Key aspects of PADA

    3. PADA Dog Sub-tests

    4. PADA Manual

    5. Video Examples from PADA Testing

    6. Labrador Retriever

    7. Samojed

    8. Flat Coated Retriever

    9. Doodle "Morpheus"

    10. Doodle "Perro"

    11. Interviews

    12. Interview with dog handler with a dog that a dog that was not recommended for further training in AAS

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

    1. Communication and ethics

    1. Sandra McCune et al., 2022 - Our Canine Connection: The History, Benefits and Future of Human-Dog Interactions

    2. A Dogs Got Personality

    3. Conor Goold PhD Assessing personality traits in dogs- conceptual and methodological issues.pdf

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

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

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

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

    8. Dog Behaviour Prediction Testing

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

    1. Apply to Become a PADA Team Member

    2. Upload your CV

About this course

  • $899.00
  • 91 lessons
  • 27.5 hours of video content