A wide range of Canine Home Study Courses
Our Home Study Courses provide a flexible and enjoyable way to develop your knowledge of dog training, canine behaviour, welfare, handling, and professional practice, all from the comfort of your own home.
Whether you are a dog owner, aspiring canine professional, or experienced practitioner looking to expand your skills, our courses combine practical knowledge with industry-leading expertise to help you achieve your goals.
For those wishing to gain additional hands-on experience, our practical workshops can be booked separately and provide an excellent opportunity to develop your skills under the guidance of our experienced tutors.
Understanding Canine Care and Behaviour
CIDBT 4110 Understanding Canine Care and Behaviour
This is a four phase course which gives an insight into dog psychology, dog training, canine behaviour observation skills, understanding human/canine relationship and why dogs do what they do!
£425 - 4 Phase Course
Fundamental Skills in Dog Handling & Training
CIDBT 4004 Fundamental Skills in Dog Behaviour and Training
This two phase home study course is designed to provide a solid foundation in understanding, handling, and training dogs. Ideal for dog lovers, owners, and those considering a future in the canine industry, it offers grounded, practical knowledge that can be built upon through real-life experience and further hands-on training.
Created with beginners in mind, the course focuses on developing essential dog handling and basic training skills, helping learners gain confidence, insight, and a deeper understanding of canine behaviour. Rather than teaching you to become a dog training instructor, it equips you with the core principles and practical awareness needed to work more effectively and thoughtfully with dogs in everyday life.
£175 - 2 Phase Course (optional workshop can be booked separately)
Practical and Effective Dog Training
CIDBT4014 Practical & Effective Dog Training
Spread over two phases you’ll learn about things such as; classical and operant conditioning, real-world versus competition, fun and non-essential training, dog training myths and reality, how to successfully train a dog, breed specific training needs, training obstacles, shaping, proofing, chaining, marking and a whole host of other important dog training terminology
£195 – 2 Phase Course (with optional Workshop to be booked separately)
Basic Canine Nutrition
CIDBT4104 Basic Canine Nutrition Course Description
Understanding how dogs evolved and how their bodies work allows you to make informed feeding decisions. Over 70 years of commercial pet food dominance has coincided with rising chronic disease in companion dogs- many of which are preventable through species’ appropriate nutrition.
£375 – 1 Phase Course
Smart Puppy Training
CIDBT 4101 Smart Puppy Training
This Course is all about puppies and more specifically the Puppy and its new owner - suitable for the new owner or the aspiring trainer.
£325 - 3 Phase Course
Common Canine Behavioural Problems
CIDBT 4102 Common Canine Behavioural Problems
In this interesting and in-depth module, discover causes and compounding factors of common canine behaviour problems and investigate owners’ lifestyles, ideas and environments; all of which play a part in the development and also the resolution of problem behaviours in the domestic dog.
£495 - 4 Phase Course
Advanced Common Canine Behaviour Problems
CIDBT 5001 Advanced Common Canine Behaviour Problems
To further develop your knowledge of how the domestic dogs mind works and the basic causes and corrections of common canine behaviour problems.
£485 - 3 Phase Course without Workshop
Understanding Canine Aggression
CIDBT 4103 Understanding Canine Aggression
Working as a frontline dog behaviourist or dog trainer, aggression towards other dogs and dog aggression to people are without doubt the most common problems presented - this course offers an in-depth look into the fascinating subject.
£495 - 4 Phase Course
Pet Home Sitting and Dog Walking Skills
CIDBT 4119 Pet Home Sitting and Dog Walking Skills
This course is all about the ‘art’ of walking dogs, home boarding, pet sitting and running a business from doing just that.
£295 - 3 Phase Course
Dogs and the Law
CIDBT 4107 Dogs and the Law
This course is designed to enable you to study the basics of dog law - a must for the Behaviour Practitioner, Trainer and useful for all dog owners.
£345 - 3 Phase Course
Advanced Dogs and the Law
CIDBT 5006 Advanced Dogs and the Law
To enable you to have a better working knowledge of dog law, to enable you to stay within the law when training and advising owners/clients and understanding how not to break the law when doing so, and what to do if you or they find yourselves in a situation having contravened the legislation relating to dogs.
£485 - 3 Phase Course without Workshop
The Complete Canine
CIDBT 4108 The Complete Canine
Essential Knowledge of the physical dog – for Behaviourists, Trainers and the studious dog owner.
Whether you are a dog owner with a passion for learning or a canine professional, the course is designed to provide a detailed physical study of canine anatomy and physiology. How normal body functions affect the behaviour responses of the dog, and what possibilities there are for behaviour to be affected when body systems go wrong.
£295 - 3 Phase Course
Introduction to Canine Veterinary Science
CIDBT 4109 Introduction to Canine Veterinary Science
The course covers the basic principles of veterinary science and how that may interact with dog behaviour and psychology.
£295 - 3 Phase Course
Pet Bereavement Counselling Skills
CIDBT 4111 Pet Bereavement Counselling Skills
The course is designed for professionals supporting owners and carers of pets who have experienced a pet or animal bereavement within occupations including veterinary, instructional, policing, and voluntary or welfare, and general counselling practice sectors.
£385 - 3 Phase Course
Clinical Canine Behaviour Practitioner & Trainer Programme.
Clinical Canine Behaviour Practitioner & Trainer Programme.
The reason that CIDBT have developed this programme is due to popular demand and to allow the learner to be a competent and skilled Clinical Behaviour Practitioner & Trainer within a reasonable time frame. This programme is ideal for either complete beginners or those who already work in the industry that require certification.