Welcome to The Canine Confidence Course
Welcome to The Canine Confidence Course!
We’re delighted to have you here. This course blends practical application with solid science, providing strategies that make a real difference for dogs.
While pet guardians will gain the tools to help their own dogs feel calmer, safer, and more resilient, the course is designed at a professional standard - giving trainers, behavior consultants, and other pet professionals access to in-depth knowledge, structured case studies, and advanced applications of desensitization and counterconditioning.
Whether you’re here to build a stronger bond with your own dog or to strengthen your professional expertise, you’ll find clear explanations, step-by-step tools, and real-world examples to guide you every step of the way.
Do you work with dogs who struggle with fear, stress, reactivity, or guarding around food, toys, people, or other dogs?
This course is designed with professionals in mind - trainers, behavior consultants, and other pet professionals who want to deepen their expertise in desensitization, counterconditioning, enrichment, and case documentation. You’ll gain clear, science-based strategies supported by real-life case studies that you can apply directly to your practice.
Pet guardians will also benefit from the step-by-step guidance, but the content is taught at a professional level - giving you practical tools and advanced insights to create lasting, force-free change in the dogs you work with.
Practical, positive, and professional: your roadmap to lasting behavior change.
What You’ll Learn
- How fear and stress affect dogs - from subtle calming signals to overt reactivity.
- Why behaviors like resource guarding and reactivity develop — and what maintains them.
- How to apply desensitization and counterconditioning (DS/CC) to change emotional responses.
- The role of operant conditioning and positive reinforcement in building confidence.
- Practical tools for guardians to create safe, supportive environments.
- Professional strategies for assessment, enrichment, management, and case documentation.
Course Modules
🐾 Module 1: Conditioning - How Dogs Learn and How We Can Help
🐾 Module 2: From Stress to Success - Confidence Building for Fearful Dogs
🐾 Module 3: Desensitization & Counterconditioning in Practice
🐾 Module 4: Advanced Learning & Behavior: The Science Behind Canine Confidence (Professional Module)
🐾 Module 5: Reactivity to Unknown Dogs & Strangers - A Case Study Approach
🐾 Module 6: Resource Guarding with Food & Toys - A Case Study Approach
Why This Course?
✔️ For Guardians: Gain the tools to help your dog feel calmer, safer, and more confident.
✔️ For Professionals: Build on your expertise with structured plans, functional assessments, and documentation skills.
✔️ For Everyone: Practical, positive, and professional - solutions you can use right away, backed by real case studies and force-free methodology.
🎓 What’s Inside the Canine Confidence Course?
- 7+ hours of expert-led lessons across six engaging modules.
- Step-by-step demonstrations you can watch, re-watch, and revisit anytime.
- In-course reading material to deepen your understanding of canine behavior.
- Downloadable PDFs & checklists for quick reference and practical application.
- Ideal for guardians and aspiring professionals - a solid foundation for anyone working toward a dog training or behavior career.
- Total Estimated Time Commitment: 16–20 hours of structured learning.