Purpose: Build a better canine body through nutrition.
Course Information: This high quality on-line course, Building Better Bodies Through Nutrition, is a canine nutrition course that is current in its content, enlightening in data presented,enjoyable, and applicable for every dog you own, treat, or work with. This course will introduce you to whole food nutrition; meaning utilizing real foods and the nutrients within to glean value and energy in what is eaten. It will build upon this by defining vitamins and minerals, looking at where these can be derived in nature as well as basic nutrient requirements for dogs. Formulations, dietary options, processing, and nutrigenomics will also be presented. You will have the opportunity to learn how to read labels and then try your new skills either on-line or at a store. Selecting whole food supplements is introduced and the course closes with tools to determine a dog’s nutritional status using fur analysis and a body systems questionnaire. Complete both the Introductory course and the Advanced course and you will receive a Certificate in Canine Nutrition.
Prerequisites: None. Some understanding of biology, science, and nutrition would be helpful.
What can I expect to learn in this course:
- To give you a working knowledge of whole food nutrition that you can understand and apply.
- To help you understand how to determine what is the right type of canine food or diet to purchase or recommend.
- To guide you in knowing how to select a quality whole food nutritional supplement for dogs throughout life and life stages.
NOTE: There is a TIME LIMIT for completion of this course. Students must be finished the course in its entirety within Six (6) Months from the date of registration. Please refer to our FAQ page for more information on course time limits.
CEU Status:
This course approved for 9 CEU’s from the IAABC.
This course approved for 6.5 CBCC-KA, 6.5 CPDT-KA CEU’s from the CCPDT.
Instructor: Ava Frick, DVM
Course Length: 9 ninety minute sessions.
Course Fee – $365
For Credit OnDemand: $365
Payment Plan is available:
Make three payments of $130.00 each.
Please read the Payment Plan policy.
If you are new student you are eligible for a 10% off promotion simply by registering for BOTH the Introduction and the Advanced Nutrition Courses at the same time. Register below:
Nutrition Intro and Advanced SAVE $95
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