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BG204: Breeding and Whelping

Learn how to breed and whelp a healthy litter. This course includes information on pre-breeding screening and selection of sire and dam; breeding cycles; breeding options; breeding complications; pre and post natal nutrition; whelping equipment/kit; whelping “boxes”; normal whelping; complications; resuscitation; bottle and tube feeding; dewclaw removal; tail docking and others. Students who complete this course will have a working knowledge of how to plan a breeding, breed and whelp a litter.

Prerequisites: None

Tuition:
Live: $300
Recorded: $300

Length: This course meets once a week for 8 weeks. Each class is 60 minutes. All times are PST.

Credits: 4*
(*Applies toward certificate programs for students registered in the PDT or PCTS programs. You do not have to be in a certificate program to take this class.)

Course will be scheduled in September, 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steps in Registration:

1. Choose between:
Live—You will speak to the instructor
in an online “classroom” with several
other students. Choose from the
listed times in the Course Registration
box to your left.
OnDemand/Recorded—Watch the
presentation "OnDemand"- at your
own pace. Click on "Recorded Session"
under "Register for Recorded Class" to
your left.

2. Choose between:
For Credit-You will participate fully in
the class with required homework and tests.
You will send in video homework to learn
"hands on" with the instructor examining and providing individualized feedback, attention and assistance on course material.

Audited-You will participate fully in
the class with no required homework or tests.
The instructor will not provide any assistance
out of class such as viewing your videos in
order to be able to give you individualized
feedback.

NOTE: We will be providing Certification for Professional Dog Trainers in the near future (planned for FALL of 2008). This course is worth 3 credits and can be applied to Certifcation once we are approved by the Colorado Department of Higher Education. Only the "For Credit" courses can be applied to Certification.