First Nations Institute Australia (FNIA)
Dog Owners Short Course
Self Paced 20-hour course to help you understand more about living with dogs
Keeping a dog can be be one of the most rewarding things anyone can do; but also challenging in a number of ways, particularly if you don't have adequate knowledge or experience. Dogs are not humans; but they have co-existed with humans since the beginnings of civilization. They can live with you in the home; at work or anywhere; but you need to recognize their physical and emotional needs, and how those needs vary from the needs of a human.
Dogs can be expensive to keep. Reports have suggested that a dog may cost a person (over the course of it's lifetime) the equivalent of 3 or 4 months of an average income. Keeping a dog is a financial and emotional responsibility. It is a living thing, not an inanimate toy. If you have the need and desire to keep a dog, it can be life enriching for well over a decade. If you don't have the commitment for a decade, you, ownership that starts with good intention can rapidly turn into a problem for you and the animal. Doing this course may be a very sensible way to both prepare for dog ownership, and verify you are ready to own a dog -before you find yourself committed with no easy way out.
How does this course work?
You can enrol at any time.
Once you have paid for the course, you will be able to start straight away.
Study when and where you like. Work through at your own pace.
You can download your study-guide to your smart phone, tablet or laptop to read offline.
There are automated self-assessment tests you can complete at the end of each lesson. You can attempt these as many times as you wish and each time, upon completion, you can see your results. You will need internet access to complete the self assessment tests.
At the end of the course, you are presented with a large assessment which can be attempted online, anywhere, anytime. If you achieve a 60% pass in the exam; you immediately receive a downloadable certificate of completion with your name on it.
