Absolutely! We are committed to solutions that are kind to both dogs and their people. In fact we go further and focus on meeting the needs of the dog and the human as far as possible. 

We will never recommend aversive or harsh methods.

Reframing Reactivity has ten meaty modules which you can study at your own pace.

Doing this in 10 weeks will take you 4-5 hours a week. Completing in 10 months will require about an hour a week.

But you can take as much or as little time as you like to complete - it is entirely up to you.

You have life time access to the course so even if you need to take a prolonged break the course will still be here when you come back.

The course does not assume any specific knowledge and covers everything you need to know to do a great job.

However to work with reactivity cases you should first have some experience of working with a range of dogs. You can get this experience through volunteering in rescue or shadowing a more experienced professional if you don't already have it.

It is reasonable to take the course without having this practical experience and it will help you enormously but please only work solo with reactivity clients after you have gained some experience with dogs. 

Great question. It means the lifetime of the course. 

We can't guarantee it for your lifetime as we may be long gone! And we may want to retire one day so our lifetime won't work either. 

The course's lifetime means that. While it is relevant, while we still have servers to host it on, while the technology used is not obsolete, you will have access. That gives you plenty of time.

And to be honest if we did retire the course we would give you the opportunity to download it for you to keep!

Definitely. Many of our students are highly experienced behaviourists, vets and so on. We are all always learning and, as well as looking at well known protocols, this course brings together some core holistic needs-based approaches with which you may not be as familiar. Plus you get the chance to share experience with other colleagues which is invaluable in an industry that can be very isolating. 

There are two stages of assessment.

The first is done via a multiple choice quiz at the end of each module. When you have completed all of these you will be awarded a Certificate of Completion. 

Once you have this, you can move onto the second stage which is case studies. You will complete 3 detailed case studies outlining how you applied your learning to three client cases. When you complete these successfully you will become a HeartDog Approved Canine Reactivity Specialist and will be entitled to use our exclusive badge and have a listing on our website. 

These are not compulsory however. You can progress through the course without assessment if you prefer but you will not get any certification.