Feline behaviour

Re: Feline behaviour

Jill Macdonald — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 15:40:08 GMT

ONCORE are in the process of planning a 2-week, interactive, online course which will focus on handling and reducing cat stress in practice. This will be initially based on cat behaviour, how they think, and why they get stressed in the first place; and will offer practical advice on cat handling, reducing stress, and also advice for owners on transporting etc, which of course is a really important first step.

Email me if you want any more info or are interested.

Jill

Re: Feline behaviour

Jessica Williams — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:52:06 GMT

Thank you:) How long was the course? x

Re: Feline behaviour

miaoww — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:17:45 GMT

Hi - ive just completed the compass one and did the feline nursing one with fab cats(now i cat care) - the compass one was a bit more involved on the behavioural side but the i cat care one was a good basis to start .

Re: Feline behaviour

Jessica Williams — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:57:38 GMT

That's great thanks Claire, sorry for the late reply! x

Re: Feline behaviour

Claire Stares — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 17:08:40 GMT

It depends what kind of level of training you are looking for - have a look at this recent thread: http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/forums/t/23786.aspx for information about training in order to work as a professional feline behaviourist.

If you are looking for an entry-level type course then I can highly recommend COAPE's feline courses, specifically (CA2) 'Think Cat - Homing in on the highly specialised but enigmatic nature of the pet cat' and (CA3) 'The Feline Mind - Exploring the psychology of the behaviour of the cat'. You might want to take a look at the feline courses on offer at Compass Education: https://www.compass-education.co.uk/opencart/Cat%20%20courses

Vicky Halls is running a short course 'An Introduction to tackling feline behaviour problems' online via The University of Edinburgh which might interest you (next running 20th January and you have to register by 15th): http://www.cpd.vet.ed.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?modid=1&prodid=61&deptid=3&catid=25&prodvarid=0