Pet Care

Pets can’t talk, so it’s important that we can recognise signs of illness and different behaviour patterns. As well as discovering how to handle the day-to-day care of various animals, you’ll learn how to understand domestic animal anatomy and physiology, diseases, breeding and husbandry. The main emphasis is on dogs and cats, because these are the most popular pets, but other animals are also studied. With its emphasis on practical experience your knowledge will be useful in a variety of environments, such as pet shops, animal shelters, kennels and veterinary clinics.

This is a NZQA approved course. Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Stotts Cengage Education Pet Care Certificate.

You may also like to consider our Natural Therapies for Pets course.

Order of Studies

SUBJECTS
1 Introduction
2 Anatomy and Physiology I
3 Anatomy and Physiology II
4 Anatomy and Physiology III
5 Veterinary Health Care I
6 Veterinary Health Care II
7 Veterinary Health Care III
8 First Aid and Emergencies I
9 First Aid and Emergencies II
10 Diseases I
11 Diseases II
12 Diseases III
13 Diseases IV
14 Breeding I
15 Breeding II
16 Husbandry: Dogs
17 Husbandry: Cats
18 Husbandry: Rabbits and Guinea Pigs
19 Husbandry: Birds
20 Husbandry: Rodents, Reptiles and Fish

Requirements

Course Number:	568
Prerequisites:	Open entry
Assessments:	20 lessons / 20 assignments
Duration:	This course must be completed within 24 months.
Level:	Level 3
	Stotts Cengage Education is registered as a private training establishment by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) under the provisions of the Education Act 1989 and its subsequent amendments. This course has NZQA local approval, which indicates it has been quality assessed by NZQA and industry. This course has no National Qualifications Framework accreditation and no credits will be reported to NZQA upon completion.

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