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About the Course

What is your cat revealing to you when she purrs? What is your dog expressing when he yawns or wags his tail? Understanding your cat and dog’s behaviour and the way they communicate with you, will enable you to better understand their needs and strengthen your relationship with them. This MOOC is divided into five topics, the appliance of science; behaviour and body language, senses and perception; challenges for the human-animal relationship, including pet problem behaviour; and how to improve the quality of life for cats and dogs in our care. At the start of the course we ask you to consider what you feel is important to your cat/dog and what your cat/dog means to you? We explore the world of cats and dogs and how our relationships with them vary around the world and have changed over time. We ask if we can really know what our animals are thinking or trying to communicate through their facial expressions and behaviours. From our beloved pets to street dogs, shelter dogs/cats and welfare challenges, we explore the world from their perspective and examine how their genetic make-up may influence their behavioural responses and choices. We dispel common behavioural myths by looking through a scientific lens, asking questions about the function and development of their behaviour.. We explore how their senses help them to interact with their world and how they communicate with each other and us! Finally, we ask whether we impose unrealistic expectations on our cats and dogs and how this affects their ability to live alongside us. We ask, what can we do to be more responsible pet owners and to ensure the welfare of all cats and dogs in society? This MOOC explores different scientifically validated methods that can help you to better understand your pet, to enrich their lives and help you to be a more educated and confident pet owner. We hope you enjoy the course!...

Top reviews

AA

Jun 23, 2021

It gives you the basics about owning a pet and what you need to know for their welfare.

I don't see a need for certification for this course.

Recommended for general knowledge and resources

LR

Mar 26, 2020

I learned so much about how to decrease stress for my pets and increase their happiness. I also learned how to better communicate with them. Thank you for helping improve my pets quality of life!

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By Bára K

Jun 24, 2017

An informative and fun course. Take this course if you're a pet owner, even if you think you already know everything.

By Галя С

May 12, 2022

Great course! I am starting to study from this course and it was a good start. Thank all who was created this course

By Lisa S

Mar 29, 2021

I LOVED this course and the format. I learned so many new things about how best to interact with my pets Thank you.

By Piper H

Jun 22, 2017

The course was very informative and helpful, and I believe it will improve my relationship with the pets around me.

By Stefanía P M

Aug 13, 2020

love it! it´s very full of knowledge and it really teaches us how to understand and take a better care of our pets

By S E

Jun 29, 2020

An excellent, well structured, very informative and totally engaging MOOC. Thank you so much for this opportunity.

By Charlotte H

Apr 28, 2020

Very informative, factual and relates well to pet owners and their animals in this day and age. Enjoyed very much.

By Serena F

Jul 30, 2020

Muy bueno, aunque sería ideal un curso para hablar de las técnicas para reducir la sobrepoblación canina y felina

By RASHED S M M A

Jun 21, 2020

دوره ممتازة جدا لمحبين تربية الحيوانات القطط و الكلاب تزيدهم معرفه اكثر عن حيواناتهم الأليفة و كيفية الاعتناء بها

By Luiza K B

Mar 10, 2022

Great course; I learned so much from it.

I also want to thank Coursera for the financial aid.

Thank you so much!

By Ruby B

Jul 3, 2020

Really interesting and enjoyable course that was engaging and well-structured, with useful additional resources

By karen l b r

May 17, 2020

muy buen curso, abre los ojos sobre como debemos tratar a nuestras mascotas y como entender sus comportamientos

By Patricia A

Sep 21, 2017

Thank you very much, very well organize and also helpfull information. Continue doing it...more courses please

By Ks A

Aug 28, 2017

Great MOOC for pet lovers and professional. As a dog/cat behavior consultant, I find this course highly useful.

By Harsha P

Jun 7, 2021

This course helped me a lot to know more about our pets and the lectures were very interesting . thanks a lot

By Sally A

Feb 26, 2019

Useful overview of dog and cat communication, of their lifetime needs and rationale for reward based training.

By Gustavo A W F

Aug 25, 2021

I want to thank all the team for this excellent course, and I hope it will come the second part. Best regards

By NG X L A

Mar 29, 2021

great content, easy to understand and lots of good sharing. definitely recommend to those who want to start!

By Ella S

Sep 28, 2020

This was an amazing course! It was easy to understand, and it was fun and interesting. Thank you, Edinburgh!

By William A

May 3, 2019

Really great stuff, valuable material to scientifically support what 'gentle-trainers' have known all along!

By ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ Σ

Dec 29, 2020

Thank you very much for the lessons I took. I learned a lot of things that will benefit me and the animals.

By Natashia J

Sep 10, 2017

It's an excellent course! Packed full of great information. Outline and format of course is very well done.

By Aradhya B

Jul 7, 2020

This was really useful I learned a lot, I also could make connections with my cat after doing this course.

By Cortés F d A N

May 16, 2020

I like this course and I hope you have many more, I would love a training based on the behavior of the dog

By Joyita C

Jun 16, 2022

This course has helped me to see the world like the pets do and also behave in the most appropriate way.