Tinley Education Centre is well known in the Netherlands, we've been educating people since 1999. We offer courses in animal behaviour, animal behaviour therapy and animal training.  Most of our teachers have a master degree in animal science, psychology and /or veterinary medicine in combination with a lot of experience in the field of animal behaviour and training.
 

NEW ENGLISH COURSE:
Specialist in professional animal training

We already started a course in Dutch for animal trainers of trainers to be (see Dutch course for Trainingsdeskundige) and in 2012 we will run this course also in English. Because we expect students from all over Europe we will present at least 50% of the course by E-learning.

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Welfare of Animals

• Welfare and the five freedoms (Brambell)
• Behaviour signs that indicate stress in animals, how to prevent stress
• Abnormal behaviour/stereotypes: what’s the cause, different forms, different stages
• Enrichment (different forms, application, safety, scientific research, etc.)

Teachers: Drs. Eline Teygeler

 

General Ethology

• Causes of behaviour:  stimulus, motivation
• Function and evolution of behaviour
• Ontogeny of behaviour: from birth to maturity
• Cognition and emotions in animals
• Basic knowledge of how the animal brain works, function of the amygdala, neurotransmitters enz.

Teachers: an ethologist and a veterinarian

 

Ethology for different species

• Senses of different species
• Body language, behaviour and stresssignals in different species
• Sociale structures within the different species
• Ethogram en protocol for studying behaviour

Marco Westerhof, Mafalda den Boer, Nicolette Snijders, Eline Teygeler, ...

 

Learning principles and the theory of training animals

• Learning principles: all the different types, behavioural and neurobiological
• Instinct and the limitations for behavioral modification
• Conditioning techniques and training tools including click and targettraining
• Stages in training and training schemes
• Differences in training species like predators, herbivores, omnivores, social or solitary animals (wild and domesticated)
• Animal training as a part of enrichment, history of animal training, famous animal trainers
• Training to help introduce new animals in a group
• Training of traumatized animals
• Disadvantages of training social animals who live in an enclosure

 Drs. Eline Teygeler, Debbie Rijnders, Marco Westerhof, ...

 

The practice of training animals

• Preparing and making of a trainingscheme
• Husbandry training in practice
• Your own quality and weakness as a trainer.
• How to build a working relationship with animals
• How to evaluate a trainingssession
• Safety

Marco Westerhof, Mafalda den Boer, Lia Oostingh, Elvira Kosasih, Drs. Susan Ophorst,  

Last part of this study:

Is an internship under the supervision of the Tinley Education centre and experienced trainers who will guide you in training all kinds of animals.

You will get your  degree after:

• You have passed all the exams/tests in the E-learning programme
• You have made all the necessary enquires
• You have passed all the practical assignments