Animal Enrichment and Training — for exotic pet boarders and owners
Course overview
If you care for exotic pets—professionally or personally—this course will equip you with the knowledge and tools to enhance their physical and mental wellbeing. You’ll explore essential enrichment and training strategies, with a focus on welfare-based outcomes and practical application. Designed for both newcomers and those with some experience, this short course strikes a balance between theory and real-world insight.
Throughout this course, you’ll be given the opportunity to develop transferable skills, including creative thinking, application of knowledge, analysis, and evaluation, in the context of animal welfare.
You’ll leave with the confidence to create tailored enrichment activities that support your animals’ natural behaviours and improve their quality of life.
Largely theoretical in nature, this exotic pet course introduces essential concepts of enrichment and training, how enrichment and training can benefit caregivers, and how to evaluate their effectiveness once implemented.
This short Animal Enrichment and Training course provides an introduction to the various strategies and considerations required for the effective enrichment and training of exotic pets. Participants will successfully acquire the knowledge and skills to design and create training programmes and enrichment that will benefit the welfare of their animals through enhanced physical and cognitive wellbeing.
This course is suitable for beginners and intermediate learners.
Course Format:
- Duration: Two full days (one week apart), 9:00am – 4:30pm
- Delivery: Online via Microsoft Teams
- Guided Learning Hours: 12 hours total, delivered by a subject specialist
- Structure: Interactive lectures, discussions, and group activities
- Assessment: No formal assessment; participation-based
- Certification: Certificate of Participation and access to our Alumni community
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
You will need access to a laptop/computer device with a reliable WIFI connection. This is an online course and can be accessed remotely via Microsoft Teams.
Interested in going further? On completion, you may wish to progress to our advanced course.
Alternatively enrol by phone quoting OC02CS0A030Q
Meet the tutors
We want our learners to feel welcome, safe and at ease when attending our classes, especially if this is your first time attending an adult education class or if you're coming back to education after a break.
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