Ready to enjoy a calmer, easier life with your dog? Want to reduce daily challenges while helping your canine companion thrive in this unpredictable human world you share together? Earn the BRAVE badge and learn essential skills that put you both on the path to success.
The courses in this badge introduce you to core BRAVE concepts and skills: Ensuring Safety, Gaining Understanding, Building Resilience, Providing Choice, Encouraging Adaptability, and Creating Confidence. Whether you have a puppy, adult, or senior dog – or one that just finds some situations challenging – BRAVE helps you understand what your dog needs, provides you with the knowledge and resources to meet those needs, and improves the relationship between you so that you can live your best lives together as a BRAVE team.
This badge will help you:
- Learn to “read” your dog and have a real “conversation” together, making it easier to communicate what you each need to live more harmoniously
- Reduce challenging behaviors and help your dog bounce back when life gets too overwhelming.
- Build a fearful or anxious dog’s confidence with simple and powerful life skills that help you both cope when unexpected situations arise
- Increase safety for you and your family, using prevention techniques that also help your dog feel and stay safer
- Identify potentially uncomfortable situations, so you can serve as your dog’s emotional anchor and advocate
- Practice techniques that empower you and your dog, boost psychological wellness, and enhance your BRAVE team cooperation
Who should take this badge?
The BRAVE Badge is for dog lovers and animal care professionals who want fundamental life skills that can be applied in any setting with their dog. It is a powerful learning experience for anyone who is eager to help their dog cope with daily life, improve safety, reduce behavior issues, and create a more harmonious household.
More about BRAVE
This exceptional online learning experience comes complete with narration & demonstration videos to help you learn and practice at your own pace, plus our BRAVE prevention strategy and life skill handouts, interactive quizzes, and helpful follow along guides. You’ll have everything you need from the comfort of your own phone, computer or mobile device to put your BRAVE new skills into action immediately.
Be sure to check out all of the interconnected courses in the BRAVE collection to get the most out of this process and learn how to give you and your dog the tools you need to live a fulfilled life together.
