Week 1
Lesson 1
Basic Nutrition 
In this lesson learners will become familiar with essential nutrients and what is require for feeding cats and dogs. We will also distinguish "ingredient vs nutrient" which is important for the next lesson on reading pet food labels.
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Reading Pet Food Labels  
In this class learners will begin to understand how read pet food labels and what tricks pet food companies use to market their products. Pet food labels will be provided in the lesson slides. Learners may bring their own for practice. 
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Care of The Hospitalized Patient
Care of pets in the hospital will be discussed including how to get cats and dogs out of their cages safely, cleaning and disinfection, and patient treatment sheet use and practice will be demonstrated as learners follow along. 
 Week 4
Lesson 4
Recognizing Pain
How to recognize pain in the canine and feline patients will be shown and a pain scale will be utilized during in class practice. 
 Week 5
Lesson 5
Canine Behavior/ Body Language 
Basic body language signals will be discussed with special focus on stress, fear,  anxiety and aggression, as these are common in a veterinary setting. Learners will be provided with follow up videos. 
 Week 6
Lesson 6
Feline Body Language and the Feline Friendly Practice
Feline body language signals will be discussed, and how we can provide a "feline friendly" experience and learners will brainstorm ways that they can help to make cat's veterinary visits less stressful for everyone. 
 Week 7
Lesson 7
Care of Neonatal Kittens and Puppies
The care and feeding of neonatal kittens and puppies will be discussed along with special considerations for orphans. 
 Week 8
Lesson 8
Dog and Cat Breed Game 
A breed identification game will be played in class! We will discuss why knowing a pet's breed may be very important when caring for the in a veterinary hospital. Learners will be given instructions on optional learner presentations to be given during our last two weeks of class. 
 Week 9
Lesson 9
Learner Dog/Cat Breed Presentations
Learners will be asked to research and create a presentation (written/read or by PowerPoint/Google Slides/etc, to be given in class either this week or next week. 
Information on these will be provided on week 8.  PRESENTATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED BUT NOT REQUIRED. 
 Week 10
Lesson 10
Learner Dog/Cat Breed Presentations and Course Wrap Up 
We will have our final breed presentations and do a course wrap up including getting learner feedback on the course.