The Canine Nutrition Professional Certificate Course

Module 1 Nutrient Classifications
Lesson 1 Audios + Reading: Getting Started with Classifications of Nutrients for Dogs  
Module 2 Introduction to Canine Digestive Anatomy and Physiology
Lesson 1 Canine Digestive Anatomy & Physiology Terms Glossary  
Lesson 2 Alimentary System Overview - An Introduction to Canine Digestive Anatomy & Physiology  
Lesson 3 Gut Health & Digestive Enzymes Reading  
Module 3 Energy Providing Macronutrients
Lesson 1 Protein & Amino Acids  
Lesson 2 Dietary Fat and Fatty Acids  
Lesson 3 Responses of Dogs to Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids Reading  
Lesson 4 Carbohydrates  
Lesson 5 Dietary Fiber  
Lesson 6 Energy Providing Macronutrients Quiz  
Module 4 A Deep Dive Into Essential Vitamins and Foods That Provide Them
Lesson 1 Introduction to Vitamins  
Lesson 2 Vitamin C- Ascorbic Acid  
Lesson 3 Choline  
Lesson 4 Vitamin B12- Cobalamin  
Lesson 5 Vitamin B9- Folate  
Lesson 6 Vitamin B7-Biotin  
Lesson 7 Vitamin B6-Pyridoxine  
Lesson 8 Vitamin B5-Pantothenic Acid  
Lesson 9 Vitamin B3- Niacin  
Lesson 10 Vitamin B2-Riboflavin  
Lesson 11 Vitamin B1- Thiamine  
Lesson 12 Water Soluble Vitamins  
Lesson 13 Vitamin K  
Lesson 14 Vitamin E Study  
Lesson 15 Vitamin E  
Lesson 16 Vitamin D  
Lesson 17 Vitamin A  
Lesson 18 What are Fat-Soluble Vitamins  
Lesson 19 Essential Vitamins Quiz  
Module 5 Digging Into Essential Minerals and Trace Minerals and Foods That Provide Them
Lesson 1 Macrominerals & Microminerals/Trace Minerals  
Lesson 2 Iodine  
Lesson 3 Selenium  
Lesson 4 Manganese  
Lesson 5 Zinc  
Lesson 6 Copper  
Lesson 7 Iron  
Lesson 8 Chloride  
Lesson 9 Potassium  
Lesson 10 Sodium  
Lesson 11 Magnesium  
Lesson 12 Calcium and Phosphorus  
Lesson 13 Oxalates in the Diet Reading  
Lesson 14 Essential Macrominerals and Microminerals/Trace Minerals Quiz  
Module 6 Establishing Energy Needs of Healthy Adult Dogs
Lesson 1 Introduction to the Energy Lessons  
Lesson 2 What is Energy?  
Lesson 3 Simplifying Calories for Easy Understanding  
Lesson 4 The Categories of Energy Requirements  
Lesson 5 Energy Imbalance  
Lesson 6 Energy Density  
Lesson 7 Chronological vs Physiological Age  
Lesson 8 Understanding What the NRC Nutrient Requirement of Dogs and Cats Book Is  
Lesson 9 NRC Daily Metabolizable Energy Requirements for Adult Dogs at Maintenance Table  
Lesson 10 Bio-Math and Energy Factors to Determine an Adult Dog's Energy Needs  
Lesson 11 Energy Needs of Healthy Adult Dogs Test  
Module 7 Establishing Nutrient Needs of Healthy Adult Dogs
Lesson 1 Different Types of Nutrient Math & Which Ones Applies to Raw and Cooked Diets  
Lesson 2 Nutrient Requirements and Dietary Nutrient Concentrations for Adult Dogs  
Lesson 3 NRC Nutrient Requirements of Adult Dogs at Maintenance Table  
Lesson 4 Nutrient Formulation Math for Adult Dogs  
Lesson 5 Establishing the Nutrient Needs of Adult Dogs at Maintenance per 1,000 kcal of ME Test  
Module 8 Formulating a Complete and Balanced Diet for Adult Dogs
Lesson 1 Introduction Audio to Formulating for Adult Dogs  
Lesson 2 Different Canine Nutrition Standards and Determining How to Use Them  
Lesson 3 Feeding Aging Dogs  
Lesson 4 Nutritional Care for Aging Cats and Dogs Reading  
Lesson 5 Researching for a Case: Research Links and Textbook Downloads  
Lesson 6 Formulating a Complete + Balanced Diet for Adult Dogs Quiz  
Module 9 Required Information to Formulate for An Adult Dog
Lesson 1 Required Information to Formulate for an Adult Dog  
Module 10 Establishing Energy Needs of Growing Puppies
Lesson 1 A Puppy’s Daily Energy Requirements (DER)  
Lesson 2 Puppy Bio-Math for MER Segment of Growth DER  
Lesson 3 More Puppy Bio-Math: Energy Requirements For Different Phases of Growth Stage  
Lesson 4 Rapid Growth Phase & Growth Curve Charting Information  
Lesson 5 Small & Medium Breed Puppies  
Lesson 6 Large & Extra-Large Breed Puppies  
Lesson 7 Highly Critical Notes About Formulating for Puppies  
Lesson 8 Practice Puppies Homework & Introduction to Breed Research  
Lesson 9 Energy Requirements of Growing Puppies Test  
Module 11 Establishing Nutrient Needs of Growing Puppies
Lesson 1 Different Types of Nutrient Math & Which Ones Applies to Raw and Cooked Diets for Puppies  
Lesson 2 Nutrient Requirements and Dietary Nutrient Concentrations for Puppies  
Lesson 3 Regulation and Lack of Regulation of Nutrition During Growth Phases  
Lesson 4 Critical Education About Calcium and Phosphorus in Growth Diets  
Lesson 5 Skeletal Growth Reading  
Lesson 6 NRC Nutrient Requirements of Growing Puppies Table  
Lesson 7 NRC Nutrient Requirements of Growing Puppies Test  
Module 12 Managing Obesity
Lesson 1 Canine Obesity & Formulating Safe Weight Loss Plans  
Module 13 CNP Toolkit
Lesson 1 CNP Toolkit Instruction Video  
Lesson 2 CNP Toolkit  
Module 14 Formulation Software Training
Lesson 1 Animal Diet Formulator Software Training  
Lesson 2 Student Access to the Animal Diet Formulator  
Module 15 Getting Started on the Final Project: Adult Dog Formulations
Lesson 1 Adult Dog Diet Formulation Section  
Lesson 2 Adult Dog One: Hippie  
Lesson 3 Adult Dog Two: Brownie  
Lesson 4 Adult Dog Three: Bill  
Module 16 Comprehensive Nutritional Risks Reading
Lesson 1 Nutritional Risks to Large-Breed Dogs: From Weaning to the Geriatric Years Reading  
Module 17 Required Information Needed to Formulate for Growing Puppies
Lesson 1 Required Information Needed to Formulate for a Healthy Growing Puppy  
Module 18 Moving Forward in the Final Project: Growing Puppies Formulations
Lesson 1 Growing Puppy Diet Formulation Section  
Lesson 2 Puppy One: Betty  
Lesson 3 Puppy Two: Cookie  
Lesson 4 Puppy Three: Frenchesca  
Module 19 Formulating Functional Support Protocols
Lesson 1 Formulating Functional Support Protocols  
Module 20 Request Your Cert.CNP Certificate
Lesson 1 Request Your CNP Certificate (Cert.CNP)  
Module 21 Bonus Content
Lesson 1 Bonus Content