Harcum Offers New Certificate for Expertise with Working Dogs

Do you know how vital working dogs have become in areas such as search & rescue missions, detection of explosives and narcotics, and criminal apprehension? Or that some dogs are Diabetic Alert Dogs and others are trained for ovarian cancer detection?

Now you can learn to help Working Dogs save even more lives.

Harcum College has introduced a new certificate program for any adult with a serious interest in learning about and handling working dogs. Prior experience in the fields of Veterinary Technology (animal nursing) is not required to obtain this certificate.

VET222 and VET223 represent a certificate program offered jointly by the Veterinary Technology Program of Harcum College and the University of Pennsylvania's PennVet Working Dog Center. This 10-credit experience provides a strong foundation of knowledge about our canine friends, and the opportunity to work with the dogs and trainers of the PennVet Working Dog Center.

Successful completion of VET222 give students the opportunity to apply to and be considered for the VET223 clinical experience with PennVet.

Registration is still being accepted for a Fall start. More specific information about the program is available at harcum.edu/caninecare.

(Photos courtesy of the PennVet Working Dog Center.)