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课程概述

What is your cat revealing to you when she purrs? What is your dog expressing when he yawns or wags his tail? Understanding your cat and dog’s behaviour and the way they communicate with you, will enable you to better understand their needs and strengthen your relationship with them. This MOOC is divided into five topics, the appliance of science; behaviour and body language, senses and perception; challenges for the human-animal relationship, including pet problem behaviour; and how to improve the quality of life for cats and dogs in our care. At the start of the course we ask you to consider what you feel is important to your cat/dog and what your cat/dog means to you? We explore the world of cats and dogs and how our relationships with them vary around the world and have changed over time. We ask if we can really know what our animals are thinking or trying to communicate through their facial expressions and behaviours. From our beloved pets to street dogs, shelter dogs/cats and welfare challenges, we explore the world from their perspective and examine how their genetic make-up may influence their behavioural responses and choices. We dispel common behavioural myths by looking through a scientific lens, asking questions about the function and development of their behaviour.. We explore how their senses help them to interact with their world and how they communicate with each other and us! Finally, we ask whether we impose unrealistic expectations on our cats and dogs and how this affects their ability to live alongside us. We ask, what can we do to be more responsible pet owners and to ensure the welfare of all cats and dogs in society? This MOOC explores different scientifically validated methods that can help you to better understand your pet, to enrich their lives and help you to be a more educated and confident pet owner. Learners can apply for Financial Aid directly with Coursera to assist with the cost of accessing the full course and gaining a certificate for successfully completing the course....

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LR

Mar 26, 2020

I learned so much about how to decrease stress for my pets and increase their happiness. I also learned how to better communicate with them. Thank you for helping improve my pets quality of life!

MB

Dec 6, 2019

I am enjoying this course and am learning quite a bit. Behavior is one of my main interests as a trainer as I think understanding it helps to design training and living programs for the animal.

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626 - The Truth About Cats and Dogs 的 650 个评论（共 673 个）

创建者 Saiprasanna

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Aug 25, 2024

The course has offered knowledge related to behavioural aspects of pets and their training

创建者 Dazy H

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Jun 2, 2025

Really enjoyed the course. Almost all of the videos were super easy to listen and follow

创建者 Christian C

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Oct 1, 2017

Very good basic overview of the best ways to socialize and best raise your cat or dog!

创建者 Mary L B

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Apr 16, 2018

This was a fun course, and my little dog and 2 cats hope that I learned something.

创建者 Diana B

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May 8, 2020

This was kind of fun to learn more about cats and dogs and the gestures they do!

创建者 Lindsay S

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May 27, 2021

Very good information about both animals and important ownership reminders

创建者 Vyachaslav G

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Sep 3, 2017

Nice. But I still think that there is a lot of extra info in this course

创建者 Desmond O

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Dec 13, 2018

Very interesting course and well informed and enthusiastic tutors.

创建者 Diana C

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Aug 12, 2020

very informative and would consider retake it in near future!

创建者 Megan Y

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Apr 29, 2017

This course was good. It was great to refresh knowledge.

创建者 Wk W

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Jun 28, 2020

Very informative course with good videos and delivery!

创建者 Maria L

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Apr 24, 2017

Very good course, especially for the (new) pet owner!

创建者 Erica M J

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Aug 16, 2022

Great course. Cwrs da iawn very informative course

创建者 Veronica S

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Jun 25, 2020

Basic information, but still useful.

创建者 Ricardo P

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Nov 17, 2020

I have 100% time for cat facts. <3

创建者 prajakta J

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Jun 20, 2020

like the course,.

very informative.

创建者 maryanne e

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Oct 5, 2020

great course! really enjoyed it!

创建者 Vladimir R

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Oct 29, 2020

The best of the themes.

创建者 Richard K

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May 26, 2017

Nice overview

创建者 Noureddine I

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Apr 24, 2022

very useful

创建者 Anne b

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Jun 26, 2018

Interesting

创建者 Julio C N P

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May 23, 2017

thanks

创建者 Акимжан Н А

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Aug 21, 2024

супер

创建者 Dr J W B M M

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Mar 11, 2025

There was some good information, however many if the links need to be looked at as they are nit active and just go to page 404 not found. There is new work and knowledge that is lacking I think and should /could be added in quite usefully.. Information related to recent changes in society,electric fields and electric vehicles. Sadly no content to suggest how to mitigate these so I would have liked to have given it a 3.5 really .I thought the information on cats was better than that for dogs which was rather basic. Some contributions were more informative than others. But surprised at some things that were said too .....