What is felinology education or how to become the instructor-felinologist

Felinology  occurs from a Latin word felis - a cat, as a kind. That is literally the word «фелинология» is translated, as a science about cats.
This science is a making part of two others: zootechnician  (as means breeding cultivation and selection) and the zooindustries (as owners of house cats, for example, use special forages and conditioning agents).

C each year, the quantity of the people opening the nurseries, clubs and associations, grows, and is unconditional, knowledge is necessary for all of them. The increased demand on felinology  education has led to that in 2002 one of leading educational institutions the Moscow agricultural academy of K.A.Timirjazeva has opened a course of higher education with specialisation «Felinology ». The academy of veterinary medicine and biotechnologies of Skryabin has formed short-term courses on felinology  . The truth the strengthened studying of the science «felinology» is made only last year training, and basic the course zootechnician nevertheless is.

Felinology courses began to spend clubs and federations, however, today it is possible to ascertain, that more or less regularly courses are spent by the Russian Felinology Federation  and Felinologichesky association (HEADLIGHTS).

At the same time, today it is not enough in what authoritative organisation it is possible to register nursery, not having the document about felinology  education. That generates demand, at actual absence of regular offers.

So, you have decided to go to study as the expert-felinologist. Where all the same to go?

At the first stage, it is important to be defined for what purpose you go to be trained. For the purpose of reception of qualification or it is simple receptions of the separate information interesting you. In both cases you learn a lot of new and interesting, however if in the first variant it is necessary to approach more strictly to a choice of the training organisation and the program, in the second case similar criteria softer.

Usually all interests, what document stands out after the termination of courses and as it should look. If courses are spent without examinations and tests the inquiry that you have heard to a course of lectures on felinology that does not grant to you stands out, for example, the rights to nursery opening if examination is spent in case of its successful delivery to the trained the Certificate with assignment of qualification "instructor-felinolog" is granted. Both documents should include the program of training with quantity of the heard hours on each discipline, the signature of the head of courses, lecturers or the chairman of examination board, and also the organisation press. Certainly, the more largely and more authoritatively the training organisation, the is quoted the document given out by it is better. To receive the information on the organisations which are carrying out training today it is very simple, by printing mass-media and the Internet.

Courses are usually spent internally. However, unfortunately it is far not at all is, both physical, and material possibility personally to visit felinology courses. For this category some organisations develop the correspondence form of training. Trained send documents by mail, it prepares, and then passes examination. More often the nonresident use the given form of training.
Cost of courses everywhere is various and fluctuates from 800 to 1500 rbl., it depends more often on a place of carrying out of courses and quantity of lecturers. If you have invited on free felinology  courses it is necessary to reflect very seriously. Remember, free there is only a cheese in a mousetrap!

Now we will pass to the device of training. Training on courses consists of blocks (disciplines). The expert should conduct each block. After all all well-known that to be the highly skilled expert in all areas it is impossible. Genetics should read - only genetician, the general ex-terrier, standards of breeds and colors - only constantly and is a lot of years the practising judge, the organisation of exhibitions and an order of carrying out of refereeing - the professional in the field of the organisation of exhibitions or the head of the large organisation (federation or association). Here it is possible to draw an analogy between any educational institution. Each course is read by the expert. If you invite to courses where all course read one-two person, or genetics the person who does not have corresponding education (usually the judge or the chairman of club) reads, mine to you council: «do not go on such courses!».

Programs of courses, basically, a little than differ from each other and include following disciplines: anatomy and physiology, genetics of cats, bases of selection and breeding cultivation, the general ex-terrier, breeds and colors cats, preparation of animals for an exhibition, груминг, the organisation of exhibitions and examination, international and national felinology  organisations. At the initiative of organizers of courses the program can be supplemented with other disciplines, for example such, as veterinary science, dietology etc.

The important stage of the termination of each courses are tests or examination. They serve as original check of mastering of knowledge. Usually they or free, or enter into training cost. Examination surrenders at desire, examination board as a part of three-four persons on questions specified in the extended ticket. In case of successful delivery to the pupil qualification "instructor-felinologist" that grants the right of conducting club breeding work (certainly, with the consent of a management of your club) is appropriated. The Examination card includes the questions studied at lectures, and also problems on genetics.

Well now be defined and dare!
Felinology  needs clever and lucid minds.