This training is to teach participants how to be prepared for emergencies that involve a cat or dog. The Cat and Dog First Aid training is approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes. The training will combine videos, lectures, interactive discussion, and hands-on practicals.

By the end of training participants will be able to do or understand the following: 

• What goes into a pet first aid kit

• What is the normal physical condition, behaviors and 

habits of your pet

• Identify a normal heart rate, breathing rate and temperature 

• How to safely approach an ill or injured cat or dog

• How to capture and restrain a cat and muzzle a dog

• Demonstrate how to preform bandaging for soft tissue injuries

• Care for fractures including head and neck injuries

• Learn how to care for an animal with heat/cold related emergencies

• Check for breathing and cardiac emergencies 

• Understand how to give rescue breathing and preform CPR for a dog or cat

Must be 18 years of age or older to participate.