To continue our series of the most common issues you may experience with your pets, we’ll discuss poisonings. This is a BIG topic not only because it is so frequent, rather there are a vast array of things that can poison our pets – not to mention the reactions our pets can have to poisons. Just as an EMT would take your vitals …
Blog Series: 5 Common Issues with Your Pets; #1 Cuts, Punctures or Bites
I don’t know about you but if something happens to a person – whether it be a friend, family member or stranger on the street – if I see a medical emergency I know I can help by dialing 911. While I do know human first aid and CPR, I feel comfortable knowing that if my adrenaline is pumping the …
National Walk ‘N Roll Dog Day
This is an update to an article I originally posted on this special day last year. Today is National Walk ‘N Roll Dog Day, a day that evokes so many emotions for me. Having shared my life with two dogs in carts, as I document in this blog post, I know firsthand the joy, pain, and strife that comes with …
Nails; Tips on Taking off the Tips
We look and feel better when our nails are manicured, and for your pets – the same principle applies. You can hold off on the nail polish though – OK but if you do use it, please use the pet safe kind as they can ingest it. Part of maintaining your pet’s health is maintaining their nails. Long or overgrown …
It Happens; what’s the scoop on your pet’s poop
Let’s face it, it happens. While we often think of communicating with our pets via eye contact or voice commands, we rarely think about how they can transmit with us via “poop posts”. When your cat or dog leaves behind a log it’s like a storybook of their body. It tells you what they ate, how it agreed – or disagreed – with them, …
Pet Education for the Pet Care Professional
As a Pet Care Professional Be Competent and Confident in a Pet Emergency Situation Whether you pet sit for your friends and family, just signed up for a pet care listing site, or have a staff of 20, when you take care of people’s pets – or share your life with them – you better know what to do when something …
Reducing the Cost Of Pet Ownership
Unexpected veterinary bills were cited by Kathryn Lisko, the education specialist over at Rover.com, as being “the most common and most costly variables in dog ownership. That’s one pricey pooch”, USA Today August, 26, 2016: B4. Print. The article continues to mention that healthy habits and adopting mix-breeds (according to the ASPCA) can help reduce veterinary cost. What they don’t …
How Will My Dog React When I Bring my New Baby Home?
Our new German Shepherd puppy was fearful and shaking in her cardboard box lined by an old blanket when my husband and I drove her away from her doggy parents and brothers on Grandma’s farm. It was our first day as parents to her, and we didn’t have any children yet. Everything was new to her, she had never been …
Pro Pet Hero launches with over 40 Pet First Aid topics, including Dog CPR
ProTrainings is proud to announce the launch of a new program designed to help pet owners with everything between home and the vet. Pro Pet Hero is a pet first aid training program that covers a wide range of topics, from cat and dog CPR to how to build a first aid kit for your pets. Pro Pet Hero is taught …
Helping Pets before the Vets
Our course is meant to help you learn when it’s time to take your pet to the vet, and if there are ways that you can help before the vet. Taking early action to help your dog or cat with first aid can save you a lot of time and money. The course is taught by a Doctor of Veterinary …