Our next Canine First Aid Course is to be held
at Southend on 7th June 2008 9am to 5pm.

Casper’s Canine First Aid Courses

As a result of the Company’s Veterinary background, and through recognising they could become a valuable service, Altogether Animals team members became involved in developing a set of three K9 First Aid Courses for the general public, which are known as Casper’s Canine First Aid.

The sole aim of these courses is to give owners and people who work with dogs in any field the confidence to recognise problems and to know how to handle different first aid situations between the incident actually happening and getting the dog to the vet, thus giving the dog a better chance, giving them some peace of mind and making the transfer to the vet a little easier.

These courses are of great value for breeders and other multi dog household owners, for people who hike well away from populated areas, those who travel from show to show or abroad, instructors and dog handlers from all types of working fields who may have to deal with the occasional unexpected first aid situation with their dog or somebody else’s dog. The name Casper derives from the Resuscitation Dog used on the courses, which was shipped over from the U.S.A. especially, the first of its make to enter the UK.

Canine General Health Care

This is a one-day course particularly worth-while to first time dog owners who want to know they are doing the right things in the general day to day care of their dogs. The course explores how to health check dogs, how to recognise common signs indicating their dog may be unwell, how to recognise parasites, what to do in the event of mild illnesses, how to give different types of medication that might be prescribed by their vet, how to take a temperature, check pulse and more.

Essential Canine First Aid

This has been developed into both a one day course and a two day course depending on how much practical work is requested. Essential First Aid covers assessing a situation, safety issues, how to approach, handle and move injured dogs, the Canine ABC and how to resuscitate, how to control bleeding and contend with shock. Additionally this course includes two of the most common life threatening conditions likely to occur. Also looks at relevant prevention and having good communication with the vets.

Advanced Canine First Aid

Only available to those who have attended the Essential First Aid. This course covers specific first aid situations and what to do from heatstroke to burns of all types, prolapse and poisons amongst others. Looks at different types of wounds and bleeding in greater detail and teaches bandaging techniques for different injuries and parts of the body. Again, this course has been developed into both a one day and a 2 day version for the same reason.

Veterinary help should always be obtained as soon as possible.

These courses can be tailor made upon request for specific groups of people, relevant to their field of work with their dogs.

If you are interested in our services please do not hesitate to do call us on 0870 446 0399 or fill in our Online Enquiry form here.