Canine First Aid Course by DogSafe
Instructor: Michelle Sevigny (founder of DOGSAFE)
Saturday (DogSafe 101)
This course is designed to teach you the knowledge and skills to deal with a sick or injured dog until veterinary care is available. The topics are covered in-depth so that students have a thorough understanding of the principles of canine first aid. Since this is a very comprehensive course, we need your full attention and dogs do not come to class.
You'll Learn How to:
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Training techniques
Our training techniques include:
- instruction
- demonstration
- hands-on learning
- discussion
- question & answer
- and videos
Training tools
- canine resuscitation manikins
- plush demonstration dogs
- bandages
- first aid kits
- even fake guts, eyeballs and more!
Sunday (DogSafe 201)
You'll Learn How to:
- conduct a head to tail assessment
- monitor canine body language
- muzzle your dog with commercial and improvised muzzles
- restrain your dog in a standing and sitting position
- transport your dog with a stretcher
- take your dog's vital signs
- assess three critical health tests
- practice proper positioning for artificial respiration (AR)
- practice proper positioning for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- practice proper positioning for obstructed airway (choking)
- practice wound management, including bandaging eyes, ears and paws
This is all about hands-on practice with live dogs while under the supervision of Dogsafe Instructor Michelle Sevigny (founder of DOGSAFE), but we do not force the dogs and offer lots of intermissions and bathroom breaks.
My big triumph was on the beach two weeks ago. Arwyn gets to be off leash at the beach (she's been on the long line on forest hikes for months now) and there was a deer eating seaweed... the dogs, of course, blasted off after the deer up the steep bank... I called... AND THEY CAME BACK!!
A miracle.
Well, the miracle of training.
Cheryl (PhD, Reg Psychologist), with Sukha & Arwyn
Maple Bay, BC
Hi Lizbeth, Stephanie and Glenda:
Thought you would like to know, we took Dalli to the Duncan market on Saturday morning. She was a perfect lady, walked around with her tail wagging and held high all the time. She was friendly and outgoing to other people, and sniffed other people’s hands and let them pet her when we stopped to talk or purchase things from the different stalls. We then walked over to the Garage for coffee, sat outside and again, she was well behaved, let people pet her and she was actually licking their hands. This was her first outing in a busy people environment as we usually just leave her in the car or at home when we go out shopping.
What a difference from a year ago when you first met her. Thank you, thank you!
We’ll see you in the fall when we come for the agility courses.
(Dalli was adopted a year ago from Mexico, and was fear-aggressive to people coming to the house.)
Greg & Terri Askham
Duncan
