Category Pet First Aid

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Service dog first aid course in association with LRPD Trust

ProTrainings have been developing first aid courses for dogs for over 12 years and in that time we have heard countless stories of how pet owners and handlers have saved an animals life or helped in when an accident occurs.…

Can you please vote for two exceptional pet charities

The Super Dog Awards voting is this month and we support two exceptional entrants to this nationwide competition and we ask you to help them both by taking time to give a vote to each one of these worthy winners. …

The caterpillar causing chaos for people and their pets

‘Oak Processionary Moth’ caterpillars are a risk to trees, humans and pets. The government has announced via its website that “any sightings should be reported to the Forestry Commission via its Tree Alert online form” or that “people can email…

Monkey business!

Talk about going the extra mile for clients…we recently developed a course for a monkey sanctuary, to teach its staff how to perform life-saving first aid skills on the playful primates. Believe it or not, there are lots of monkeys…

NEW Pet Professional First Aid Online and Blended Course

Our popular pet course range has a new addition…Pet First Aid for Pet Professionals Level 3! This advanced course covers a variety of animal injuries and illnesses in much more detail, with a focus on dogs and cats. It’ll teach…

Real Life – Dog Hit-and-Run

Emily, a student who took her Pet First Aid Course with ProTrainings, used her quick thinking and the skills she’d acquired with us, to help a wounded Staffie who’d been hit by a car! Whilst travelling home from a grand…

Dog saved by quick thinking, after drug dilemma! 

Barney the puppy is training to be an assistance dog. Sadly, last month this Westie pup ate a tramadol tablet that had been dropped by his owner. Luckily, the owner had taken a ProTrainings ‘Pet First Aid’ course and sprung…

Pet first aid WiKi feature added to ProTrainings

To increase the functionality of the site, we’ve added a search feature where you can now easily find answers to frequently asked pet first aid questions. This section of the website will become a great reference point for information to…

Vet Poison Line

In the case of animal poisoning getting the right advice quickly has been difficult in an emergency. There are thousands of poisons and not even a vet is able to know what to do with every substance or whether it…