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Okanagan business offers first aid for Fido

Crate Escape Dog Adventures is hosting the 10-hour Walks 91ƵN91Ƶ Wags Pet First Aid Sunday in Vernon
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Crate Escape Dog Adventures is hosting the 10-hour Walks 91ƵN91Ƶ Wags Pet First Aid certificate course Sunday, Feb. 24. (Photo submitted)

Most pet owners know it all too well: the feeling uncertainty when a pet falls injured or ill, but one Coldstream business is trying to ensure care-takers don91Ƶt panic in case of emergency by offering a .

Crate Escape Dog Adventures is hosting the 10-hour Walks 91ƵN91Ƶ Wags Pet First Aid certificate course Sunday, Feb. 24 and offers comprehensive pet safety and first aid information and applies to dogs and cats.

91ƵThough I didn91Ƶt come up with the course, I have worked in First Aid for 15 years, so when I started my dog training company, it just made sense to incorporate pet first aid into that,91Ƶ said Vanessa Robert, owner and trainer at Crate Escape Dog Adventures, which opened last year.

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Robert is a certified provider of , a program who has been running since 1994. The 10-hour course will cover everything from prevention to treatment of illness and injury, as well as information on how to keep pets in optimal health.

91ƵWe cover it all. Topics include: pet first aid kits, how to safely approach injured animals, how to do assessments, proper transportation of injured animals. We also go over bone injuries, eye injuries, ear injuries, hypothermia, heat stroke. We do artificial respiration, choking, CPR, and so much more.91Ƶ

She notes that while Pet First Aid course is a very comprehensive curriculum that has been approved by a board of veterinarians, it is not a substitute for veterinary medicine but it teaches valuable preventatives and first aid skills to better assist our sick or injured pets before we are able to get to the vet.

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91ƵOne of the great things about our classes is that we have live dogs in the class so that91Ƶs kind of a bonus for people.91Ƶ

Robert said she always brings one of her dogs but also encourages participants to sign up to bring their own dog to practice on as long as it is 91Ƶcalm, well-behaved and is friendly enough to let other people play with them and bandage them.91Ƶ A maximum of five dogs are allowed to attend.

Typically courses run $162.75 from 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. 91Ƶ the next of which is slated for Sunday, Feb. 24 at , located at 3105 31 Ave in Vernon.

91ƵThere definitely is a need for it,91Ƶ she said. 91ƵAnyone who works with animals definitely should have it but it91Ƶs also really great for pet owners, especially people who like to go on adventures because with adventure becomes a risk of injury. So its good for anybody to have this kind of knowledge.91Ƶ

Those interested should sign up by visiting Robert91Ƶs website: .

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