Canine First Aid Course

[Sophiedoodle]

This morning, mum and I have completed a canine first aid practical course! It was very interesting and i have definitely learned a lot of useful things that I can pass on to the other girls at work.
Here are some photos of Lilly and Oreo taking part in the bandaging Lilly was unimpressed so Oreo was the star pupil

Pressure bandage:


Cut paw bandage:


Ear bandage:


Oreo sleeping on the job

 

[Jacqui-S]

I'm wondering if I can claim this as part of my annual CPD.....

 

[Shaz82]

Bet that was fun, Oreos foot looks huge next to the bandaged one
I want to do one of these courses, I think all pet owners should, very important.

 

[Candy]

Lilly looks Most Definitely Not Impressed!

 

[Selina27]

I'm wondering if I can claim this as part of my annual CPD.....

Give it a go Jacqui, why not?!

@Sophiedoodle , very interesting and a worthwhile thing to do. Who provided the training?

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

In addition to being great that you did the course, the photos are precious. Oreo being Oreo and Lilly being Lilly...if you know what I mean!

This is a good reminder that I have an animal first aid online course sitting in my Udemy queue that I've not taken yet. I've done the class live twice but the first one was a long time ago and the second one was in Germany and frankly I didn't understand half of it. Mostly I remember Brogan being an excellent doggie "victim" for practice!

 

[Anne123]

Is it possible to make a summary of important information and write it down on this website?

 

[Naya]

Looks like you both enjoyed it. Lily does not look impressed

I done an animal first aid course a few years ago and it has come in handy with the amount of paw injuries Harley has

 

[SteffiS]

What a brilliant idea, who was running the course?

 

[Oberon]

Great idea!!

Lily’s face

 

[Cath]

What a great course.

 

[Charlie]

Looks great ladies and what helpful dogs you have! Did you enjoy it? The head bandage on Lilly reminds me of the one I had to put on Charlie after the infamous badger attack xx

 

[Cath]

Oh yes Helen is he alright now after that terrible attack

 

[Jacqui-S]

The course was run by the lady who does the hydrotherapy. She doesn't really run courses now but did a bespoke one for the pair of us.

Sophie could have done with the ear bandage for Lilly a couple of years ago.

 

[Charlie]

Oh yes Helen is he alright now after that terrible attack

Oh he's fine thanks Cath. Charlie just keeps bouncing back! Thankfully not seen any badgers where we are xx

 

[SteffiS]

The course was run by the lady who does the hydrotherapy

Oh that was good of her .

 

[Sophiedoodle]

Had my first bandage needing done today!
Archie was staying with us and I noticed blood on his paw in between his toes on Tuesday. I spoke to kirst (my friend, his owner) and we decided it would be best to take him to the vet to get it checked over just in case. Turns out he had a lump in there which had burst, so he got antibiotics and all bandaged up and sent on his way. He went to stay back at their house as her brother said he would stay and look after him when I was at work.
Last night he chewed through the bandage...

Kirst called me at 7:30am (I was still asleep cause I’m not at work until 3 today) and I went down to collect Archie to clean the wound and re-bandage. Her brother had to leave for work so he was all alone in the house (with the other 2 dogs).

The wound after I cleaned it:


My bandaging skills!

 

[edzbird]

That looks neat. Does Archie have a cone to prevent chewing again or are you going to be very busy honing your bandaging?

 

[Sophiedoodle]

@edzbird no, he doesn’t have a cone but I’ve put one of the pet boots on it too so hopefully that will help. I’m dropping him off again at 2.30 and he’ll be alone for about 2 hours before someone else is home. I’m keeping an eye on him and I may give him a cone just to be sure. He’s back at the vets tomorrow for a check.

 

[Beanwood]

Nice clean wound and neat bandage!