Watch pet owners taking first aid class for their animals with the help of a training dog
Watch pet owners taking first aid class for their animals with the help of a training dog
Pet owners learning first aid for their animals, with a focus on dogs.
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Transcript
NARRATOR: Jules is such a calm patient. She doesn't complain at all when strange people wrap gauze around her head. This exercise is on how to handle a potential bite or cut wound on the ear. The bandage keeps it secure and the healthy ear is left uncovered. People who own pets and take a course like this are better equipped to help their furry friends in an emergency.
MICHAEL GERVERS: "Most emergencies are the result of car or bike accidents. The speed alone often means such accidents are emergencies."
NARRATOR: In this animal first aid class Michael Gervers also tries to impart basic knowledge on how people should treat pet illnesses and how to react correctly to situations. Great commitment required here from pet lovers, mouth-to-snout resuscitation to be done through a cloth for hygienic reasons. They don't follow through with it on the healthy animal in class, but in an emergency none of these people would hesitate.
STUDENT 1: "It wouldn't be a problem with my own dog, and I don't think I'd have a problem doing it if I saw a dog I don't know that needed help."
NARRATOR: Taking a dog's pulse. First you have to find it under the back leg. What's more, dogs' hearts beat at different speeds depending on the size of the dog. Eye drops - this too takes a bit of practice to get right. Everyone here agrees that taking a first aid class on treating your furry friend is very important.
STUDENT 2: "I have a big dog. He has injured his paw several times and once he got bitten by a wasp. In that situation you aren't sure what you should do first."
STUDENT 3: "I put a bandage on and realized how difficult it is. I think the best way to go about it is to just go for it."
STUDENT 4: "Our cat suffered from kidney failure and I was sometimes there when it gets an infusion."
NARRATOR: Whenever you examine a dog you must be sure to first position it in the recovery position and then to tie its mouth shut. Every animal that's in pain is liable to snap at you. When true emergencies arise always go right to the vet. Even at the weekend, if it's truly an emergency.
GERVERS: "For example when an injured claw is partially torn off and is bleeding profusely and the owner is of course very, very worried because they think the animal might bleed to death. We've tried to stress in the course that that's not an emergency. You can dress the wound and take the animal to the vet the next day. Hello, Janka."
NARRATOR: Every day in his practice Michael Gervers sees how important it is for pet owners to observe their animals carefully. Janka had a stone in her bladder, a half cup full. But Janka's owner noticed that something wasn't right.
JANKA'S OWNER: "We thought she had a bladder infection because she always crouched down to have a pee but couldn't."
NARRATOR: The participants of these first aid seminars are all familiar with such patters of behavior. And for seminar dog Jules, it means her day as an emergency patient has come to an end. What a performance, it wasn't too woof was it?
MICHAEL GERVERS: "Most emergencies are the result of car or bike accidents. The speed alone often means such accidents are emergencies."
NARRATOR: In this animal first aid class Michael Gervers also tries to impart basic knowledge on how people should treat pet illnesses and how to react correctly to situations. Great commitment required here from pet lovers, mouth-to-snout resuscitation to be done through a cloth for hygienic reasons. They don't follow through with it on the healthy animal in class, but in an emergency none of these people would hesitate.
STUDENT 1: "It wouldn't be a problem with my own dog, and I don't think I'd have a problem doing it if I saw a dog I don't know that needed help."
NARRATOR: Taking a dog's pulse. First you have to find it under the back leg. What's more, dogs' hearts beat at different speeds depending on the size of the dog. Eye drops - this too takes a bit of practice to get right. Everyone here agrees that taking a first aid class on treating your furry friend is very important.
STUDENT 2: "I have a big dog. He has injured his paw several times and once he got bitten by a wasp. In that situation you aren't sure what you should do first."
STUDENT 3: "I put a bandage on and realized how difficult it is. I think the best way to go about it is to just go for it."
STUDENT 4: "Our cat suffered from kidney failure and I was sometimes there when it gets an infusion."
NARRATOR: Whenever you examine a dog you must be sure to first position it in the recovery position and then to tie its mouth shut. Every animal that's in pain is liable to snap at you. When true emergencies arise always go right to the vet. Even at the weekend, if it's truly an emergency.
GERVERS: "For example when an injured claw is partially torn off and is bleeding profusely and the owner is of course very, very worried because they think the animal might bleed to death. We've tried to stress in the course that that's not an emergency. You can dress the wound and take the animal to the vet the next day. Hello, Janka."
NARRATOR: Every day in his practice Michael Gervers sees how important it is for pet owners to observe their animals carefully. Janka had a stone in her bladder, a half cup full. But Janka's owner noticed that something wasn't right.
JANKA'S OWNER: "We thought she had a bladder infection because she always crouched down to have a pee but couldn't."
NARRATOR: The participants of these first aid seminars are all familiar with such patters of behavior. And for seminar dog Jules, it means her day as an emergency patient has come to an end. What a performance, it wasn't too woof was it?