Essential Pet First Aid Skills to Keep Your Beloved Companion Safe
Learn life-saving techniques from qualified professionals.
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Become Confident in Keeping Your Pet Safe
Our award-winning courses give you the skills to stay calm and take action when your pet needs you most. Whether online or in-person, we’ll prepare you for any emergency.
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Practical Courses
Join other pet owners and professionals on our scheduled sessions, or book a private group course at a time and place that suits you.
Online Courses
Expert-led training for pet owners and businesses. Learn vital first aid skills with full online access for a year. Certificates valid for 3 years.
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Discover How to Best Take Care of Your Pets
Master essential emergency skills that could save your pet’s life
Choking and Breathing Problems
Learn how to help your pet if they are choking, how and when to put them into the recovery position, what to do if they are drowning, when to give rescue breaths.
Wounds, Bleeding and Burns
How to dress and bandage a wound, what to do if your dog is burnt, how to prevent your pet getting hurt, how to help if they have an eye injury.
Poisons, Heat & Seizures
Learn what common products can be lethal for your pet, signs and symptoms of different poisons, what to do if they have heat stroke or hypothermia, what to do in the event of a seizure.
Accidents & Injuries
Priorities at the scene of an accident, when and how to move an injured animal, how to recognise signs of shock, how to stop bleeding.
Explore Our Complete Dog First Aid Courses
Free
Dog Choking Course
Essential life-saving techniques to help any dog in a choking emergency
Beginner
Essential First Aid for Dogs
Perfect introduction covering key emergency skills for all dog owners
Comprehensive
First Aid for Dogs
Our most comprehensive course covering all aspects of dog first aid
Specialised
Dog CPR Course
Learn step by step how to give your dog CPR when it matters most
Hands-On
Practical First Aid Course
In-person training with hands-on practice and expert guidance
See Why Our Students Love Us
"I've never seen any first aid for dogs before. I think this is absolutely brilliant!"
Daniel Priestly
Entrepreneur, International Speaker and best-selling Author
"This is an in depth, thorough course for anyone with a four legged friend. There are many cases I see in practice which if a dog walker/owner had the knowledge of this course, it would improve the prognosis for the animal and potentially save their life."
Elizabeth Orpwood
Veterinary Surgeon
"Excellent course. Very informative and they packed a lot in to a 3 hour course. Highly recommended to anyone who works with dogs, or even if you just own a dog."
Craig Fry
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Expert Course Content
The course material has been written by Emma Hammett, Qualified Nurse, First Aid Trainer and founder of First Aid for Life in conjunction with other medical, first aid, animal and veterinary professionals.
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The course material has been written by Emma Hammett, Qualified Nurse, First Aid Trainer and founder of First Aid for Life in conjunction with other medical, first aid, animal and veterinary professionals.