Pet first aid

[primsong]

A lady in my church has a pet-sitting business and has agreed to have me be her backup person when she gets overbooked (yay) - I was trying to think of something I can do that doesn't involve being on my feet 8 hours a day or doing data entry stuff so this could fit the bill. I mean, a dog doesn't really care if you stop to rub your sore feet a few minutes unlike a human manager. ;-)

So I'm getting ready to head out to a day seminar on pet first aid today as part of prepping for that, I figure it will be useful info to have even if the sitting thing doesn't go anywhere, after all, I have pets! And it's free, which is always nice.

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[archersangel]

a pet first aid class sounds like a good idea either way

[primsong]

It was a day well spent, I was amazed at the patience of the therapy dogs that were there to allow themselves to be checked over and bandaged again and again.

Almost all of it was for mid to large dogs, occasional cat things - the teaching vet noted that "cats are aliens" who have their own set of rules for everything. ;-)

[blackmare]

That's wonderful! And it's something that's more and more in demand these days, I think. Once word gets out to your friends that this is something you do, expect requests for you to go independent, as it were, from time to time.

[primsong]

I hope so! I know there's a lot of folks who dote on their pets and don't want to traumatize them by putting them in a kennel away from home, for instance. I'm thinking I may check in at the local bird shop as well to see if they would let me volunteer a bit to learn how to care for large birds as well.

I can now do cpr on a dog, not something I ever have to employ but at least I have a clue about it.

[blackmare]

I dog-sit for my BFF on a pretty regular basis because her dogs (well, just the one, now) don't do well at the kennel and they stress themselves out until they get sick. Doesn't matter how good the kennel is, either.

It's cheaper to hire me and keeps everyone happy and healthy. And now I get more requests from friends of theirs and people who've heard me talk about it. I have to turn most of them down because I do have my own business as an artist and my time is limited, but if I wanted to, I could be doing this a LOT more.