Pet instructor skill review
Course Content
- Introduction to your Pet First Aid Instructor refresher course
- Course introduction
- Dog First Aid and The Law
- The vet and your role in first aid
- The Role of the Dog First Aider
- When is Veterinary Care Required?
- Keeping your pet safe in an emergency
- Car Accidents
- Car Accidents - Injuries and Treatment
- Pet Proofing your home
- Please rescue my pets stickers
- Hand Hygiene
- Dog Microchipping
- Cat microchipping
- Precautions and Safety
- Pet Anatomy and Physiology
- First Aid Kits and Equipment
- Checking a Pets health
- Initial Assessment
- Checking Your Dog's Health and Finding Out What Is Normal
- Gum Colour
- Collecting a Urine Sample
- How Dogs Show Pain
- How Dogs Show Pain - Vets Comments
- Taking a Pulse
- Taking the Temperature
- Taking the Rectal Temperature
- Vital Signs
- Comprehensive Assessment and Checking Vital Signs Example
- Pet Accidents and First Aid
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - CPR
- Choking
- Bleeding Control
- Types of Bleeding
- Dressings, Bandages and Controlling Bleeding
- Catastrophic Bleeding
- Dogs and haemostatic dressings
- What is the ideal animal haemostatic agent
- Collaclot - Collagen pad to stop bleeding and promote clotting
- Dogs and Tourniquets
- Commercial Tourniquets for Dogs
- HaemoCap™ MultiSite - Dogs
- Shock
- Shock - vets comment
- Different Conditions you may see
- Breathing and Respiratory Problems
- Loss of Appetite
- Sneezing
- Lethargy
- Urination Problems
- Weakness in Animals
- Weakness and Collapse - additional vets comments
- Hair Loss and Skin Conditions
- Cataracts
- Dehydration in Dogs
- Clinical signs of dehydration in dogs and cats
- Hydration and rehydration in dogs
- Fluid balance in dogs and cats
- Oralade - treating dehydration
- Oralade for cats
- Oralade - The Science
- Injuries
- Suspected fractures
- Types of fractures on animals
- Dog Fractures Treatment
- Spinal injury and moving an injured dog
- Spinal Injuries
- Paw Problems
- Paws and Claws
- Nail and Claw Injuries
- Eye Injuries
- Eye Problems
- Ear Problems
- General Bandaging
- Bandaging the Ear
- Bandaging the Tail and Tail Injuries
- Bandaging the Body
- Fight Wounds
- Puncture Wounds
- Mouth and Dental Problems
- Animal bites and scratches on dogs
- Small Cuts, Scratches and Grazes
- Bandage aftercare
- Stings on animals
- Ibuprofen and pets
- Carbon Monoxide and dogs
- Poisoning
- Vet poison information line
- Inducing Vomiting in a Dog
- Inducing Vomiting - vets comments
- Snake Bites
- Dog Burns
- Chemical Burns
- Electrocution
- Electric Shocks
- Cruciate Ligament
- Falls From Height
- Illness
- Dogs and Illnesses
- Bloat and Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus (GDV)
- Why do dogs eat grass
- Why are Onions Toxic to Dogs
- Why is Chocolate Toxic to Dogs
- High Temperatures and Heatstroke
- Hyperthermia - Vets Comments
- Hypothermia Treatment
- Hypothermia - vets comments
- Vomiting in Animals
- Different Types and Causes of Vomiting
- Vomiting - vets comments
- Seizures and Epilepsy
- Diabetes
- Allergies in Dogs
- Allergic reactions
- Pancreatitis
- Cushings Disease
- Nose and Respiratory Problems - Vet
- Breathing Difficulties
- Coughing and kennel cough
- Kennel Cough - vets comments
- Diarrhoea in Animals
- Stomach Conditions
- Possible Causes of Blood in Dog Faeces
- Rabies
- Alabama Foot Rot
- Blue Green Algae
- Hip Dysplasia
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Pyometra
- Vestibular Syndrome
- Parasites that affect pets
- Cats
- Different types and sizes of animals
- Summary and Your Practical Session
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Kennel cough is an upper respiratory tract infection in dogs. It is made up of normally from a viral component and a bacterial component. So the viruses we tend to just let run their course, we do not have many antiviral drugs in veterinary medicine, but we will often treat with antibiotics for the secondary bacterial infections that will happen with a kennel cough infection. Kennel cough is very widespread, it is very contagious. You can pass it on, it is airborne so you pass it on by just being in the same environment as another dog that has the kennel cough. Once they have the kennel cough, they will have a very dry, harsh cough and every time they are coughing they are just expelling all these bacteria and viruses, that are going to get picked up by other dogs. They can become quite unwell with it, especially younger dogs or older dogs where their immune systems are not quite as competent as adult dogs' immune systems are. It can lead to pneumonia in severe bouts, and at that point, it needs a lot of treatment and supportive care. In a lot of cases, you just get that dry cough for three, four, five days and then it will pass with the antibiotics on board as well. The good thing is that we can prevent kennel cough from happening. There is a great vaccine that we use and it is used routinely with many dogs that go to kennels and often dogs that are walked by dog walkers or pet sitters that have various dogs in their household from different places. Because it is so contagious, once one dog has it, if you are dog-sitting or walking a group of dogs, all those dogs will get it. So it is advisable in any situation where your dog is going to be mixing with other dogs to get them vaccinated against the kennel cough vaccine. It is not 100% effective; it is much like the human flu jab, it changes, it changes itself each year to try and get around the vaccination, so although it will not stop every single case of kennel cough from happening, it will reduce the symptoms that your dog will show if they do catch it and, hopefully, you can avoid a visit to the vet and they will get over it quite quickly. So the kennel cough vaccine is an interesting one. It is an intranasal vaccine, so it goes up the nose, which means that it works quite quickly because it is going to the site where the bacteria and the virus invade in the first place. It should be effective within three days or 72 hours is what the drug companies will say. However, most kennels or anywhere where it is required, they will say they want your dog to have had it at least 10-14 days before they are going to come into that environment. And I think that is absolutely fair enough, it is just a safety barrier to make sure that it is effective, and also means that if your dog is incubating that virus when it has had the vaccine, it then gives it time to come out, because there are some cases where the dog will have picked up the virus before having that vaccine. If they then go into kennels three days later, they are still going to exhibit the signs and be contagious to other dogs. If you are giving yourself a 10-14 day window, then the incubation of the kennel cough period is shorter than that. The dog will have the signs and be over it by the time it goes into the kennels, so 10-14 days would be the recommended period before going into kennels.
Understanding Kennel Cough in Dogs: Causes, Symptoms, and Prevention
Overview of Kennel Cough
Kennel cough is an upper respiratory tract infection in dogs caused by both viral and bacterial components.
Transmission and Contagiousness
Highly Contagious: Kennel cough is airborne and easily transmitted between dogs in close proximity.
Symptoms: Dogs with kennel cough typically exhibit a dry, harsh cough, expelling bacteria and viruses with each cough.
Impact and Severity
Risk Groups: Younger and older dogs are more susceptible to severe illness due to weaker immune systems.
Potential Complications: Severe cases can lead to pneumonia, requiring intensive treatment and supportive care.
Prevention with Vaccination
Vaccine Availability: A vaccine is available to prevent kennel cough and is recommended for dogs in environments where exposure is likely, such as kennels or dog-walking services.
Vaccine Effectiveness: While not 100% effective, the vaccine reduces symptoms and minimizes the severity of infection if contracted.
Vaccination Protocol: The intranasal vaccine is typically administered 10-14 days before potential exposure to ensure effectiveness and prevent transmission.