Pet First Aid

Five to ten-year-olds can learn how to administer first aid to pets in this new children’s class at the Coronado Community Center. This class teaches the essential skills helpful to handle injuries or other health issues with pets. Areas covered include how to control bleeding, bandage fractures, address choking, poisoning, and heat stroke, and even how to interpret dogs’ and cats’ body language.

Our qualified instructor has been teaching Pet First Aid for over 30 years and has also been a leader for Guide Dogs for the Blind puppy raising groups as well as has raised five guide dog puppies. This one-hour class is on Monday, February 10 (a school holiday) from 2 to 3 pm. Coronado residents can register online for this class starting Jan. 8 and non-residents can register starting Jan. 15 at coronado.ca.us/register. For more information or to register by phone or in person (starting Jan. 15) call 619-522-7342.