Two new books and online classes have been unveiled by Denise Fleck, the Pet Safety Crusader™, to help you help your smaller family members in the event of injury or illness and BEFORE you can get to veterinary care!  “Basic Bird First Aid” and “First Aid Basics for Rabbits and Pocket Pets” provide the 4-1-1 you need to know should you share your life with or care for a bird, rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, gerbil, mouse or rat.  The books and classes teach you how to check vitals and provide an overview into the care and basic needs for each species as well as susceptibilities to illness or injury. In addition to the books, the author has recorded two instructional webinars to help you grasp these basic skills at your own pace.  After successful completion of a multiple choice and true/false exam, you will receive a certificate stating you have completed the training.  

 

“Over the years, I have had scores of students use lessons learned in my classes to save an animal in need, and that is the best reward.  Up until now that has been mostly dogs and cats, so I want to make sure humans also know how to care for our feathered as well as our tiniest furry best friends,” Fleck explains.

 

And besides helping pet parents, Fleck want to make sure pet sitters are true professionals continuing to up their education with certificate courses.  “I also offer trainings in Dog & Cat First Aid, Senior Pet Care and Pet Disaster Preparedness because as cliché as it may sound, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail, and I feel it is so important that pet parents and sitters can react confidently using whatever is available at arm’s length.  That could include improvising a splint, muzzle, bandage or pet transport, so being able to think on your feet comes with non-stop learning,” Fleck professes.

Having personally taught close to 20,000 humans and millions more on national TV, Fleck’s mission is to help YOU make a difference in the life of an animal through her books and courses.  Denise has appeared widely on radio & TV (The Doctors, CNN Headline News, Animal Planet, Kirstie Alley’s Big Life and had a weekly segment on KTLA in Los Angeles for several years), has written for pet publications/blogs and authored a dozen books. In 2018, she was named one of Pet Age Magazine’s “Women of Influence,” Voyage Atlanta Magazine’s “Most Inspiring Story” and won two special awards from the Cat Writers Association.  With a soft spot for our older best friends, Denise serves as the President of the Grey Muzzle Organization (aiding senior dogs) and on the boards of both the Emma Zen Foundation (pet oxygen masks) and Thankful Paws (educating on proper procedures for establishing pet food banks).

 

Topics covered in “First Aid Basics for Rabbits & Pocket Pets” and “Basic Bird First Aid” include:

  • Attacks by Another Animals
  • Bleeding (including Blood Feathers)
  • Bone & Back Injuries
  • Burns
  • Breathing Difficulties & CPR
  • Bumblefoot
  • Dehydration & Diarrhea
  • Egg Straining
  • I. Stasis
  • Heatstroke
  • Poisoning
  • Regurgitation vs Vomiting
  • Shock

Both books are available in living color on Amazon while you can learn more about and register for the online classes at       www.PetSafetyCrusader.com/products/classes/ 

Catch the VLOG on this topic at:  https://youtu.be/jdCTesqyuhc