Tips to Keep Your Pet Safe This Spring

April is Pet First Aid Awareness Month and the folks at Wag’N Enterprises, the pet emergency experts, offer a few tips to help keep your pets safe this season and all year round.

1. Initial response and care is vital, says Wag'N Enterprises founder Ines de Pablo. To learn vital pet life-saving skills, consider attending a pet first aid class. PetTech offers classes nationwide from trained instructors and Wag’N Enterprises offers pet CPR, first aid and care classes in the Washington, D.C. area.
2. Keep important pet lifesaving phone numbers both in your cell phone and displayed on paper copy in a prominent area of your home and vehicle. Important numbers include your primary veterinarian as well as emergency veterinarian's phone number, the ASPCA Poison Control Center Number (888) 426-4435 and the National Poison Control Number (800) 222-1222.
3. Invest in the PetTech Pet Saver App, available for iPhone, Android phones and Windows 7 phones. The app covers topics such as CPR, heat and cold injuries, choking, snake bites, how to transport an injured pet and more. While not a replacement for first-hand pet first-aid training, the app offers a handy health and safety resource.

What do you do to prepare for pet emergencies?