Spilling the Truth About Hydrogen Peroxide For years, the brown plastic bottle of hydrogen peroxide has been a familiar sight in first aid kits for people and for pets. Many people reached for a bottle of 3 percent hydrogen peroxide to disinfect skin wounds. The combination of hydrogen and oxygen molecules would generate foamy bubbles…
Say Hello to the New ProTrainings
The New ProTrainings Logo When we started in 2003 as ProCPR.org, we began a mission to make life-saving CPR & First Aid training widely accessible using relatively new technology– the internet! Finding Nemo had just been released and Michael Jordan was ending his NBA career with the Washington Wizards. It might not seem so long…
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Cat and Dog CPR – Steps You Can Take to Save an Unresponsive Pet
Cat and Dog CPR Having the knowledge to save your pet is literally possessing the ability to be their hero. It sounds like a grandiose concept but you shouldn’t think of this skill as something only a medical professional can do – if you share your life with a pet in any way shape or…
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What are Your New Year’s Resolutions for Your Pet?
So this is an edited repost from last year but I felt that especially after another year going by – it was still very relevant.I have generally achieved my change goals. I have spent more time training my dogs and a little less at classes. I have been pretty decent about running them but I…
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Should HR play an active role in sexual harassment training?
Harvey Weinstein was only the first in a line of entertainment industry professionals forced to step down for sexual malfeasance. Many of these “untouchable” men – Kevin Spacey, Russell Simmons – were accused of behavior that may have flown under the radar just a few years before. The exaggerations of Hollywood aside, leaders in all…
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Are Almonds Safe for Dogs?
Could Almond Butter Be My Answer? One of my dogs developed a conditioned emotional response or CER to getting his nails done. He’s completely fine getting on the grooming table or laying down on a bed to have his feet touched. He even takes cookies and lays relaxed while the rotary tool I use to grind them…
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Pet Suffocation from Snack Bags – A Fatally Common Problem
I have to admit – I never thought about it for my pets. My mother certainly scared me as a child; I knew NEVER to place a plastic bag over my head but a dog is even far more likely than a toddler to bury their snuffle into a plastic bag, especially one containing food….
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Xylitol – What Is It and Why Is It so Dangerous for Our Pets?
Most pet owners know that chocolate is a no-no for dogs, that warning seems to go over well but recently despite being deadlier, I’m finding that not enough people know about Xylitol. What Is Xylitol? Before I did research on the chemical, I assumed it was a human created conundrum. While it is manufactured as…
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Worried About Sexual Harassment in Your Workplace? Here’s What You Can Do
October of 2017 saw an onslaught of sexual allegations against famous figures in the media. First, it was Harvey Weinstein — accused of sexual misconduct on multiple fronts with numerous women. Then Mark Halperin of NBC News, Kevin Spacey, film producer and director Brett Ratner, politician Roy Moore, Louis C.K., Senator Al Franken, Charlie Rose,…
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How Can You Tell How Old a Dog Is?
I’ll not lie, one of my favorite things to do is guess a puppy’s age. Not three days ago was I walking around the conservation area near my house with my dogs when we ran into a Great Pyrenees puppy. Despite being already taller and outweighing my two-year-old Boxers, I turned to the owners and…
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Why Our Customer Support Team Members are Truly Happiness Heroes
Many companies have customer support. Sometimes they call their teams customer service. Around here, we call them happiness heroes, and that is something that we’re very proud to do. Our happiness heroes are truly here to help, sometimes going above and beyond the call of duty, and sometimes going way beyond, moving mountains for people. With…
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12 Tips to Help Dogs with the Heat
Fun in the Sun Has Begun! For most of us summer is here and fun in the sun has begun! This can be a very amazing time with our pets as the daylight remains longer and we can enjoy the outside with our furry friends. Dog’s Can’t Sweat It Humans have a relatively advanced way…
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