Dog First Aid Australia

01/04/2026

29/03/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EG2HtC2eu/

27/03/2026

This is not an excuse to get another dog.... 😜

27/03/2026

https://dogfirstaidaustralia.trainingdesk.com.au/enrol?st=queensland&sd=2026-04-12

26/03/2026

We had the pleasure of teaching the wonderful kennel staff for Biosecurity in Perth, Sydney and soon in Brisbane. Excellent group of passionate staff who have dog welfare at the forefront in everything they do!

26/03/2026

After a terribly written policy, I would like to apologise to the Assistance Dog community.

I was trying to juggle so many different things with this policy that I forgot my own policy of the KISS principle. I worded V1.0 like any other workplace policy, forgetting that this isn’t like any other policy. My intent was to make things easier and more comfortable for both sides of the fence, and I failed at that. I’m the first to admit my mistake, and below we have our revised policy.

Assistance Dogs V2.0

We kindly ask, as a courtesy, that if you are bringing your Assistance dog, you let us know. Particularly if you have any special requests, e.g., seating, etc, this is to ensure we can make reasonable adjustments to our training, operations, classroom, etc., to accommodate your request. Requests on the day may not be achievable. If this is the case, we will reschedule you to another date, but we will do everything we can to avoid this.

This is also a perfect time, again as a courtsey, to let us know that if you have a medical support dog, what to do if you have an episode. For example, what to do for your condition, assistance with medication, call an ambulance, etc. Only the trainer will be told this information to protect your privacy and dignity. This will help us to provide the best care possible.

If you have a request for the venue, we encourage you to contact them directly with your request. All our venues can be found within each state's directory on our website.

The above is a courtesy, NOT A REQUIREMENT to attend class.

Please note: No first aid training can be conducted on your Assistance dog - If they are there to work, then they are there to work. No exceptions. No other dogs will be in class (except assistance dogs), as we use manikins for training.

You must at all times have the animal under effective control.

You may be requested by us or the venue for evidence that it is an assistance animal and that it is trained to appropriate hygiene/behaviour standards; if that evidence is not produced, you may be refused entry into the classroom/venue.

21/03/2026

21/03/2026

There is never a "normal" day in policing!

Earlier today, emergency services responded to a snake bite victim in Lawson bushland, which ended with the patient being airlifted in a satisfactory condition.

While police and ambulance were conducting a debrief for this task, a woman approached our emergency service workers in a distressed condition, concerned that her dog had become lost in the bush.

A search was commenced, with the dog located down a small ravine, requiring Blue Mountains Police Rescue - NSW Police Force to absail and recover the uninjured dog - which was placed in a back pack for the climb back to the top.

Police were able to return the happy hound to its owner, marking the end of a interesting deployment!