The First-Aid Companion for Dogs & Cats (Prevention Pets) Paperback – March 15, 2001

I found this helpful. My cat had surgery on his leg and the bandages wouldn't stay on. This book taught me how to put on new bandages saving me numerous trips to the vet to have the bandages redone. Worth the price of the book for the money I saved on office visits!

Great required book for our daughter's class on animal care.

This is a book worth having. Minor things that can be done at home is better than an expensive bill. It’s a ln aid book for those who have pets. Example; if your pet gets hurt outside and you can’t get to the vet immediately, you’ll find a home remedy to help your pet in the meantime. Lots of tips and advice in this book. Worth having.

Lots of information to digest. I bought this as a precaution found it surprisingly text heavy for the purpose of finding something quickly in a first aid emergency situation. If I just bought it and put it on a shelf to grab when needed, I would have trouble navigating the book or becoming familiar with veterinary terminology quickly (and it's shocking that among the list was scorpions and dryer incidents - maybe those are all common things). It is clearly written by experts, with some of the scenarios a little over my head and I have a master's degree. I gave it 4 stars because I learned things and know it will come in handy, but from the title I was envisioning something more like bullet points and details on what signs/symptoms you're seeing, what those symptoms might mean, then what to do if _____ is happening with your pet. It also has some great sections like a list of medicine chest items and in bold CALL YOUR VET: immediately, same day, if needed, etc. Some of the sections are strongly worded and hard to think about but it's hard for me to think of my dogs being hurt in any way so I think that comment is just my worrying about the what-if's.

Great to have around when you have pets! Bought two for gifts and this updated version for here. Seems like ours always get sick on a weekend! Can be rough when you live far away from cities and when good vets are far and few inbetween. Great peace of mind.

Good book to ease some of worries in bad situations!

Amy D Shojai with the help of over 80 Veterinarians has wrote an excellent 439 page book to help the reader save his/her cat or dog when over 150 emergencies/ accidents have taken place. There are some basic illustrations too. Plus she does tell when to take the animal to the vet immediately or during the day.She lists an essential medicine chest to have to treat your dog or cat. Many of the medicines she lists are human medicines in reduced strength. Plus meds never to give especially to cats. I liked the easy at a glance symptom finder to use. There are areas on how to prevent accidents. There are some basic illustrations with clinically proven techniques.I just killed a prairie rattle snake in our driveway at our ranch in OK. A neighbor had come over and said about a week ago a rattle snake bit her puppy in the face and the dog eventually died. At least I have a book that describes what to do if one of our dogs gets bit by a rattlesnake before taking the dog to the Vet.Also I have seen Black Widow spiders. There is a section on insect bites too.The book has a chapter what to do if a dog or cat is accidentally shot plus what to do if the dog or cat gets poisoned... maybe eating a poisonous plant, antifreeze or lots of chocolate. Many more chapters on a wide array of emergencies that could happen to your cat or dog and what you can do and sometimes to take the stricken animal immediately to the Vets.Five stars for a great first aid book on cats and dogs at the right technical level for all family members ( INMO age fifteen and up) to use. INMO get this book first for quick information and techniques for your emergency first aid on dogs and cats, then latter a more detailed book you can read deeper about the subject you are interested in after the danger to the animal has past.I liked that this book is not super technical. Any member of our family can use it to save one of our cats or dogs. You don't have to have vast medical experience to use it. This was the right technical level for us.I have another book three times as big with detail descriptions of internal organs and detailed medical information. It was written for operating Veterinarians. In an emergency you may not have time to wade through technical analysis. Maybe after the emergency is over more time can be used on a more detailed book.