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Paid $600 for Pet CPR certification that I'll probably never use
I took this pet first aid and CPR class last spring because I wanted to be ready for anything at the station (we find animals in fires sometimes). The instructor was great honestly, but the cert expires in two years and I've never once used the skills on a real animal. Has anyone else dropped money on a niche certification that felt necessary at the time but turned out to be a total waste?
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luna5891mo ago
Wait, does the certification really only cover pet first aid? I thought most fire stations would teach basic animal rescue anyway as part of your regular training. The way you described it, it sounds like the class was just about CPR and first aid, not about how to actually rescue an animal from a fire or something. But maybe I'm wrong, is there really a separate cert just for that? I feel like you probably already had the instincts and skills from your job, so the class might have just added a layer that wasn't necessary. Still, $600 is a lot to spend on something that gathers dust in a drawer.
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terry_barnes25d ago
Oh man, I actually think there's something nobody's touching on here. I mean, yeah the certification is just pet first aid, but idk, maybe the real value is less about learning and more about covering your butt legally if something goes wrong. Like if you ever had to do CPR on someone's pet and they sued or something, having that cert shows you were trained even if you already knew the moves. @barbara84 I get the frustration but that piece of paper could be your shield in a bad spot. Still sucks to pay $600 for a piece of paper though, no argument there.
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