Operational Canine Health Care Training for:
  - Dog handlers and Canine Program Managers
  - Tactical Medical Personnel
  - Veterinarians, Veterinary Technicians, and Veterinary          Support Staff.

Tactical Canine Combat Casualty Care Course (TC4, TC3) 
Your tactical mission and its inherent hazards requires more than just basic canine first aid skills This training is based on the latest combat lessons learned in working dog battlefield emergencies.  Customized for your organization’s specific needs from dog handlers to human medical and veterinary personnel, TC4 courses are taught by veterinarians, veterinary technicians, combat medics, and dog handlers with years of experience in the field.
    
Why TC4 or TC3 when your veterinarian already provides you with canine first aid training?  Basic canine first aid is a must-have skill for dog handlers, and veterinarians have been generous in providing excellent instruction in teaching the basics every dog handler needs to know.  However, the US military recognizes that service members in combat need more than just basic first aid training to save the lives of their teammates or themselves.  They are prepared to manage gunshot wounds, blast injuries, blunt trauma, and other serious wounds on the battlefield, far from medical care facilities.  Your dog is just as susceptible to these combat hazards, and you may need more than basic canine first aid skills to save your partner's life.  And and in "tactical medicine," "medicine" is only half of equation.  It's one thing to apply direct pressure to a bleeding wound.  It's another to do this under hostile fire, in the dark, in a moving tactical vehicle or helicopter en-route to veterinary care.  Rarely, if ever, does canine first aid training include, or even consider, the element of the tactical environment. 

Health Management of Working Dogs

Working dogs have a special mission, with unique health problems and requirements.  This in-depth training looks at working dog care, health maintenance, disorders, illnesses and injuries, and veterinary care and planning from an operational view. 

Don't rely on the internet to provide the best care for your dogs' health!
Learn what's fact, fiction, or just plain BS in getting the tactical advantage for your dog's health.  Discuss what has worked, what doesn't, and what you feel is missing from your own program that you would like to see from the veterinary community.  This interactive course presents evidence-based veterinary care information along with problem-solving tips to enhance the care of your individual canine partner, or dogs in your organization.   Dog handlers, veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and canine program managers work together through the course for optimal interoperability and seamless efficiency in veterinary care within their programs. 

Operational Veterinary Support 
In serious emergencies, sometimes veterinary care is needed immediately; every minute it takes to get to the nearest veterinarian could mean the difference between life and death of a valuable working dog.  VTG offers on-site support by highly experienced veterinary technicians for your remote area training or working dog events. 

In some operations access to veterinary care may be delayed for hours to days.  Sometimes even a small problem can take a dog off-line for an extended time while veterinary care is sought in the local area.  VTG veterinary technicians can bridge that cap until arrival to veterinary care, providing triage, rapid consultation, immediate emergency care en-route to a veterinarian.  

Highly trained and experienced in both emergency care and working in a tactical environment, they facilitate veterinary care, allowing your unit to focus on the mission.