We’ve been asked by a couple of our members if we have a logo available which they can use on their websites for when they’ve passed the online pet first aid course. With this in mind we’ve designed a logo which members can use. Simply right click on the logo and save the image for use on your websites, or alternatively, send us an email and we’ll email you the logo.
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We’ve been in charge of the website for 7 months now, so we thought we’d have a look at visitor numbers to see how the websites doing and if we’ve heading in the right direction. Below is a graph plotting visitor numbers from Aug 08 to March 09. In this time, visitor numbers have almost doubled. However, there’s still plenty of scope for growth, so we’ll be actively promoting anzpetsit over the coming months to continually grow the site.
Just a quick note to those of who who provide dog walking services as well as pet sitting. Please be aware of the dangers that dogs face in the current weather we are experiencing. Dogs need to inhale air cooler than their normal body temperature of 102F degrees (38.8C). In fact, even 80F degree air (26.6C) temperatures can be dangerous. Heat stroke is a dire emergency and one from which many pets do not recover. And you’d be shocked to find out just how fast it can occur. It’s probably best if you arrange with the owner in advance and agree that on days where the temperature is for example 30C or more that you won’t walk the dogs on those days. If owners are at work, some owners will probably still want you to call round anyway for playtimes and to top up water etc.
If anyone has any tips that they’d like to share with regards to keeping pets cool in hot weather, then just drop us a line and we’ll publish your tips on the blog.
Just a quick blog, looking back over the past few months since we took over running anzpetsit.
You will probably have been aware that the website was unavailable for a period of time yesterday. The details of the outage are explained below by our hosting provider.
“As you may be aware, we experienced a failure with upstream provider Optus transit connectivity yesterday afternoon. The cause was discovered as fiber cut and technicians were sent to the location to resolve the issue. upstream provider service to Optus is contracted as a protected circuit, and as such we have requested a formal review from Optus investigate the reason why this didn’t automatically activate.
Both our AAPT & Pipe IX transit remained in operation. Additionally upstream provider re-routed part of Melbourne network services via our Adelaide Transit in order to bypass the Optus network connectivity problems. During this period, some users on Telstra & Optus connections were affected, due to filters with our Adelaide upstream. Once the filters were adjusted, all services were successfully routed via Adelaide.
At 5.45pm (EST), upon advice from Optus that their service had been restored, upstream provider reverted all routing changes that had been temporarily performed to alleviate congestion and services were again routed via Optus in Melbourne.”
We’ve just added an Online Pet First Aid Course to the website. The course costs $65 AUD / $79 NZD. If the course is paid for at the time of joining / renewing membership ($50 AUD / $65 NZD) then the combined membership+course price is $99 AUD / $125 (a saving of $16AUD / $19 NZD).
Through detailed instruction and videos, pet owners / carers, will learn how to:
1) Recognize emergencies
2) Provide emergency life support
3) Handle sudden illness
4) Care for wounds, bleeding and burns
5) Treat physical injuries
6) Handle poisoning and environmental emergencies
7) Prepare for disasters
Course participants will better understand normal pet behaviour and how to recognize behavioural changes. There are opportunities to check your understanding of the content throughout the course.
For anzpetsit members who complete the course, we will add the following logo to their listings:
Pet First Aid course completed
We’ve just added a new page on the website with details of how to obtain a National Criminal History Record Check. Many of the states have pdf application forms which you can now download from our website and send to the relevant authorities to obtain your record check.
In a move designed to further reassure prospective pet sitting clients that any members on the website are insured / police record checked, we have decided to request that members send (via fax or scan&email) copies of their insurance and police record check douments. Once this has been done and we have viewed/validated the documents, then this will be reflected on member listings by displaying the following:
Insurance & police documents validated by anzpetsit