Learn life-saving canine rescue medicine from the clinical team behind VOSD’s veterinary hospitals and rescue systems.
Across India, thousands of dogs suffer from trauma, infection, poisoning, and untreated wounds every day. In most cases, the first person to encounter these animals is not a veterinarian but a rescuer, feeder, volunteer, or citizen responder.What happens in the first 10 minutes after rescue often determines whether the dog survives.
The VOSD Advance PetCare™ Workshop on Essential Veterinary Skills for Dog Rescuers is a practical, hands-on program designed to teach field-ready veterinary stabilisation techniques used in professional canine rescue medicine. The clinical teams of VOSD Advance PetCare™, the veterinary science and clinical delivery arm of the VOSD ecosystem, deliver this training.
The workshop draws directly from the experience of running:
Participants learn the practical veterinary protocols used daily by clinicians managing large numbers of canine trauma and rescue cases.
Program: VOSD Advance PetCare™ Essential Veterinary Skills Workshop
Date: Saturday, 25 October 2025
Time: 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM (two 4-hour sessions + lunch break)
Venue: A506-507, 5th Floor, Carlton Towers, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar, Bengaluru 560008
Lead Trainer:
Dr. A. Arthi, BVSc, MVSc, PhD
Group Medical Officer – VOSD Advance PetCare™
Certificate: VOSD Certificate of Participation
Fee: ₹4,999
Seats are strictly limited to 10 trainees to maintain hands-on clinical instruction.
Dog rescue in India is powered by individual compassion, but rescuers often lack access to structured veterinary knowledge. This gap can lead to:
The VOSD Advance PetCare™ Workshop bridges this gap by transferring real clinical experience from veterinary hospitals directly to rescuers. The protocols taught in this program are derived from:
Participants learn what veterinary teams expect before a dog arrives at a hospital; knowledge that can dramatically improve survival outcomes.
This program is designed for people who regularly encounter injured or distressed dogs. Ideal participants include:
No veterinary background is required, but you must either have completed the VOSD Essential Workshop or have demonstrable skills.
By the end of the workshop, participants will understand how to apply practical veterinary stabilisation techniques used in real rescue cases.
Participants learn to:
Participants will learn:
These are the same first-response steps used before referral cases arrive at the VOSD Referral Hospital.
Participants learn how to:
Participants are trained to recognise:
These protocols mirror the post-operative monitoring standards used in VOSD IPD inpatient care.
Participants also learn the fundamentals of:
Participants will learn how to prepare clear clinical handover notes, allowing veterinarians to understand the dog’s condition and provide appropriate treatment quickly.
This skill is particularly important when referring cases to veterinary hospitals or consulting through systems like VOSD CloudVet™.
Dog rescuers rarely encounter textbook situations. Most emergencies involve trauma, confusion, fear, and limited resources. The VOSD Advance PetCare™ Essential Veterinary Skills Workshop prepares participants to respond to the most common real-world rescue emergencies encountered across India.
These scenarios are derived from the clinical case experience of VOSD Advance PetCare™, including cases treated at the VOSD Referral Hospital, VOSD IPD inpatient care facility, and remote consultations through VOSD CloudVet™. Participants will learn how to safely manage situations such as:
Road traffic accidents are one of the most common causes of severe injury in street dogs.
Participants learn how to:
Many rescue situations involve dogs with:
Participants learn how to:
During summer months, rescuers frequently encounter dogs suffering from heat exhaustion and heatstroke.
Participants learn how to:
Dogs may ingest:
Participants learn how to:
Shock is a life-threatening condition that often accompanies trauma or infection.
Participants learn how to:
Improper handling of fractures can worsen injuries.
Participants learn how to:
Rescuers sometimes care for dogs after spay-neuter or other surgical procedures.
Participants learn how to:
Most rescue emergencies unfold rapidly and unpredictably. Learning individual techniques in isolation is not enough. The VOSD Advance PetCare™ workshop uses scenario-based training so participants understand:
Participants leave the program with the confidence to respond calmly and effectively when a dog’s life depends on immediate action.
In most cases, rescuers are responsible for stabilising a dog before transporting it to a veterinary hospital. This workshop teaches the exact principles veterinarians expect rescuers to follow before a patient arrives at facilities such as:
When rescuers apply these stabilisation techniques, dogs arrive at hospitals in better condition, increasing survival and recovery rates.
Participants leave the workshop with:
Dr. A. Arthi, BVSc, MVSc, PhD
Group Medical Officer – VOSD Advance PetCare™
Dr. Arthi is a veterinary epidemiologist and clinician specialising in canine trauma care, population medicine, and rescue veterinary protocols. Her teaching integrates case-based learning drawn from clinical operations within the VOSD ecosystem, including:
Training participants learn techniques drawn from real veterinary operations, including:
The VOSD Referral Hospital treats complex canine cases referred by veterinarians, rescuers, and NGOs across India. These include:
Many of these patients arrive after initial rescue by volunteers or community members, making proper first-response care critical.
The VOSD IPD clinical facility in Indiranagar provides inpatient care for dogs requiring stabilisation, monitoring, and post-operative recovery.
Clinical protocols developed here include:
These same clinical principles are adapted and simplified in this workshop for field rescuers.
VOSD CloudVet™ is an AI-assisted veterinary support network designed to provide remote guidance to pet owners, rescuers, and veterinarians.
Through CloudVet™, veterinary teams routinely guide rescuers on:
The most common rescue scenarios encountered during CloudVet™ consultations form the core training scenarios for this workshop.
Most animal welfare workshops focus on basic awareness or theoretical knowledge. The VOSD Advance PetCare™ training programs are different because they are based on real clinical case management.
Participants learn:
The training distills years of veterinary hospital experience into practical field protocols that rescuers can apply immediately.
In rescue medicine, the first responder often determines the outcome.
A dog suffering from trauma, infection, or heatstroke may not reach a veterinary hospital for several hours.
During that time:
Rescuers who understand these principles can dramatically increase survival rates and reduce suffering. The goal of this workshop is to ensure that every rescuer can act with confidence, compassion, and clinical awareness during those critical first minutes.
Language: English
Dress Code: Comfortable clothing and closed shoes
Inclusions: Notebooks, pens, water, refreshments, and lunch are included in the program.
Learn basic emergency care and life-saving techniques.
Advanced rescue and stabilization training.
Intensive training for veterinary support roles.
Practical clinical exposure in real treatment environments.
Core surgical techniques for early-career vets.
Introduction to AI tools in veterinary practice.
Comprehensive certification in AI applications for animal care.
info@vosd.in
The VOSD Advance PetCare™ Essential Veterinary Skills Workshop is not a theoretical training program. It is built on the clinical experience of managing one of India’s largest canine veterinary and rescue infrastructures. The protocols taught in this program are derived directly from the operational experience of VOSD Advance PetCare™, which runs and supports the veterinary systems that treat dogs across the VOSD ecosystem.
It operates and supports:
Through these systems, the VOSD clinical network has supported hundreds of thousands of canine treatments and thousands of complex referral cases from veterinarians across India. The training programs delivered by VOSD Advance PetCare™ aim to transfer this institutional veterinary knowledge to rescuers, caregivers, and communities working with dogs.
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