AVH Global's first course for WMA in Texas was a huge success! Participants from all walks of life took advantage of the opportunity to learn valuable skills that apply to all manner of real world scenarios, whether in the wild or a more urban setting! Many thanks to Freedom Defense Training LLC for hosting this course and check back with us for future Wilderness Medical Associates courses in TX! #freedeomdefensetraining #outdooradventuresoutdoorshikingdogs #emergencymedicine

In July of 2009 I lived in an apartment and was working a full-time corporate and field science job. The plan was purchase “house, get dog”. The universe laughed. One hot sunny day I arrived on a job site in Yonkers to find my work truck surrounded by people. At first I was afraid there was a mechanical failure. Upon closer inspection they were gathered around a scrawny, scraggly, ring worm infested little black pit dog. They were rubbing on him and cooing over how cute he wa