Health & Care · Whole Pack
The Backyard Fortress
Catios, Aviaries, and Predator-Proofing
Your pets deserve sunshine and fresh air — but the backyard is full of hawks, foxes, venomous snakes, and parasites you can't see. 11 modules on hardware cloth, dig skirts, catios, tortoise ranches, red mites, and extreme weather survival.
About this course
Your pets deserve sunshine and fresh air — but the backyard is full of hawks, foxes, burrowing predators, venomous snakes, and parasites you can't see. This course teaches you to build outdoor enclosures that actually work, and the daily vigilance that keeps them that way.
What you'll learn
- Why chicken wire is useless and what hardware cloth actually stops predators
- The Dig Skirt: burying hardware cloth to defeat foxes and dogs
- Aerial predator defense — roofed runs, hawk deterrents, and heron-proofing ponds
- Tick paralysis: the terrifying lesser-known threat and the daily inspection protocol
- Red mites: the nocturnal parasite that can wipe out an entire flock in days
- How to build a DIY Catio with an Air Lock so your cat can never bolt out
- Tortoise grazing pens: stopping them from digging out and predators from digging in
- Why leaving a dog alone in the yard is a snake bite and heatstroke disaster waiting to happen
- Backup generators for pond fish, heat lamps, and climate-dependent exotics
- The daily perimeter walk — the one habit that catches problems before they become tragedies
Course outline (11 modules)
Quiz & Certificate
Knowledge quiz
After completing all lessons, take a short quiz to test your understanding.
Go to quiz →Completion certificate
Pass the quiz and earn a shareable certificate of completion.
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$9.99 · Lifetime access · 11 lessons