Keep Your Dog Or Puppy Safe During The Winter Holidays
t's the most wonderful during rough play if adults are
time of the year for too busy to monitor them. Prevent
people, but not dogs. injury to your pup by setting up
Thousands of our furry friends a playpen or using a child safety
end up lost, injured or sick gate to create a safe place for
during the winter holidays. Take your pet to access food, water
a few moments to learn how you and a potty area away from all
can easily make this holiday the activity.
season a safe and happy one for
dogs and puppies. Dogs of all ages tend to be
overfed during the holidays. It's
The best way to keep pets safe natural for dogs to 'beg' for
over the holidays is to think of food. With all the extra cooking
them as children. Like children, and eating, people feel guilty
the dangers to your pet depend and give their pets lots of human
largely on their age, training food. This can make them sick and
and ability to follow simple will add to the problem of
commands. A new puppy is more at obesity in older dogs. Never give
risk because they lack the chicken or turkey bones to dogs.
training and experience to deal They can splinter causing serious
with increased holiday activity throat or internal damage.
in a household.
Holiday plants such as mistletoe,
Untrained pups tend to 'bolt' out poinsettias, lilies and holly can
of an open door or gate and may poison or make your dog very
not be missed for hours. Pups can sick. These should be placed in
easily be stepped on while trying areas that cannot be reached by
to navigate their way through all dogs or younger children. Most
the extra feet. Children can kids instinctively pluck at
accidentally injure a puppy plants, taste leaves and petals
or offer them to pets. pull hard enough, the tree will
probably fall on top of them.
Dogs that like to chew will try
and make a meal of extension If you decide on a real tree
cords and electrical wires. Help instead of an artificial one, you
your pet avoid a shocking will have to pet-proof the area
experience by purchasing wire and around it. Dogs tend to chew on
cord protectors. Use or eat pine needles and drink
pre-assembled Christmas Tree tree water. The needles can cause
Light Sets. These easily wrap internal damage. Freshness
around the tree, tuck just inside treatments contain chemicals or
branches and allow for connection fertilizer and stale water is a
to electrical sources near the breeding ground for bacteria.
top. This helps eliminate the Artificial trees pose a risk
danger of dangling light wires or because of the decorations we
loose extension cords under the place on them. Broken Christmas
tree. ornaments and light bulbs can get
stuck in a dog's paw or mouth if
Pet Owners that prefer they are chewed. If eaten, the
traditional light sets should sharp pieces will probably cause
string their lights from the internal damage. Tinsel can cause
bottom of the tree up. Connect an intestinal blockage.
them to power sources near the
middle or top of the tree. Dogs Creating a safety zone between
love to lay under or behind your dog and a Christmas tree can
Christmas Trees. It's easy for be accomplished in several ways.
them to become entangled in loose You can cut a real tree down to
wires causing strangulation, fit on a tabletop. Artificial
injury to extremities or worse as trees assemble in sections and
they try to get loose. If they can be sized to fit on top of a
table. Use gifts to fill in the you a lot of money and end up
space below. If you prefer the being a death sentence for your
traditional floor to ceiling pet. Think twice before you allow
tree, screens or portable fencing your dog or puppy to roam freely
can be used to keep pets and in an area filled with strangers.
children away from the tree and Apart from biting, young children
gifts. can be mangled or clawed by
larger dogs that are suddenly
Most holiday pet problems involve frightened.
strangers. If holiday visitors
are unfamiliar with your pet The holiday season is the time
situation, you cannot blame them for wishful thinking when it
when dogs are accidentally let comes to gifts, not pets. If
out, given unhealthy treats or you’re not sure how your dog will
allowed to do things they react to seasonal changes in the
shouldn't. If you're going to home, take steps to protect your
allow your dog to mingle, let pet. As every parent or
holiday guests know what is and experienced pet owner knows, you
isn't allowed when it comes to only get one chance to protect
your pet. and care for those you love.
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