Holiday Tips For Your Pets

Holiday Tips For Your Pets

Holiday Tips For Your Pets

The time of holidays and festivities is a time to enjoy; for you and for your family. It’s the time you have been looking forward to, so you would not want your pets to ruin your holidays, create problems and stress you out, when your whole purpose is to enjoy and celebrate. As a pet-owner, taking some steps and caring about some precautions is always a great thing to do just before the holidays.

Make your home Pet-Proof

The holidays are a time when your pet might experience a great deal of changes within the house. Some breeds of dogs and cats might not always positively react. Always knowing about what the gifts contain is the better thing to do. Protecting your fragile gifts and ornaments from dogs and cats is important. You would not want your pup to ruin your Christmas tree. Pet-proofing your home, hence, can involve a lot of thinking. Your cat might break or spoil decorations or your dog might end up getting hurt; so be careful.

Beware of dangerous edibles

First and foremost, ensure that your pets don’t get badly spoilt during the holidays. Candies and sweets can be addictive as well as harmful. Teach your pet that there is a line; and over-indulgence is bad.

Secondly, keeping edibles like chocolates loosely can be disastrous. You would not want to deeply regret if your dog has chocolate and gets poisoned, or damages its intestines by snacking on tinsel!  Consult a vet if you don’t know much, make a list of all the harmful stuff that could possibly be lying around, and keep it at bay from your pets. A whole range of products have proved to be harmful for animals, from tobacco, to grapes raisins, from macadamia nuts to artificial sweeteners found in most gums; so do the needful, and ensure that even your pet spends a safe holiday.

Keep a distance from the fireplace

Sitting around bonfires or near fireplace or hearth is one enjoyable thing to do for you, but lack of precaution could turn out to be quite problematic. If you are the kind of pet-owner who enjoys dressing his or her dog with designer costumes or apparel, remember not to use any inflammable or alcohol-containing stuff excessively. Even though animals have a natural instinct to remain at a distance from fire; keep an eye on your pet.

Strangers and visitors—taking care of them and your pet

In-door pets who are not much accustomed to new people might behave unpredictably, especially during holiday time when many visitors come to the house. Pups might urinate; other dogs might get aggressive and even bite out of fear, so it is better, and might go a long way in future also, to train your pet before the holidays.

If you know your pet will respond adversely upon certain actions, make sure you convey them to your guests. In the same way, know your guests; ask them whether they suffer from any allergies, and then take the required action.

Let the holidays be a joyous time for both you and your pet!

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