I?m sure that you are aware that the holidays will soon be upon us, so I want to discuss a little bit about the way to have a pet-safe holiday. We don?t know how our pet will respond when there is a brand new scented tree in the household. Even if your dog has a service dog certification, they can be baffled and start thinking the glass ornaments are balls and chewing on them and get cut, or topple the tree down on them. Even worse, they actually eat the tinsel, garland or bows on the gifts underneath the tree and have to be rushed to the animal medical center for intestinal obstruction! This time of the year can be quite dangerous for our pets.
Let?s start by talking about your tree. Of course, you want your tree in a spot that is visible so anybody can appreciate it, nonetheless you will be best served to keep it away from high traffic areas.. Positioning the tree near high traffic area will increase the probabilities it gets bumped and may fall over.. Try placing it by a wall or corner that has an wall socket so no one trips over the wires.
If it is a live tree, center the tree on an extra-large cheap bag, and cover it using your tree skirt. This is going to really make cleaning up a piece of cake, and has added value in incorporating dimension to your skirt. When the holiday is over, all you want to do is take away the decorations, yank the bag up over the tree and pull the tree out to the garbage. You stay away from the problem of pets consuming or walking on the needles because the bag has captured all the loose needles that dropped.
If your puppy is anything at all like mine, they really like to mess around and below the tree, which could bring about cuts.. If the tree begins swaying it may bump the ornaments off and cut them. This can be easily fixed by putting two hooks on the walls behind the tree to secure it with some string.. And most importantly, be particularly conscious of the place you are positioning any electrical cords, disguise them well enough, or position them out of reach of your pet.. We all know puppies tend to gnaw on anything in site and biting the cord can result in electrocution.
Make an effort to replace your ornament hooks with a loop of string. These hooks can cause significant damage if a puppy discovers one that has fallen off the tree and decides to gnaw on it. Keep the glass ornaments higher, and set wood or plastic towards the bottom of the tree. Any type of food (i.e. popcorn garland, candy ornaments) has to be avoided, or your dog may consider Santa brought them an early present! Some might forget all about their service dog certification training or think they died and gone to heaven!
Don?t place presents under the tree until just before the holiday. Your pet has no idea that these presents are intended to wait until the holiday, and may figure out they need to investigate and find out what is in these bags and containers. Not only could the gifts be destroyed, but the paper they chew could be unhealthy as well. Ribbons that you have on the presents can also get stuck in their throats.
Brush up the pine needles every single day. If your pet dog begins to throw up, it could very well be resulting from the consumption of the needles. One other way to protect against the needles from falling is to refresh the water every day.
Supervising your dogs while they?re in the room with the tree would be the best thing to do. Supervising the family pets all the time can be unattainable at times, and even dogs with a service dog certification can still get extremely excitable when the holiday tree, decorations, and loved ones are around. You may want to spray bitter apple on the lower limbs of the tree to discourage household pets that are relentless.
HAPPY HOLIDAY TO YOU AND YOUR ANIMALS!!
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