With Thanksgiving right around the corner, please let us all keep are pet's safety in mind. A few common sense and not common sense rules will go a long way.
Watch the table! Your table can be beautifully decorating and also 'eye-candy' to your best buddy. Keep food covered and away from table edges. An easier solution might also be to keep the animal out of the dining room and/or kitchen during dinner time.
Discourage your family members and guests from indulging your pet with inappropriate snacks. Food high in sodium (especially peanuts and chips) and other fatty foods like poultry skin, beef or pork fat can cause an inflammation of pancreas. Pancreatitis is potentially life-threatening condition.
Secure your trash at all times! Keep your trash cans far away from your animals, or better yet, take it out right after your done with it. This will insure that your animals don’t jump inside the canister or knock it over to get to those juicy Turkey bones! Even a vegetarian house wants to keep an eye out, onions and chocolate can do just as much damage!
DO NOT give your pets animal bones! According to 'doghobbyist', “cooked turkey, duck, geese and other bird bones are dangerous to your pet. They are hollow and break and splinter easily. Also, because they are so easily breakable, dogs usually won’t chew them thoroughly. The results are sharp pieces that can choke the dog or block, tear the intestines.”
Consider giving your pets their own space during the time when family, friends and others are at your home during Thanksgiving. Sometimes even the calmest of animals can become highly stressed due to the added noise that we all have during the holidays. Consider taking them for a Long walk prior to company coming over.
Leave your pets at home when attending holiday parades and festivities. Though floats, large balloons and crowds can be a blast for your family, they can send your dog into an anxious or even aggressive state. Leave your dog at home and let them enjoy the festivities on TV while relaxing on their favorite blanket.
As always, make sure your pets are wearing their collars with tags. If someone forgets to shut the door, you want to make sure your pets are easily identifiable.
Have a Wonderful and Safe Holiday!
Thanksgiving is a time for thanks and generousity, unfortunately there are Thousands of pets put to sleep by reluctant pet owners, who are faced with financial challenges that prohibit them from rendering emergency and necessary medical care for their animals. We are doing our part.
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