Chocolate Easter bunnies smell good, right? Trouble is, they smell even better to your pets, especially dogs.
It is that very keen sense of smell, curiosity, and urge to sniff, search and eat, that can cause a serious trip to the vet’s emergency room hopefully in time to safe their life. Easter is just a few days away and it is a very good preventative measure to remind your family and friends that Easter goodies, chocolate in particular just as with temptations around other holidays, can be very toxic to pets and therefore absolutely must be left way out of reach off-limits.
As it turns out, chocolate is one of the twenty most common poisonings listed by the National Animal Poison Control Center. It is much more common over holidays thanks to open candy dishes, treats, gift baskets and accessible backpacks or even pockets with a candy bar or two left laying about. Remember our dogs’ sense of smell is many times more sensitive than ours and they will find chocolate if it is left out. Having it up on a kitchen table or even if left in a low cabinet without a baby-proof latch is hardly a challenge. Remember, dogs have tunnel vision for that toxic treat. Our vet tells me they do it over and over – they won’t remember how much their tummy hurt the last time they got into mischief like this.
Think about these points when Easter rolls around: (more…)
The problem: The sky is lighting up for the Fourth of July and pets are running for cover. Pet owners need to remember that dogs have more than twice the sensitivity to sound as humans and can hear sounds four times farther away The unfamiliar combination of painful, unusual noise and flashing lights can cause Fido to bolt. Animal shelters across the country report extremely high numbers of “July 4th Dogs” are rescued by good samaritans and animal control officers every year as they run off during fireworks celebrations. Dogs are willing to do anything to (more…)
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