Dog Safety Tips

Dog Safety Tips

Bringing home a new puppy is a lot like bringing home a baby or a toddler, there are many things you need to do to ensure that your dog stays safe in the house. Indoor dogs are curious little animals; they will find things that you never knew you had! Here are some simple things you need to do to make your home a safer place for your new friend.

Assess all the potential dangers in your house. Do you have electrical cords that hang loose out of their sockets? Something your little pup may trip over or chew? Do you have medicines lying around the house? Even if your medicines are in a cabinet, ensure the shelf in the cabinet is out of reach of your pup. He will quickly learn how to open cupboards and cabinets, so whatever you have in there within reach should be dog friendly. A better idea would be to add childproof locks to all cabinet doors.

 

 

A vital detail many pet owners overlook is the importance of a personalize pet tag. A personalize pet tag helps your dog to be identified in the case he goes missing. This personalize pet tag has important information like his name and his identification number/ Pet ID that you registered him with. In the case that he ever goes missing, it is much easier for someone to return him if he has a personalize pet tag around him with these details.

 

 

 

You should take your pet dog for regular walks. This may be more of a sanity issue than a safety one. You would not like to be cooped up in a house all day, similarly a dog feels the same way. Invest in a good quality pet collar and pet leash and use it to take your friend for a walk regularly. If you are living in an apartment, you will need to have a strict routine for these walks so your dog can ease himself regularly. 

 

Dogs eat dog food, they should not be eating human food. We know it is sometimes difficult to resist sharing your food with you pup, especially when he looks at you with those eyes, but refrain you must. Human food is not suitable for dogs.

Look around your house and inspect your house plants. Some plants contain sap which is toxic and while human beings know to stay away from these, animals don’t. Some plants contain decorative berries which are not edible.  To a dog, it looks like food and he will eat it.

 
 
 

 

 

Ensure that your dog has a cool place where he can chill out when the sun is out or when it is raining. He does feel the heat and the rain, so don’t expect him to find a corner to fit in. Provide a comfortable home with bedding for him.

 

The main thing your dog needs is plenty of love and care. He will be your best friend for life if you give him this.