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0 New Year’s Celebration Pet Safety: Helpful Reminds You Can Do For Your Pet

Here are you looking forward to a New Year blast, hoping to enjoy the fireworks nearby.  But then your dog is howling and messing up your house. So you end up comforting your pet while you hear the fireworks outside. Tsk.

This has been an annual scenario that you do not want to encounter but it always happen every year. And you always miss the best part of the fireworks display. And you always tell yourself that maybe next year it will be better but it never changes.

So you finally decide to do something different this year. You want to get ahold of the situation way before the celebration starts. And here you are preparing for the coming New Year.

Yes, read on.

To have a safe and peaceful New Year’s celebration for you and your pet, here are helpful reminders you should keep in mind.

New Year’s Celebration Pet Safety: For Your Dogs

Confine Your Dog

Don’t bring your dog to any fireworks or firecrackers display. If you think your presence will calm your dog then you are wrong. Confine your dog in one place in your house where he or she cannot go out and where people do not go in and out regularly.

Remember dogs have a powerful sense of hearing and the fireworks will terrify them. Let them be in one room where they feel safe.

Provide A Comfortable Space For Them

Aside from confining your dog in one room, make an effort to provide a comfortable space. Place their bed on the room, add a blanket if you have to so they have a place to burrow themselves in.

Food and water should also be in the room. You can play a calming music on New Year’s eve to distract your dog.

Keep Their Tags On

Just to be sure, keep your dog’s tag on them all the time. If they escape from their safe room, you know you can find them in no time and people will know how to contact you in case they find your dog.

Exercise Your Dog

A few hours before New Year’s eve, exercise your dog. And let them spend all their energy during that time. Yes, tire them. Let your dog pee and poo an hour before the New Year festivities begin. So later they will just want to sleep than mind the noise outside.

New Year’s Celebration Pet Safety: For Your Cats

How about the cats? What should you do to prepare your cats during the New Year’s celebration?

Just keep your cats indoors on New Year’s eve. Cats can find their own comfortable hiding place while the noise is deafening outside. Make sure your cat’s tag is in place in case it may escape the house and went somewhere else.

Now you are ready for the festivities on New Year’s. Celebrate and welcome another year with your pet!

If you have more questions, you can always call your vet and ask about treatment options for managing noise phobias of your pets if any.

Enjoy peace of mind,

Dr. Sixto Carlos, DVM, MS

Makati Dog and Cat Hospital

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