How to Keep Your Pets Safe on Halloween

Halloween is such an awesome holiday, my favorite by far! However, it can be dangerous to our little furry friends (no, not our kids ;). Practice these safety tips to keep your pets out of harms way of witches and goblins.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

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   Trick or Treaters

   Keep your pets indoors on Halloween. There have been many animal cruelty cases that take place on Halloween night. Also, pets will probably freak out from all of the kids in costumes coming at them.

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   Chocolate

   NO CANDY. As most of us know, chocolate is fatal to dogs, so no matter what, do not give your dog chocolate or any candy for that matter. Be sure to keep your children's candy off of the floor and throw away any foils or wrappers. Animals could eat them and cause them to have serious digestive distress.

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   Dog in costume

   Be aware of how you animal reacts when dressing them up, remember that it's not normal for them to be wearing costumes so it may cause them to be agitated.

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   Kitty Pumpkin

   Keep lit pumpkins out of their tail swishing area, and away from curious kitties. This is a huge fire accident waiting to happen!

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   Black kittys

   It might be an old wives tale, but if you have a black kitty, keep it inside. Malicious people have used this holiday to torture black cats.

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   Why not pick up some treats for the animals as well as for the trick-or-treaters, that way they won't be tempted to eat the candy :)

[Abdulrahman2000]

on 11/29/2008 These tips are generally useful.