Halloween Safety Tips for Pets

I wanted to talk to y’all about some Halloween safety tips for pets. First, I gotta say, I’m not really old enough to remember last Halloween. But, my older sisters have told me a few things about it. They said a bunch of scary ghosts and ghouls come to the door trick-or-treatin’ and we give them candy. What?!?! Yep! They said we give ’em candy and they will go away and not trick us. I don’t know if I should be excited or scared. But, I guess it’s comin’ anyway. Wowzer! It all seems kinda scary and fun at the same time!

I know what happens here when the door bell rings and if it is going to ring that much, it is gonna be some wild time! For us furbabies that don’t know what is happenin’, we might get excited and scared. My lady says a lot of furbabies get lost from dartin’ out the door and poisoned from eatin’ stuff we shouldn’t on Halloween. I don’t want me or any of my friends gettin’ hurt or lost, so I’ve been studyin’ up on some things that will help keep us furbabies safe.

Here are a few Halloween Safety Tips for Pets that I found:

1. On Halloween there is a lot of commotion and noise outside. The best thing is make sure you bring your pets in the house! Your pets may decide to up and run from it all! Besides all the noise and scary goin’ ons that will be out there, there are some mean people out there that might actually try to hurt ’em!

2. Whether outside or inside, make sure your pets are wearin’ some kind of identification. This can be a collar or  tags and even a microchip. That way, if they do get lost, someone can help them get back home again.

3. For pets that are in the house, all that ringin’ of the door bell with the trick-or-treaters wearing scary costumes, might make your pet become very anxious! For us that don’t know what is happenin’ it can be extra scary. This may cause us to run out the door or even try to bite them scary things standin’ there! Sometimes, the best thing is just put us in another room where it is quite!

4. On the other hand, if you have a pet that likes to be a star and even wears one of them costumes themselves, make sure the costume is safe! Costumes should not be uncomfortable to them. Make sure it doesn’t get in the way of them seein’, hearin’, breathin, or movin’. Also, make sure there ain’t any small parts they could chew off and swallow! For me, I like my birthday suit just fine, thank ya! I like a new collar or necklace every now and then, but I’m not much into wearin’ no clothes!

5. Finally, VERY IMPORTANT! Please do not allow your pet to eat the treats! We ain’t ever suppose to have chocolate. It can be very toxic for us. There are also other things in some of it that can be very bad for us! On top of that, all them little candy wrappers can be dangerous too! Candy wrappers can easily get caught our throats, causing us to choke. I guess my Lady was right – no candy for us 🙁

Well, I guess that’s about it. I will find out what all the talk is about in a few days. I’m kinda excited and scared at the same time! My lady says as long we follow these Halloween safety tips for pets everything will be fine. She don’t seem to worried or scared about it. But, I haven’t ever saw no witches and goblins before! I just hope she has enough of that candy to make ’em go away and not trick us!