Halloween Safety Tips

Halloween Safety Tips (ASPCA)

Don't leave your pet out in the yard on Halloween: There are plenty of stories of vicious pranksters who have teased, injured, stolen, even killed pets on this night.

Trick-or-treat candies are not for pets: Chocolate is poisonous to a lot of animals, and tin foil and cellophane candy wrappers can be hazardous if swallowed.

Be careful of pets around a lit pumpkin: Pets may knock it over and cause a fire. Curious kittens especially run the risk of getting burned.

Don't dress the dog in costume unless you know he loves it. Otherwise, it puts a lot of stress on the animal.
If you do dress up your dog, make sure the costume isn't constricting, annoying or unsafe. Be careful not to obstruct her vision
even the sweetest dogs can get snappy when they can't see what's going on around them.

All but the most social dogs should be kept in a separate room during trick-or-treat visiting hours; too many strangers in strange garb can be scary for a dog.

Be careful your cat or dog doesn't dart out through the open door.

Great advice. We can never be too careful. Halloween CAN be a truly scary time, for kids and critters alike. Especially during these unpredictable times! Thanks.

Wonderful advice! Thanks for refreshing us so close to the day! ;)

Thanks for the good advice!

Very good advice Rottie, we can all use some of that these days.
Jackie

People with black kitties should especially be careful. Poor Shiloh is always confined to a tucked away room on Halloween for the whole day because she has a very paranoid mother who doesn't even want her by windows :eek: :eek:

[ October 29, 2001: Message edited by: aly ]

Thanks, Sara! ;) Those are great tips! ;)

LabLover & Sadie*