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| Every Dog Owner Should Know Keep your pet cool. Provide fresh drinking water, leave air conditioners and fans on low temperatures, and give outdoor pets proper shelters to the protect them from the summer heat. Maintain monthly Heartworm, flea and tick control programs. Once a month medications and applications are effective in fighting parasites. Prevent him from wandering off. Make sure fences and gates are in good repair and that holes are filled in the garden. Do not allow pets to roam around the neighborhood possibly scaring or biting children, getting hit by a car or becoming injured from wild animals. Replace faulty equipment. Throw away worn leashes and collars because it only takes one time for your pet to become frighten. With one pull, he can snap his lead and run away from you. Update identification tags. Address and telephone numbers should be legible should your pet become lost. Maintain grooming habits in the hot weather. Brush debris and dirt out of your canine or feline’s coat on regular basis. Regular grooming will help reduce pollutants such as dander and keep your home clean for allergy suffers. Warm weather means more outdoor activity, be careful. Watch out for glass, chicken bones, rat poison and leaking automotive coolant. In case of emergency, have a first aid kit accessible with your vet’s telephone number. If your pet ingests something on the street, call your vet immediately. Never leave your pet alone. In the car, she could suffer heat stroke. By the pool, she could drown. Left out in the yard or outside a store, she could be stolen. In a room with an open window, she could escape or fall to her death. Put an ID tag on your dog Out of the approximately 60 million dogs that live in the United States, at least 5 million somehow find their way into an animal shelter every year. Out of these 5 million dogs a year, only about a million ever find their original owners. If you’ve ever lost your dog even for a short while, you know what a nerve-wracking and heartbreaking experience it can be. Where is your dog right now? If he ever gets lost, rest assured that if someone finds your lost dog, there is a good chance he will be cared for. There is an even better chance that you will become reunited with him. That’s because you had the foresight to put a dog ID tag on him. Dog ID tags contain vital information for retrieving and caring for your dog. The tags contain the name of your dog, the owner’s phone numbers and home address, any dietary restrictions, and any other information that might be of valuable interest. Make sure the spelling of your dog’s name is easy to pronounce. You may want to spell the name phonetically on the tag. That way, a stranger who is unfamiliar with that pronunciation can properly call your dog with the sounds it understands. Always include your home, work, and cell phone numbers on your dog’s tag. Also include your home address, including number, street, city, and state. Dogs have been known to wander far. Some dogs have dietary restrictions. Yours might be allergic to penicillin or other medications. He or she might require certain regular supplements. Some municipalities require current vaccination information. Be sure to include the date of your dog’s last vaccinations on the tag. Dog ID tags are one way to do your part in taking care of your adventurous canine friend. |
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