Brrrr ... It's cold outside! The following suggestions will help you maintain companion animals when the mercury dips.
1. Keep your cat inside. Outdoors, felines can freeze, they are lost or stolen, injured or dies. Cats that receive stray are exposed to infectious diseases such as rabies, other cats, dogs and wildlife.
2. In Winter, outdoor cats sometimes sleep on hoods of cars. When the engine is started, the cat can be injured or killed by the fan belt. If you have outdoor cats in your area, Bang loudly car hood before starting the engine, so the cat to escape.
3. Never let a dog off leash is snow or ice, especially during a snowstorm-dogs can lose their scent and easily lost. More dogs are lost during winter than any other season, so make sure that you have always wears ID tags.
4. Carefully wipe off the dog legs and stomach when he comes out of the sleet, snow or ice. He can enjoy the salt, antifreeze or other potentially hazardous chemicals, and licking his paws, and his paw pads may also bleed from snow and ice encrusted.
5. Never shave a dog down to the skin during the winter, as a longer coat to provide more heat. When you bathe your dog, and the cold months, it is certainly completely dry him before he was to walk out. My short-haired breed? Consider getting her coat or sweater with high collar or turtleneck, and tail coverage from the stomach. For many dogs, this setting of winter wear.
6. Never leave your dog or cat alone in a car during cold weather. The car can act as a refrigerator in the winter with a cold and cause the animal to freeze to death.
7. Puppies do not tolerate cold as well as adult dogs, and can be difficult to house break in winter. If your puppy appears to be sensitive to the weather, you can choose paper-train him inside. If your dog is sensitive to the cold due to age, illness or breed type, take him out only to relieve himself.
8. Does your dog spend a lot of time to exercise outdoors? Increase the supply of food, particularly protein, to keep him and his fur-in tip-top condition.
9. Like coolant, antifreeze is a lethal poison for dogs and cats. Make clean up any spills from your vehicle, and I use products that contain propylene glycol rather than ethylene glycol.
10. Make sure that the animal is a partner in a warm place to sleep off the floor and away from all drafts. This cozy dog or cat bed or a warm blanket is the perfect pillow.
2. In Winter, outdoor cats sometimes sleep on hoods of cars. When the engine is started, the cat can be injured or killed by the fan belt. If you have outdoor cats in your area, Bang loudly car hood before starting the engine, so the cat to escape.
3. Never let a dog off leash is snow or ice, especially during a snowstorm-dogs can lose their scent and easily lost. More dogs are lost during winter than any other season, so make sure that you have always wears ID tags.
4. Carefully wipe off the dog legs and stomach when he comes out of the sleet, snow or ice. He can enjoy the salt, antifreeze or other potentially hazardous chemicals, and licking his paws, and his paw pads may also bleed from snow and ice encrusted.
5. Never shave a dog down to the skin during the winter, as a longer coat to provide more heat. When you bathe your dog, and the cold months, it is certainly completely dry him before he was to walk out. My short-haired breed? Consider getting her coat or sweater with high collar or turtleneck, and tail coverage from the stomach. For many dogs, this setting of winter wear.
6. Never leave your dog or cat alone in a car during cold weather. The car can act as a refrigerator in the winter with a cold and cause the animal to freeze to death.
7. Puppies do not tolerate cold as well as adult dogs, and can be difficult to house break in winter. If your puppy appears to be sensitive to the weather, you can choose paper-train him inside. If your dog is sensitive to the cold due to age, illness or breed type, take him out only to relieve himself.
8. Does your dog spend a lot of time to exercise outdoors? Increase the supply of food, particularly protein, to keep him and his fur-in tip-top condition.
9. Like coolant, antifreeze is a lethal poison for dogs and cats. Make clean up any spills from your vehicle, and I use products that contain propylene glycol rather than ethylene glycol.
10. Make sure that the animal is a partner in a warm place to sleep off the floor and away from all drafts. This cozy dog or cat bed or a warm blanket is the perfect pillow.
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