Labor Day Pet Safety Tips
Get your pet ready for Labor Day weekend!
Labor Day is a sendoff to the summer that’s often spent with friends and family (including your pets). Kick back and celebrate your hard work by relaxing as much as possible with your pets!
This weekend, make sure your pet stays cool, hydrated and away from these common foods that can turn your big weekend plans into big veterinary expenses:
Corn cobs: Dogs find them difficult to resist, but they often get stuck in the digestive system and require surgical removal. When Luca dug through the trash to eat corn cobs, quick action made the difference between surgery and a less invasive treatment.
Kebabs: When meat-on-a-stick tempts pets, they often don’t discriminate between meat and stick. This creates some dangerous digestive situations—like when Griffin gobbled up a chicken kabob stick and all, his snack skewered more than just weekend plans.
Bones: Bones create choking hazards, and their sharp fragments can damage mouths and stomach linings. Swallowed bones can also create blockages. When Rex snuck a wishbone and got it lodged in his throat, it took days and specialty surgery to get the pep back in this pup.
Keep in mind, human foods can cause numerous health problems when eaten by pets. The best way to avoid vomiting, diarrhea, pancreatitis and more is to keep your pet on their regular diet.
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