Holiday Decoration Hazards for Pets

Author: Admin | Filed under: Christmas, Christmas Decorating, Dog Tips Sunday Nov 30,2008

Pets & decorations

As holiday preparations get into full swing it’s time to take a moment to think about holiday decoration pet hazards. Sure we all love the twinkling lights and pretty ornaments, the glitter and glitz and all of this may be interesting to our pets too.

Some of these new additions for our homes may also be a danger or hazard to our furry four-legged family members too.

Dogs are notorious chewers, especially if something smells good. Additions to the tree of decoration like strung popcorn, cranberries, old favorites, could be especially problematic. The strings with their goodies could cause serious blockage requiring vet intervention and even surgery.

Small ornaments are also swallow hazards as well as the classic wire hooks that are used to hang ornaments on trees. Try twist ties instead which serve the combined purpose of both keeping ornaments more secured and being a bit less of a swallow hazard.

Christmas lights

Then there are all the new wires and electrical cords all over the place for lights and other pretty decor pieces. Electrical cords are always a hazard but in you average household, people usually have these problems out of the way of dog’s interest. Make sure you do the same with all the new electrical cords and extensions that will be showing up for the holidays. Not only could a chewed cord electrocute your pets, it could also cause a fire if it’s gone unnoticed.

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