Pet Proofing Your Home

Your pet's health and safety are at stake and these important checkpoints need to be in place whether you are getting ready for the pet sitter or not

__Household cleansers, furniture polishes, disinfectants, insecticides, antifreeze, fertilizers, perfumes and make-up can be dangerous to dogs. Make sure cupboards and storage areas (garage) containing these items are secured. A bored or determined dog can go “where they’ve never gone before.”

__Are the toilet lids down in any accessible bathrooms?

__See that medications are locked up. The sound of pills rattling in a plastic bottle may entice the pet to chew the bottle open.

__Remove candy, nuts and raisins from coffee tables or locations where a pet can reach them. Chocolate is toxic to dogs and nuts can be dangerous as well.

__Check to see that any hobby supplies; i.e., paints, glue, needles and thread, etc., have been placed away from an inquisitive pet’s reach.