Holiday Pet Care

The holiday season often brings beautiful decorations into your home, but these joyful items can be dangerous for your pet. The following tips will help you keep your pet safe and happy during the holidays:

1. Cookies and candies are all around during the holiday season. Though these treats are delicious to us, they can be deadly to our pets. You don't have to ban gingerbread men from your household; just make sure to keep sweet treats in closed containers and out of your furry friend's reach.

2. You know those beautiful red flowers that bring holiday joy into your home? Well, poinsettias are not so joyful to your pet's health. In fact, they can be deadly to animals if the leaves are ingested.

3. Though tinsel can add sparkle to your Christmas tree or household surfaces, it can be harmful to pets. The shiny strands can get caught in animals' digestive systems, causing great pain.

4. Shiny ornaments can become deadly hazards if shattered on the ground. Hanging ornaments look like toys to cats; they are tempted to take a swipe. Also, small decorations can be knocked off counters, so make sure expensive items and family heirlooms are kept out of reach!

These tips should help you and your pets enjoy a safe, happy holiday season!

Life Savers

This blog sets out to help pets, but it's important to remember that pets help us, too! Check out this website to see a slideshow about some special dogs that provide therapy for autistic students: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/11/11/giving/11dogs-ss.html

Doggie Dental Care

It is important to brush your dog's teeth before plaque develops. Plaque build-up can actually lead to deadly diseases. Take your dog to an animal clinic for a dental cleaning. It may be expensive, but it's important for your dog's health!

-by Randy and Dylan


P.S. Check out this video of Chris from Planned Pethood Plus explaining the importance of getting dental services for your dog:

Get your pets spayed and neutered!

If animals don't get spayed and neutered, they may start to act a little crazy. That is because animals go through puberty like humans. They find their own way out of the yard to go look for a mate. Many times when your pet or any other pet is searching for a mate, they get hit by a car!

When people don't get their pets spayed and neutered, their pets are more likely to get severely sick with cancer. Also, animals need to get fixed because males can get really aggressive otherwise.

Lastly, if pets are not fixed, they could produce hundreds of babies in their lifetime. Not all of those babies will have a loving home. Our animal shelters are already full of homelss pets, so we don't need our pets to have babies.

Please take care of your pets and do what is best for them!

-by Jonelle & Alina

P.S. Check out this video of Chris from Planned Pethood Plus explaining how spaying and neutering your pets can help keep them safe:

Welcome to our blog!

Dear readers,

We have created this blog to inform you about what you can do to take care of your precious pets. Since visiting Planned Pethood Plus on Skinner Cares Day (October 27, 2010), we have been gathering information to share about how to prevent injuries and diseases that could hurt your pets. We hope that you will find the information useful.

Sincerely,

Ms. Goebel's Learning Family

Alina, Chloee, Darlene, Diana, D.J., Donovan, Dylan, Jonelle, Jose, Lia, Luis, Maico, Maria, Randy, Rose, Teddy