HOUSEHOLD ITEMS THAT COULD BRING HARM TO YOUR DOGS

As a part of your family, you take utmost care of your dog to keep him healthy and safe. But sometimes there are certain things we tend to overlook that can possibly bring harm to our pets. Keeping him safe is one thing important to you so try to eliminate the possible dangers around your dog. One thing that you also have to be aware of is household danger. Here are some of the household dangers you should be looking out for.

It is important that you keep the chemicals and the cleaners secured or locked away. The strong odor of these solutions are enough to discourage further exploration but not with antifreeze. Antifreeze does not have a really strong odor or foul taste so your dog could possibly lap it up as easily. There are antifreeze brands that have used additives to make their products less attractive to animals. A small amount is enough to cause liver damage to your dog which can eventually lead to its death. Make sure that you keep your dog out of sight whenever you are using antifreeze and immediately clean up spills and properly dispose of the rags you have used.

Another household danger is the rat and mouse poison or killer. This is very appealing to some dogs and most likely they will tend to chew on those poisonous blocks. This could be fatal when your dogs are left untreated. It is important that the dog is given immediate treatment as soon as possible when you find out about that he has eaten the poison as it may be too late if the symptoms have set in.

The small items around the house could also pose potential choking hazards. Your children should be taught to keep their small or tiny toys away from your dogs to prevent them from chewing on them or getting hurt with shattered plastics and choking on small pieces or parts. Aside from toys, you should also keep your coins away from them. There is a possibility for your dog to develop zinc toxicity that could possibly lead to death when he gets to swallow a penny that was minted after 1982.

It is also important that you keep over-the-counter medications away from your dogs to prevent him from chewing on the bottles or accidentally ingesting the drugs. It is though not uncommon that dogs get poisoned with consuming medications like acetaminophen, ibuprofen, or aspirin.

There are also food that could be harmful to dogs and on of these is chocolate which is very well known to cause a problem to dogs. This causes the dog not to be able to metabolize theobromine, an ingredient in chocolates and other food containing caffeine. When they have ingested the food, it will remain in the dog's system for hours which causes internal bleeding, heart attacks or seizures. Half an ounce of chocolate per pound of the dog's body weight is enough to kill a dog while your dog will gladly devour on that chocolate when he gets the chance. Other food such as raisins, onions, macadamia nuts, grapes, xylitol, and hops can also harm your dogs when eaten.

It is important that you keep your dogs safe from these things. Like little children, harmful things should be out of their reach.

 Article written by Gary Clark of Oh My Dog Supplies, the top spot to find dog identification tags online.

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