5 Tips To Keep Your Dog Safe During Winter Storms
With record snowfall, seasonably low temperatures and nasty blinding blizzards affecting the East Coast there are several things you can do to make your pets more comfortable this winter. When temperatures fall below 32 F be especially cautious with small dogs, dogs with thin coats, sick dogs or seniors. Below 20 F dogs can develop hypothermia or frostbite.
Here are 5 tips to keep your dog safe during winter storms
1)In extremely cold weather particularly for short haired dogs get an insulated doggie jacket and keep walks short.
2)Deicing products and salt used on sidewalks and roads are toxic and will burn tender paws. Get your dog booties or a Paw wax product to protect their paws from the harsh elements.
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Dog Booties might look funny but they can help senior dogs who are unstable on their paws get a stronger more stable footing indoors and out.
3) If you choose to walk your dog without any paw protection, wipe off their paws with a wet rag or a paw cleaning product after a walk. (This prevents them from exposing their mouth to salt or toxic deicing chemicals )
4) If you have a backyard supervise your dog when their outside. A phone call or an email can distract you and in a short time frostbite or hypothermia can set in if they are unattended.
TIP After a walk check between the paw pads to make sure there is no salt stuck inside the pad which can be painful.
Storm Tips For Senior Dogs
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P.S. If you have an indoor/outdoor cat don’t let them out during bad storms as the snow removal equipment may terrify them and they can get caught in a snow bank and even possibly freeze to death.
P.P.S. If you are currently using deicers or salt on your own property consider safer solutions like Safe Paw ice melter
