As I am sure you are all aware, the festive season is soon approaching and all of us here at Broadreach Nature hope you have a fantastic time this year.To those of you celebrating this year, Christmas is a time for your family and your dogs are no exception; we kindly ask you to spare a few minutes to discover which aspects of Christmas celebrations are potentially unsafe for your dog.
Chocolates
Christmas Day is
rarely complete without obscene quantities of chocolates; chocolate tins, chocolate bars, and chocolate boxes find themselves constantly floating around the house. Whilst we encourage you all to indulge, theobromine is a chemical found in chocolate is toxic
to dogs and so it’s important to keep the quality streets as far from your dogs’ eager mouths as possible.
Christmas Trees
Christmas trees can be very tempting for our dogs due to their flashing lights and ornaments. Fastening a synthetic tree with a large and stable base to the wall will be the safest for your dogs to roam around. Christmas lights and ornaments are further potential hazards which we recommend you manage by leaving the lower branches of the tree bare.
Presents
To prevent your
dogs from unwrapping your childrens’ presents for them and potentially ingesting hazardous materials, we suggest keeping your presents hidden away until Christmas morning.
Christmas Turkey
It is perfectly
safe to give your dogs some of your leftover turkey meat as a treat, but please make sure that there are no cooked bones. Cooked bones can splinter and snap in your dogs mouth as they chew them, risking injury to your dogs mouth.
Pigs in Blankets
Although, a popular
favourite among many families, pigs in blankets should not be given to dogs because of their high fat and salt content. Excessively salty foods can cause our dogs to get an upset stomach and fatty meats can potentially lead to pancreatitis in dogs.
Festive Plants
Certain plants frequently
associated with the festive season, such as holly, mistletoe, and poinsettias, are highly toxic to dogs. It is crucial to keep these plants out of your dogs reach so aim to remove these plants from the home or at least the areas that your dog has access to.
Sweets
Similarly to humans, sugary foods lead to diabetes in dogs and so it is important to avoid giving sweets and other deserts away from your dogs and on high surfaces. Broadreach Nature hopes that this article has shown that it is still possible to celebrate Christmas to the fullest whilst keeping your dogs safe. So once again we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
What isn’t safe to give your dog during your Christmas Celebrations
As I am sure you are all aware, the festive season is soon approaching and all of us here at Broadreach Nature hope you have a fantastic time this year.To those of you celebrating this year, Christmas is a time for your family and your dogs are no exception; we kindly ask you to spare a few minutes to discover which aspects of Christmas celebrations are potentially unsafe for your dog.
Chocolates
Christmas Day is rarely complete without obscene quantities of chocolates; chocolate tins, chocolate bars, and chocolate boxes find themselves constantly floating around the house. Whilst we encourage you all to indulge, theobromine is a chemical found in chocolate is toxic to dogs and so it’s important to keep the quality streets as far from your dogs’ eager mouths as possible.
Christmas Trees
Christmas trees can be very tempting for our dogs due to their flashing lights and ornaments. Fastening a synthetic tree with a large and stable base to the wall will be the safest for your dogs to roam around. Christmas lights and ornaments are further potential hazards which we recommend you manage by leaving the lower branches of the tree bare.
Presents
To prevent your dogs from unwrapping your childrens’ presents for them and potentially ingesting hazardous materials, we suggest keeping your presents hidden away until Christmas morning.
Christmas Turkey
It is perfectly safe to give your dogs some of your leftover turkey meat as a treat, but please make sure that there are no cooked bones. Cooked bones can splinter and snap in your dogs mouth as they chew them, risking injury to your dogs mouth.
Pigs in Blankets
Although, a popular favourite among many families, pigs in blankets should not be given to dogs because of their high fat and salt content. Excessively salty foods can cause our dogs to get an upset stomach and fatty meats can potentially lead to pancreatitis in dogs.
Festive Plants
Certain plants frequently associated with the festive season, such as holly, mistletoe, and poinsettias, are highly toxic to dogs. It is crucial to keep these plants out of your dogs reach so aim to remove these plants from the home or at least the areas that your dog has access to.
Sweets
Similarly to humans, sugary foods lead to diabetes in dogs and so it is important to avoid giving sweets and other deserts away from your dogs and on high surfaces.
Broadreach Nature hopes that this article has shown that it is still possible to celebrate Christmas to the fullest whilst keeping your dogs safe. So once again we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Sources https://www.caninejournal.com/foods-not-to-feed-dog/#fathttps://dogtime.com/dog-health/general/5504-bad-foods-for-dogs-lis