KEEP YOUR PETS SAFE IN THEIR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES - Also Good for KIDS!

SAFETY TIPS FOR PETS WEARING HALLOWEEN COSTUMES

The ASPCA has some safety tips for Pet Owners who will be dressing their little four legged friend in a constume for HALLOWEEN!!

1. The costume should not restrict nor constrict the animal's movement or hearing.
2. It should not impede the animals ability to breathe, bark or meow (although for the life of me I don't know how you put a costume on a cat!)
3. Try costumes on a pet befroe the big event. If your pet seems distressed, allergic or shows abnormal behavior, consider letting him go in his or her "birthday suit" or switch to a festive bandanna. (here again if you can put a bandana on a cat please send me a picture)
4. Inspect your pet's costume & make sure it doesn't have small, dangling or easily chewed-off pieces that he or she could choke on.
5. Poor fitting outfits can get twisted on external objects or on your pet and lead to an injury.
6. To teach an animal to enjoy wearing a costume, get them used to it a little at a time, associating the fitting of the costume with the animal's favorite things, like a treat. By going slowly, you can make sure your animal is happy at each stage before moving on to the next one.
7. Pets should always be supervised while wearing a costume. Remove it if he or she won't have your full attention.
8. A pet should always wear an identificatin tag. Halloween is no exception. Your pet could dash out the door when you least expect it and this tag could be his ticket home. Make sure the address and phone number on the tag are up-to-date.

Now I am not going to dress my cats up in costumes - but -

I do believe these are great rules of thumb to follow for my GRANDCHILDREN!!

HAVE A SAFE HALLOWEEN!!!!

KATHY MYERS CARSON, ABR, GRI

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