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Keep Your Pets Safe This Halloween

October 14, 2015 By tracey

This Halloween lets keep our pets safe. Halloween is a time when our pets have a greater chance to escape from us. The top Halloween hazards for pets are escaping and being poisoned. Both animal shelters and veterinarians see a spike in their business during the Halloween season.

Dachshund puppy wearing a witch hat, next to a pumpkin.

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Below we have a few pet safety tips to keep our furry family members home this Halloween.

Tips for keeping them safe at home:

  • Before the trick-or-treating starts, put your pets in a quiet room where they will be safe from all the Halloween activity. The constant opening of the door for trick -or-treating gives them opportunity to escape while you are distracted.
  • Even if you are just having friends over for a Halloween party, keep your pets away from the festivities in their safe room. Masks and costumes change how people look and smell to a pet, so even familiar people may become frightening.
  •  When going out trick-or-treating, leave your dog at home. Dogs can be easily excited by the Halloween commotion, and a bite or a lost dog will quickly end the evening’s fun.
  • After you’ve let your pets out of their safe room, place treats safely in a high cabinet secured with a lock or child-safety latch. Many foods, such as chocolate, gum and xylitol (a sweetener used in many foods) are hazardous to them.
  •  Keep treats away from your children unless you are observing them. Children may make the harmful mistake of sharing with their four-legged friends.

If you want to take your pet out trick-or-treating:

  • Make sure they are micro-chipped, the chip is registered and your information is up-to-date.
  • Make sure they have a good collar on with their tags(license, rabies,etc.)
  • You can get them a GPS collar to wear just in case they get away.
  • Make sure they are wearing something bright and reflective so at night people can see them.
  • NO RETRACTABLE LEASHES!! With all of the kids and parents running around you won’t have the control you need to keep the close by and safe. Also retractable leashes break very easily or slip out of your hands.

What do I do if my pet gets out during Halloween?

  • First thing is DO NOT YELL THEIR NAME!! When you yell their name they can sense the tension in your voice and they will think they are in trouble, so they will most likely run away.
  • DO NOT CHASE after them. Running after your dog will certainly cause them to run away from you. Best thing to do is grab a smelly treat and get down on the ground, do not make direct eye contact, wait for them to come to you and if you try to speak to them talk softly and in a high voice. You have to remember that a lost pet does not take the time to see who is coming towards them they just think predator and run away.
  • If your dog leaves your immediate area, inform your neighbors to be on the lookout and to let you know if they see your dog, but advise them of the tips above. Most people generally want to help, but they tend to do all the wrong things first.
  • Refrain from sending out search parties because if an animal sees a bunch of people coming at them it is very intimidating and they may flee farther away.
  • If you live near woods and you know a bunch people with quads or side-by-sides that say, “we will go searching for you.” BAD IDEA!! The noise they put off is loud and scary to a dog.
  • If your cat gets out, most cats do not travel far so check under porches, decks, cars, bushes, anything they can hide under. Also ask your neighbors to check their yards as well.
  • Visit our Facebook Page and PM us the details of your lost pet.

Tips for posting lost pet information on Facebook:

Facebook can get the word out about your lost pet very quickly, but it is important that you have the right people helping you. Untrained help can hurt the situation. When posting please add all the above tips such as DO NOT CHASE, DO NOT YELL their name. Instead ask people to please Private Message you as the owner with sighing information. Never post sighting information, because some people will go out trying to help and not listen to our tips and make the situation worse.

Following the advice of a trained pet recovery specialist may literally be the difference whether your loved pet makes it back home or not.

For more information on lost pet behavior or a directory of trained missing animal individuals or groups visit https://www.missinganimalresponse.com

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Onyx – Recovered – 09-02-2015

September 2, 2015 By tracey

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Onyx went missing on Saturday, August 29th when she pulled away from the owner while on a walk. She took off with her leash still attached. She made it over 5 miles to Sheatown where she was safely trapped today September 2nd.

We had a sighting by the owner yesterday deep in the woods and of course Onyx ran like most lost dogs do. Yesterday I asked the owner to take me to where he saw Onyx in the woods. It was way too far into the woods and not a good spot to trap and way too much quad activity back there. So, I asked the owner to show me the other area she was seen in to see if that was a better spot. As soon as we got there, it was a much better spot and an area where we could lure her out of the woods and not have to go into the woods and scare her. I knocked on the door of the house close to where she was seen and asked for permission to search the woods behind their house. Not even 5 minutes after looking, Onyx appeared and looked right at us and headed towards us. But, then she turned and went over and walked past my car and then sniffed the owner’s car and headed back into the woods. We quickly setup the trap and prepared for a very long night.

We checked the trap every 2 hours and nothing. Around 5 am I headed up to check the trap again and no sign of her, I refreshed the food and headed back out to work. She was seen in that area around 10:30 the day before and I had a good feeling she would be making another appearance there today around the same time and sure enough she did!!! The trap was checked around 10 am and no Onyx. But, then the homeowner called me where I had the trap set before 11 am and said I swear I just heard a dog bark in the woods. I told her it was most likely her and asked if she would be so kind to take a walk out to the front of her home to check. She graciously did and sure enough I heard Onyx barking as she was walking towards the trap and she said….”she is in the trap!!!” Words I live for… smile emoticon I called the owners Dave and Sabrina and they were thrilled!!!

Onyx has lost weight, has some scraps/cuts, is full of burrs (those buggers hurt I was covered in them last night) and most likely ticks. She will be seeing the vet for treatment. Onyx looked rough last night because of the heat and was exhausted and probably dehydrated. Thankfully, those are all things that can be treated and fixed though.

I would like to thank the homeowner’s that graciously without a second thought allowed me to search their yard and called me to tell me they heard her barking (I’m sorry I didn’t get your names). Thank you to the owners Dave and Sabrina for trusting me to get their baby back, it is a long and sometimes strange process to people that have never experienced a lost dog before….thanks for sticking with me and believing in the methods to my madness.

Thank you to my hubby that kept me company last night for trap checks and for always loading the trap in the car. smile emoticon And a special thanks to my friend Stacie for coming out to search last night, helping me setup the trap, and for meeting the owner to get Onyx safely out of the trap while I was at work. You ROCK and I am proud to have you as a friend and a fellow crazy animal lover. 🙂

Welcome home sweet Onyx, you are safe now….no more running.

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Onyx and her owner Dave right after they were reunited.

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