Pool Safety for Dogs as Warmer Weather Nears
It’s that’ time of year again, when the weather gets warm and it is time to get everyone in the pool, including your dog. But, just as with humans, it’s important to keep your dog safe around the pool. While you may think all dogs can swim, it’s not the case.
“Whether or not your dog is a born swimmer, it’s important to make your pool accessible for them when you are around, giving them easy ways in and out of the water, that will also keep your pool from being damaged,” according to the article, “7 Pool Safety Tips for Dogs” at petMD.com.
Some important tips from the article include:
• Your dog should be comfortable with water before diving in.
• Use a life jacket to ensure your dog is safe.
• Do not leave your dog alone at the pool.
• Ensure your dog has easy access to get in and out of the pool on his own.
According to the article, you should also have a pool fence to keep your dog and children away when you are not around to supervise. Teach your dog how to swim or try swimming lessons.
There are some natural born swimmers, such as Labradors and Golden Retrievers. Then there are those who are not, including Dachshunds. “While they can be taught to swim and some may enjoy it, they won’t become strong swimmers,” according to the article, “Dog Pool Safety: 9 Tips for a Safe and Fun Pool Day With the Pups” at bechewy.com. Dogs who should not swim include short-muzzled dogs such as Pugs and Bulldogs. Inhaling water for these dogs can pose serious problems.
Before your dog goes for that swim, check off everything on the list to ensure your dog is safe around the pool, or lake, or the ocean.
How We Entice Your Pet
At Second Home Pet Resort we enjoy meeting and greeting you and your pet when you arrive for drop-off. And we love having your pet stay with us. We do our very best to engage with your pet, love on your pet, play with her, and give her food and treats. But not all pets are created equal. Some get nervous or a little down when they are away from their family. That can affect your pet’s eating habits, which sometimes leads to some pets not wanting to eat. So, what do we do?
We do everything to help your pet get comfortable at Second Home and try to make it their home away from home. That starts with making sure their suites are comfortable or that their cat condos are comfortable as well. Dogs get playtime, cuddle time, outdoor time, and potty breaks. Cats enjoy daily exercise on their own in our cat atriums that include climbing trees, dangle toys, scratching posts, and more.
If they experience not wanting to eat, we help in a few ways. We use different pet friendly foods to try to get them to eat. If pets go more than two meals without eating, that is when we start enticing them to eat.
For dogs, we entice them with ground beef, chicken, chicken nuggets, hot dogs, wet food, yogurt, and cheese. We do our best and are very patient with them to try to get them to eat.
For cats we offer wet food, tuna, and chicken to try to entice them.
If there is ever a severe problem and a pet is not eating and we are unable to entice them, we are in touch with pet parents to advise them of the situation and discuss next steps.
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