Moving - Helping Your Pets Through The Stress

If you抳e ever done it before, you know that moving can be one of the most stressful things you will ever undertake. It is stressful on parents, on children, and it can even be stressful on the pets, who often go overlooked. If you抮e concerned about how your pets are going to handle the impending move, here are some tips that can keep them calm and subdued.

If you抳e ever done it before, you know that moving can be one of the most stressful things you will ever undertake. It is stressful on parents, it is stressful on children, and it can even be stressful on the pets, who often go overlooked. If you抮e concerned about how your pets are going to handle the impending move, here are some tips that can keep them calm and subdued. Each pet will handle such an event with their own quirks and variances, but these tips should work if you try them in turn.

It is important to keep your pets restrained or at the very least otherwise occupied when you are actually moving your items out of your house (or having professional movers do the same). Pets can get very anxious during this time and they have a tendency to get underfoot where they can become an annoyance or even cause harm to themselves and others. If the doors are being left open during this time, which they often are, they can escape. Keep them away, locked in a cage or in a separate room while this is going on. Don抰 forget to drop by for some attention every so often.?br />
Although you抣l be taking every precaution, you抣l want to make sure your pet is properly tagged just in case he does escape. With a collar identifying him by name, address, and phone number, you stand a much better shot of getting him back quickly should he manage to get out the door and make one triumphant attempt at pure freedom. You might want to make sure your cell phone is on the collar tag as well, since you may have already moved by the time your poor Rover gets collected by a helpful Samaritan.

Barring such an unexpected escape, you can keep your pet calm during the moving process by making sure he has as much familiarity around as possible. Things that are drastically different upset animals, just as they do children. By making sure the pet is surrounded by his favorite bone, his comforting blanket, etc., you will go a long way towards making sure he can keep his sanity during this stressful period. When actually moving, you抣l want to invest in a good pet carrier for smaller dogs and cats. These cages will help keep them safe during the drive and will prevent accidents that could occur from having the animal jumping about wildly in the car.