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Summer Poses Threat to Your Pet’s Safety

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Many people own pets for companionship, protection, child training, etc. With pet ownership, comes a great deal of responsibility to care, feed, shelter and groom our four-legged friends. As we anticipate rising temperatures in the summer months, we need to be reminded that when the temperatures increase, the need to take additional precautions to care for our pets also increases.

When people think of summer and its impact on our pets, they automatically think of water. The need for more water to battle dehydration is imperative to your pet’s life. On the contrary, water can also be a hazard and safety measures should be taken. Many of us forget that children are not the only ones susceptible to drowning, causing a need for prevention and safety since household pets are also a sad statistic in pool drownings. Though largely unreported, it is estimated of the millions of pets, that almost 1 in 1,000 drown each year. As the pet population grows and the number of new pools built grows, fatal pet drownings will also increase each year as well.

While most animals have an inherent ability to swim, many of them are unable to successfully navigate to the appropriate area of escape to save themselves. They often swim directly to the closest edge of a pool or lake and struggle to paw their way out. Even if an animal is trained to locate the stairs in their pool, the panic that sets in after a fall or the low water temperatures can often lead to exhaustion, thus preventing even a trained animal from finding their way. While it’s a tragic and real dilemma, prevention is not hard to come by. Prevention products like the Skamper Ramp and PetStep II flotation device featured on Floppyeargear.com is a sure way to direct pets to the appropriate place to get out of any body of water.

Another consideration to take during the summer months is the impact that heat has on our four-legged companions. Pavement becomes increasingly hot and the pads of our animal’s feet can not withstand the hot temperatures, much like our own. Be sure to protect your pet’s paws by either covering them with dog booties or paw wax, which not only conditions them, it helps protect paws from gravel, asphalt, rocks, salt-treated roads and hot pavement. As a rule of thumb, if it’s too hot for your feet, it’s too hot for your pet’s paws. Products to protect paws can also be found on Floppyeargear.com.

So remember, the summer heat poses threats to your pet’s safety that are not always obvious. Take the time to ensure that you are not careless with your pet during the careless summer months, to make the season the best it can be.

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