It’s a top priority to keep dogs safe at our house. Mom says sometimes it is a real job, but we have our rules and routines which will hopefully keep us from ever going missing. Since July is National Pet Loss Prevention Month, we decided to share some of our tips. Of course, any type of pet can get lost. Mom lost a cat, and he was never found, but today we are focusing on dogs.
Tips To Keep Dogs Safe – National Pet Loss Prevention Month
Did you know that one in three pets will be lost in their lifetime? That is a scary statistic. We never want to be lost, which is why we are telling you about some of our safeguards.
Loss Prevention Starts At Home
Before you let your pet out into the yard, have you checked your fence system recently. We do our perimeter patrol daily, and we know exactly what the state of our fence is. Mom also comes out and checks the fence every week when she mows the lawn. A couple years ago she noticed the bottom of some sections was rather loose. To remedy this, she purchased some fence stakes to tack down the fence so we can’t slip underneath.
If you have one of those electric fences, make sure it is working. We hear all the time about the wires getting broken or not working properly. Don’t forget to put the collar on your dog so they know when they are approaching their borders.
Always keep an eye on your pup when she is outside. Sadly, pet theft is a big business. Dogs left alone in their yard are easy targets for these sinister humans.
Make Sure Your Pup Has Proper ID
If your dog ever goes missing, make sure she has proper ID. A microchip is a great way to ensure your pet has ID. Your vet should check the chip every visit, to make sure it is working properly.
I know not everyone wears a collar, but we like our collars and we hang our chip tag, ID tag, and city license on ours. If we are lost, we definitely want to be found. Some humans don’t like the jingles tags make. These days you can get a collar with your dog’s information either embroidered on the collar, or there is a metal piece you can slide onto a collar so there are no jingles.
Keep Dogs Safe When You Leave Your Home
Of course, there are well trained dogs who walk without leashes, but we do recommend walking dogs on a leash for a lot of reasons. Even the best of dogs can be startled by something and take off. Many cities do have leash laws. Your dog should be used to walking on a leash. If you travel, it is very important to keep your dog leashed up. You don’t know the area, and neither does your dog. If they get scared and take off, it is really hard to even imagine where they might go.
Puppies Are Extra Sneaky
Puppies are small, cute, curious, and they seem to like to hang around their new human, but not always. The little pups scare easily. They are small and can fit or fall into tiny spaces. Puppies don’t know their surroundings like older dogs. Always have your eye on your little one as they can dash off, and be gone in a second. Little ones can also fit through fence gaps or under fences very easily, so your fenced yard may not be a safe barrier until your puppy has grown a bit.
Don’t take a risk, don’t gamble with your furry family members, keep dogs safe. Make sure your pup doesn’t become a lost pet statistic.
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Yes, it sure isn’t worth the risk, keep those sweeties safe at all times!
You kitties need to stay safe too. Mom still wonders what happened to her kitty who just disappeared one night.
Such great advice.
Some reminders are always good as we all get complacent but we need to keep safety on the top of our minds.
we are with you… we have to check our eyuipment efurry day..again and again… to prevent this nightmare …
I bet you boys would be break out specialists!
Awesome advice. And for us hounds, sometimes we turn our brains off when we are following our noses and we end up somewhere unknown.
That is the problem, we track something for miles and then forget where we started out.
Great tips! We do not let Puffin out alone because of the pool. She gets swimming lessons and we are teaching her where the pool steps are located. She can use the doggy door from the porch to the yard, but we have not let her use the doggy door from the house to the porch yet. I got out of the yard by a loose board once, but before Mom could go out and look for me I had returned to the yard via the loose board! There is no place like home! Puffin will get chipped when she has surgery next week. XOXO, Sparkle
Isn’t she a bit young for surgery? None of us have gotten out of the yard, yet, and Mom does her best to make sure that never happens! A pool adds a whole new dimension to safety issues.
Her doctor says 5 to 6 months. She will be 18 weeks next week so it is okay. I will take really good care of her. Sparkle
Wow. These days they say to go through at least on heat cycle for health reasons and to help the joints develop correctly, but everyone has to decide for their own pups, right 🙂 Olivia won’t be spayed until she is two probably.
Great tips! We can never be too safe with our precious furkids!
Even though we sometimes want to run away and chase critters, we don’t ever want to be lost.
Great tips! We never go outside without our collars and are never ever allowed off leash!
We are only off leash in a fenced area, and we always wear collars, unless we are doing a naked sport, LOL!
Such great advice. It’s not all that hard to make sure our babies are safe. We sure watched over our precious Little Bit. We sure miss her too.
Tell your mom to link this post to Awww Mondays, because I said a lot of Awwws while reading and looking at all your great photographs.
Have a woof woof day. My best to your smart mom. ♥
Thank you. We wish we had known Little Bit 🙂
Great advice! Especially for puppies. And the final shot…? Stupendous!
Thank you.
We have to be especially careful with a fearful dog like Luke, I worry so much if he got loose that he would not go to any human to help him. Our beagle Kobi got loose a few times because we were careless, but he always went right to a neighbor’s house! That was back before we had a big fenced in yard, which I would now never be without. That’s a great tip to check it, we find that posts can shift due to the ground changing, and you end up with gaps you didn’t realize.
Over time the ground settles, weather happens and the fence is not like it used to be. We had the fence company out last spring to fix up a few spots.
Thank you for sharing the wonderful tips. Microchipping your pet has been going up in numbers. This is a great way if your pet ever gets lost. Have a wonderful rest of your week.
It should be there for life and it won’t get lost or fall off like a collar can.
Wonderful tips girls…We follow every one!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
That’s good because we wouldn’t want any of you to get lost.
Smart tips, i am so glad your mom is on top of things!
She tries her best.
excellent advice!
Thank you.
Great tips. That’s sad how many animals become lost. Not all make it back home. 🙁
It is sad, but a lot of people don’t really pay much attention to things that can go wrong until it is too late.