I’ve got five big dog safety reminders for you today to ensure that you and your furry friend enjoy your Memorial Day weekend. Can you believe it is already the holiday weekend? I hope you have something fun planned despite the crazy social distancing and other things going on.
5 Dog Safety Tips For Memorial Day Weekend
1. Vehicle Safety
Chances are you will be driving to a party, a cabin, or somewhere for some weekend fun. Make sure your pup is safe in the care!
- Buckle up your pup – don’t let your dog run loose in the car as she is a danger to herself, and to you in the event there is an accident.
- Never let your dog ride in the back of a pick up truck!
- Do you let your kids hang their heads out of the car window while driving down the highway? I would guess not, so why do people let their dogs do that? Keep your dog safely restrained inside the car.
- Keep your dog’s eyes safe. If you are in a convertible, have your dog wear goggles, or even on a speeding boat. The wind is hard on a dog’s eyes, and if furs blow into the eyes, it can cause scratching.
2. Proper Identification
As we talked about last week, make sure your dog has an ID tag, and a chip. Not only do they need the ID, your contact information needs to be up to date. Especially if you are going camping, to the cabin, or other places away from home, you don’t want your dog wandering off without identification.
3. Watch The Food
Olivia loves anything food, and counter surfing is a favorite hobby. She has been like this since day one, so Mom knows to keep food away from her reach. If we have people over, Olivia is often in her kennel to keep her from getting into food. Not everything you have to eat is safe for dogs. Make sure if other people are around they know to not feed your dog food. The last thing you want on a holiday weekend is to end up at the emergency vet!
4. Careful Of The Grill
Holidays are always a big time for grilling. Grills are covered in food smells and food residue. Most dogs won’t jump onto a hot grill, but you never know. Keep your dog restrained away from the grill to avoid any terrible accidents.
5. Be Safe In The Water
If you are at a cabin, or perhaps camping, boating and swimming might be on the weekend agenda. Although most dogs can swim, they, like humans, should always wear a life jacket for safety. If your pup ends up going overboard, you can easily get them back on the boat using the handles on their life vest. If for some reason they are unconscious in the water, the vest will keep them afloat. Although dogs can swim, without a lot of training, they may not be able to make it all the way back to shore. The life vest will help keep their head out of the water until they get some help.
Holiday weekends are super fun as long as they are safe. We hope these 5 dog safety reminders help you and your best pup have a wonderful weekend!
Those are really good tips and that red life vest is pretty darn snazzy!
Thank you. It fits all of us if we need it.
Great advice. Katie and I will be sitting in our apartment.
That is not too exciting, but if you are together, it will be great!
All great advice!!
Thank you.
What sound advice. Puffin and I will be staying home, and I guess we are having a stay-cation! Have a wonderful weekend. XOXO, Sparkle
It is going to rain on the weekend, so we probably won’t have big plans, but just being home and Mom leaving work alone is a good thing.
is it really that time… we were totally surprised LOL… but we hope all will be careful and it will be a good memorial weekend for all
We hope everyone can get out and have fun, but it is supposed to rain on and off pretty much every day.
We took great care of our Little Bit when she was with us. We thought of her before we though of ourselves. Great advice here.
Have a fabulous day and weekend. Scritches to the pups. ♥
Mom says we are lucky because she is like that too. Pups come first.
All very sound advice ( as you girls always give). Madison, your bow is stupendous!!! Bailie, great grill job! Olivia??? watch the counter surfing!! be nice to your mom this weekend.
Olivia is a quick and excellent counter surfer that needs to be watched out for!
Great tips girls…and I LOVE your bow today too!! I have a similar one you’ll see me in Monday!
Mama wishes we lived closer so we could do bow photo shoots together BOL!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
That would be fun. I love a big bow.
Great tips! We hope you girls have a wonderful and safe holiday.
Hope you have a nice weekend as well.
Great safety reminders, have a great weekend.
Mostly common sense, but some folks don’t have it.
Great tips! We hope people are able to get out and about and enjoy the holiday weekend with their dogs!
We hope so too. Our weather is ugly and rainy, but hopefully others have better weather.
Very smart reminders. For some dogs, a life vest might be a must not just if you are swimming or boating, but anywhere near a dock, a lake, or any body of water they can’t stand up in. After all, some dogs just can’t resist jumping in if they get the chance.
This is very true. Swimming is a workout even for a dog and we may not be able to make it back to shore.
We played in the yard and soaked up some sunshine over the holiday. Our Sunday was full of thunderstorms so we hung indoors.
Thankfully our thunderstorms forgot to show up, but we got lots of rain and it is raining again now.