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Tips for Keeping your House Pet - Friendly
Taking care of a dog or cat is not an easy task because you have to feed them, clean them, nurture them and provide them with a safe and clean environment. Basically, you need to make sure your house is pet-friendly!
There are plenty of safety tips you can follow to protect your pets as well as ways you can keep your home clean even with pets.
Below are some tips we wanted to share with you and hope they are helpful!
Store Items High
Keep medications, cleaners and other chemicals on high shelves. Animals can be nosy and seeing a box of pills can be interesting to them.
Cover the Garbage
Keep garbage cans covered, and, if possible, store them in a cabinet, closet or outdoors. Garbage cans can contain old food that might harm your pet. Plus, you don’t want to see garbage spread on your kitchen floor.
Use Blockades
Animals can get trapped behind large units and overheat. To prevent this, put up blockades so they can’t get behind appliances like washing machines, dryers, refrigerators or air conditioning units.
Keep Food Out of Reach
Make sure food is out of reach or behind a closed door.
Close the Toilet Lid
Keep the toilet lid down to prevent small animals from drowning. Allowing your pets the opportunity to drink out of the bowl is dangerous too, as it exposes them to all sorts of harmful chemicals.
Avoid Dangling Wires
Try to eliminate dangling wires from lamps, gaming systems, TVs, stereos or anything of the sort. Your animals might get hurt if they chew on any wires.
Hide Breakable or Chewable Items
Be wary of placing knick-knacks, picture frames, vases or other dangerous items on low shelves.
Scratch Pads
Give your cats something they can scratch. You want to make sure that your couches and chairs remain new and scratch free.
Dangerous House Plants
Be aware of plants that may be a danger to your animal, and try to avoid bringing them into the house.
Strings and Threads
Make sure all thread and string is safely put away. It is easy for a cat to choke on some thread while playing with it.
Laundry and Shoes
Keep your laundry and shoes in closets or proper bins, so your pets can’t eat them. Not only can pets ruin your clothes for you, but small pieces like buttons and zippers can be choking hazards.
Healthy Chew Toys
Make sure dogs, especially puppies, have a few things that they can chew on. These could be durable toys, hooves, snouts or some other dog-friendly chewing snack.
Every homeowner wants a clean home. Part of making your home truly pet-friendly is finding a way to keep it clean even with dogs and/or cats running around. These tips will help you keep a clean home while also keeping your favorite furry companions safe:
Hide Pet Hair
Pick rugs, bedding, blankets, pillows and other décor pieces that won’t show hair. That means if you have a black dog, think about using darker colors in your decorating. If you have a white cat, consider going with lighter colors.
Accident Cleaner
Be prepared for accidents. Especially if you have young pets, accidents happen. Make sure to have a cleaner that will clean and disinfect animal waste and other messes.
Regular Grooming
Regular grooming can help lessen the amount of pet hair around the house.
Proper Vacuum Cleaner
Get a strong vacuum cleaner that can remove hair and fur easily.
Lint Remover
Have plenty of lint removers on hand to remove hair from your clothes before you go out.
Dirty Paws
Wipe off your pet’s paws before you let them in the house. This will eliminate little dog paw prints in your kitchen, and help keep the home cleaner.
Food Bowl
Keep a plastic place mat under your pet’s dishes to make cleaning spilled food easier.