Tips for Pet Care
•Make sure that fresh cool water is available for your pet at all times in a heavy bowl to avoid spills. This is especially important when you're not at home. Never use a metal dish in the hot sun. Clean the bowl daily.
•Feed a little less during the summer/a little more in the winter.
•Brush and comb your pets daily to free them of loose, shedding hair.
•In the hot summer consider thinning a pet's fur rather than shaving it to prevent sunburn and insect bites.
•Check every day for fleas & ticks.
•Do NOT use insect sprays, weed killers, or allow antifreeze to spill in any area frequented by pets. Animals can ingest poisions by licking paws or fur.
•Exercise your pet in the early morning or evening in the summer when it is cooler to avoid heat exhaustion.
•Make sure that s helter is available at all times. In the summer it needs shade from the sun, in the winter from cold drafts.
•If you must tie your dog up, contact the Animal Control for safety tips and information on the "HEART LINE" method and house information.
•Check your animal's fur daily to prevent plants or other things getting tangled in the matted hair that could work their way down into their ears or eyes.
•Heartworms are transmitted by mosquitoes. A veterinarian should check your pet yearly by a blood test for this disease. Preventive medication should be given according to their instructions.