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Keeping your Pet Safe over the Holidays

There is much to start thinking about as we move into the holidays – gifts, decorations, travel plans, house guests, and lots of food! It’s valuable to start thinking about how all of these experiences will impact your dog.

Continue to watch our blog articles and social channels for holiday tips to help your whole family, including your four-legged friend, enjoy time together over the next couple of months.

As we start feasting on a variety of traditional holiday meals and snacks, keep your mind on this list of items to keep out of reach of your dog!

Alcohol
Bones: Bones easily splinter and can cause serious health problems (even death) for your pet.
Candy: Particularly chocolate—which is toxic to dogs, cats and ferrets—and any candy containing the animal-toxic sweetener Xylitol.
Chives
Citrus and pits: Keep foods containing citric acid away from your pets. Foods such as cherry pits, peach pits and apple seeds contain essential oils that have the ability to cause irritations, blockages and even central nervous system depression if a significant amount is ingested. Avocado pits are also toxic to pets.
Coffee: Grounds, beans and chocolate-covered espresso beans.
Eggs (raw or undercooked)
Fish (raw or undercooked)
Garlic
Grapes and raisins: These can cause serious kidney problems.
Leaves and stems: From vegetables such as tomatoes.
Meat (raw or undercooked)
Nuts
Onions, as well as onion flakes and powder, and all members of the onion (allium) family, including leeks and scallions.
Trash: Pets who engage in trash-digging can accidentally eat foods that are potentially poisonous to them. Keep trash in tightly sealed containers or hidden somewhere your pet can't access.
Xylitol, which is an artificial sweetener especially toxic to dogs and found in a wide array of diet drinks and foods, including some peanut butters.