CARING FOR YOUR PET DURING IN WINTER

 Happy New Year fellow dog lovers, sure we all had a fulfilled festive season and a wonderful start to the new 2015, hoping our pets were part of the festive grooves.

As the festive season folds up and welcomes the new year, we welcome the cold season, called harmattan. In this part of the world, the cold sometimes becomes unbearable for us especially the early hours of the day, we should note that just as this season affect we humans, our dogs are affected more because they do not have clothes or skin to change to but we as caring dog owners need to follow some steps to keep these human friends warm and away from cold as too much exposure to the cold may affect your dog’s health and cause her to be sick which may eventually kill her.

Below are some tips to keep your pet warm:

KEEP HER WARM: this means that we should keep our pets warm, this goes out to people who don’t have shelter for their pets, ensure you provide where your pet can hide when the weather becomes too harsh for them and you can also bring them in doors, if you don’t want them seen everywhere in the house, you can as well demarcate a particular place for them in the house where they can hide during the rainy and harsh weather seasons.

COMFY BEDS: We can achieve this by getting your bed a comfy bed whereby she can lay at night or anytime she wants to rest because sometimes lying on bare floor seems not comfortable because the floor itself is cold, we might therefore need to provide them with a comfy bed so they won’t feel the coldness on their skin and fur when they lie.

DUST FREE: as we know this weather comes in hand with dust everywhere, it is therefore important to keep your pet away from dust; clean and dust their crates and houses often to avoid them breathing and feeding on dusts.

WARM FOODS: Try as much as possible to serve their foods warm, if you have a pet that eats little by little, it’s advisable you don’t serve her food all at once so it’ll make it easy for you to warm when next you want to serve her, when they eat warm food in this weather, it helps rather than eating cold and tasteless food.

Please take note that it’s not advisable you bath your pet in this season but if it’s a must for you to bath her, bath her during the day when the sun is at its best.

Whatever is not suitable for humans in this season is definitely not suitable for your pets.

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