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Seven Tips to Keep Your Pets Safe this Halloween
From princesses to witches, and superheroes to ninjas - Halloween can be fun for the entire family but remember to think about your fur babies as well.
These 7 tips will help keep your pets safe during Halloween festivities.
1. Be sure to walk your dog before the trick or treating activities start. Keep a firm grip on your dog’s leash and be aware that some pets can become freighted by the costumes.
2. Keep dogs and cats inside on Halloween night. Dogs can become territorial, bark or even howl at the activity happening outside the yard by trick or treaters. There have even been reports of pranksters terrorizing or aggravating pets.
3. Keep pets away from the door. If your pet does have access to the door it is a good idea to place a dog gate in front of the door to keep them from darting out while trick or treaters are visiting.
4. Dogs can become anxious or overly excited at the constant activity of trick or treaters knocking at the door or ringing the doorbell. To eliminate that from happening, consider keeping your dogs in a quiet room or securely placed in their crate to keep them calm and relaxed.
5. Keep candy and wrappers, especially chocolate, out of your pet’s reach. If your pet does consume chocolate contact your veterinarian or an emergency veterinarian immediately.
6. If you do venture out to take your own children trick or treating don’t leave your dogs in the car.
7. Make sure your pets are properly identified with your current contact information in case they do manage to break loose and become lost during Halloween. Microchips offer the most secure form of identification, but tags with your pet’s name and your phone number are also important. Snapping a recent photo of your pet will also come in handy if for some reason your pet does get lost.
Lynzee Glass, Director of Communications
Lynzee Glass has always had a passion for agriculture. Lynzee grew up in a small southwest Missouri town on her parents’ beef cattle operation. Her true appreciate for agriculture was developed during her involvement in FFA (Future Farmers of America). Lynzee attended Missouri State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in agricultural communications. After graduation Lynzee worked as the managing editor of Ozarks Farm and Neighbor newspaper, a regional livestock publication, where she had the opportunity to share the stories of Ozark farmers. Throughout that time, Lynzee was published over 100 times. Under her direction as managing editor, Ozarks Farm and Neighbor was award first-place in newspaper- general excellence by the Livestock Publications Council. She has also been recognized in the industry for her writing and photography skills.
Today, her role as Director of Communications gives her the opportunity to continue working in agriculture. Lynzee oversees the website, social media, event planning, marketing and advertising.
When Lynzee is not at the office she can be found volunteering within her church, serving as the marketing chair for Missouri State University Darr School of Agriculture Alumni and spending time with family and friends.