The Fourth of July is a wonderful opportunity to relax with friends and family and appreciate all that our country has to offer. It's also nice to have some time to spend with our pets. Often, the celebration includes fireworks, either in your neighborhood or at a public display. As tempting as it might be, remember that it's best NOT to take your dog with you. A dog's hearing is farm more sensitive than ours and fireworks are far louder than we might remember. Even the calmest of dogs can become afraid when confronted with the thunderous sound of fireworks. If taken to a display, this could cause your dog to become frighten and bolt to attempt to escape the sound.
Even if you have the distant sound of fireworks in your neighborhood, your dog could become anxious. You may wish to put a few drops of
Rescue Remedy (the pet-safe version without alcohol) to help keep them calm naturally. You may also want to turn on the television or radio to help distract your dog from the lound noises outside.
The ASPCA offers these additional safety tips to keep your pet safe over the holiday weekend.
http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/pet-care-tips/july-4th.html
Have a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend!
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Hi, this is Marley and Jasper from Cavaliers Corner. I found you yesterday too. Thanks for joining our blog. I didn't realize when I started my blog that there was someone else out there with a similar name. Hope it doesn't bother you. It doesn't worry me at all. Great minds think alike LOL! Looking forward to reading your blog - looks like I can learn a lot on here. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteHi Marley and Jasper! You guys might have had yours first, because we just started the blog a couple weeks ago. We have a complimentary forum for the blog also, and that's been up for about 3 months. The more Cavalier blogs, the better! :-) The people on the forum are super nice, so feel free to drop in there sometime if you want. It's cavaliercorner.net. :-) I like your blog too!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I will have a look at the forum soon. We live in Australia so a bit far away to be of any use to issues where you are, but I enjoy reading what's going on, especially about the Cavalier rescues. So sad. I shake my head everytime I hear of another one...how any Cavalier would need rescuing. My girlfriend here rescued one recently, she is deaf and about 6 years old. Gorgeous Cavalier, but the owners were just too BUSY! to look after her anymore. So don't buy one in the first place I say! Thanks for your all you informative material.
ReplyDeleteHow cool that you are in Australia! Well, maybe you don't think it's cool, but it is from up here. LOL We get summer now though. :-) I have a little rescue ETS (King Charles Spaniel, or Charlie). Gemma's from a puppy mill. My sister has a rescue Cavalier, also from a puppy mill. We also have many friend who help with rescue, both puppy mill rescue and regular breed rescue. I don't know how anyone could give one up or mistreat one either, but it is great to see them get a new start in life and see how they blossom. My little Gemma is an absolute doll. We have lots of pictures of Gemma and other cavaliers on our forum too, so you might take a look when you have time. :-)
ReplyDeleteDid you finish up with the tiling project. I can't imagine undertaking such a huge project. We sided the house, but we had people do it for us.
Renovations still under way. It will take a bout two weeks. Destruction stage is over and now the professionals are in doing their stuff - fixing up the bathroom, plumbing etc. and the tiling will follow later in the week and into next week. We've always done a lot of our own renovating to save on expense. My husband is very versatile and can do most things himself if he has the time, except plumbing and electrical.
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