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Weekend Plus pete writer
The Thanksgiving holiday has come and gone, and
many readers have begun preparations for the holidays. Keep in mind any seasonal plans should include your animals us well. Whether it's pet-proofing
your home for the holidays, thinking about getting a
new pet, or even trying to select a gift for your pet,
consideration for Champ and Kitty should be at the
top of your Christmas list every year.
Take care when setting up decorations. Traditional
holiday plants like; mistletoe and poinsettias contain
toxins which can kill pets, so those plants should be
put out of reach.
Keep an eye on your Christmas tree as well. You
might be surprised how easily a small kitten can pull
down a huge tree. If possible, secure the tree to a wall
or some other permanent fixture. Hang those inevitable attractions like glass balls, treasured ornaments,
and tinsel out of your pet's reach.
Other holiday hazards abound. Pieces of ribbon,
string, or tinsel are potentially dangerous playthings
They easily lodge in a dog's or cat's throat. If these
objects do somehow reach your animal's digestive
tract, do not try to remove them yourself.
Doing so can cause even greater damage to the
animal's delicate system. Consult your veterinarian
or an emergency veterinary facility. Also, beware of
electric tree lights which pets may chew on.
Keep an eye on your Christmas tree as
If you're thinking nbout getting a pet for Christwell. You might be surprised how easily a
mas, or giving an animal to a loved one, I have only
small kitten can pull down a huge tree.
three words of advice:
Don't do it.
give their sweetheart a cuddly kitten or puppy for
It is a popular misconception the warmth and toChristmas. For those individuals, I point out the
getherness of Iho holiday season will translate into
added bonus of impressing your mate with your newbetter bonding with your new pel. Quite the opposite:
found sensitivity to the plight of living creatures. You
the chaos, confusion, and increased number of people
are more than welcome to pretend this idea came to
in and out during the holidays could disrupt those
you through extensive soul-searching and introspeccrucial first weeks with your pet. It'sbest to wait
tion. I won't be offended.
until a time when the pace has slowed and the aniLastly, consider that this is a good time of year to
mal can get the attention it deserves, needs.
The same rules (and then some) apply when think- discard old, unwanted toys and replace them with
new ones. Suitable gifts include nylon or rawhide
ing about giving a dog or cut as a gift. Giving an
bones. Generally the best toys are those the animal
animal as a present is one of the worst mistakes
anyone can make at urn/ time of the year, according can chew on but not chew up. Not recommended are
to the Humane Society of the United States. This is soft toys, toys made of rubber, or toys with bells in
them. All can be torn apart and become lodged in an
primarily because your idea of what makes a good
animal's throat. Other good animal gifts include idenpet will probably not match that of the recipient.
tification tags (with name and address), a sweater for
Think of how many well-intentioned gifts are returned after the holiday season, oven those that are those cold walks, or a new collar and leash. Perhaps
the best gift of all is the present of
exchanged between people who
your presence. Your kind attention
know each other e x u m * well.
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will be most appropriate at this franChoosing a pet lor someone is intic time of year when strange
finitely more personal-than
OOSfciVe, fteS
smells, sights, and sounds disrupt
choosing a sweater. And remem- seven. Try to make him
your buddy's normal routine,
ber that unlike an ugly vase or
feel like he'sgetting his
There's no better time than right
candelabra, an animal can't be
now to start planning the best holistuffed in the closet until the
money's worth.
day season possible for you and
giver visits again next year.
Instead, consider giving a potential pet owner acyour pet. For every holiday you observe, he's celcessories such as a leash or bowl, wrapped up with a cbrating seven. Try to make him feel like he's getting
photo of an animal or a gift certificate from your local his money's worth.
shelter, That way the new owner can pick out the
Also, while supplies last, 1995 calendars are availperfect pet at a time that is most convenient for her, able from the Humane Society of the United States.
and you will actually bo giving two gifts - a compan- Send your address and 98 cents for postage to HSUS,
ion forthe owner and a new chance at life forthe
270 Route 206, Flanders, N.J, 07836. They arc free.
animal, The shelters have a great selection of pup_
pies, kittens, and adult animals, including many from Anita Jay Amtenberg works with the Humane Sothosc who made the tragic mistake of giving a puppy ciely, a national animal protection organziation of
or kitten that "didn't fit,"
nearly 2 million members. Anita shares her home
Many of those who cull humane societies searching with two cats - Mouse and Kitty and arefor holiday pets are young men or women looking In tviewr, Rusty Bob.
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