Thanksgiving Tips

Well, Mike just completed his training class for this year. He'll be conducting one time, subject specific classes later in November and December. The holidays tend to be a time when people become too busy for regular, structured class so this gets in training but relieves us all of the time commitment.

We were talking about Thanksgiving Tips and these were some that were shared.

• If you are boarding your dog for the holidays it is usually better for them to stick to their regular home food. Send your own food to the boarding facility; each meal individually bagged and labeled. This makes it easy for the staff.
• Still on food...do not feed table scraps or a special Thanksgiving meal to your canine. I know this sounds great but their digestive tracks may become upset and cause you alarm and possible bills at an emergency clinic.
• If your canine companion stresses easily when the suitcases come out of the closets then take them to the facility BEFORE packing. Think of suitcases from the dog's point of view...those empty containers come out of the closets...my humans fill them up...and they leave me. If the suitcases wait until the dog has left the house some of the stress may be alleviated.
• If you are traveling with your canine companion, make sure they have proper identification on their collars. If they have a tracking device make sure it is activated and has current contact information.

So, those are just some thoughts and ideas the class chatted about before the end of class. If you have other thoughts please post them so we can all share.

Wendy