A responsible owner makes sure his home is safe for his pets, especially if you've just brought home purchased or adopted Bichon Frise Dogs. Even when you think your home is already plenty safe, you can do more. Below are guides you can keep in mind when cleaning up or tidying up your home to make it a place to keep your Bichon Frise Dogs safe and healthy.
Crawl around indoors to spot dangerous items within dog-reach. You need to do this room per room, looking for items your dog can chew or bite and pull, or run into. These include electrical cords, scissors, medicine, cleaning fluids, foil, and plants that could poison your pet. Dogs love to chew on things - rugs, toys, clothes, newspapers, your early and final drafts, and your mail. If you don't want it chewed out, keep it elsewhere. Remember that not every item your dog can swallow will pass into its poop, so that means surgery.
You should look into child gates and their benefits for your dogs. Having a child gate lets you watch over your dogs, in a way that isolates them and keep them out of trouble. Some child gates are just grilled half-doors, you can look for online or ask for them in pet stores. This set up prevents the dogs jumping over but does not prevent them from having company. Be sure to put the pups back in their crate or pen when you are not watching them anymore You have to stick to this, should you get a child gate, until pups are through the teething stage and are done being house trained. Give it an entire month or so.
Use chew repellants. Believe me there will be items that you don't want your dog to touch, but you can't move or hide anywhere else. For those you may want to try using chew repellant sprays, which you can purchase from most pet stores. Some work better than others, so it's up to you to read the customer reviews and buy appropriately. The moment you see your dog or pup chewing on something is probably a sign it will chew on something else tomorrow. Go around the house and decide which items you don't want your dog experimenting with its teeth on, and spray accordingly.
Keep waste baskets and trash receptacles firmly closed or covered. There are all sorts of possibly dangerous and sharp objects in the trash that your dog's may chew on and swallow. Prevention is the best bet, keep them always firmly closed or covered. As for low cabinets your dog can probably open, you need baby locks on them.
Crawl around indoors to spot dangerous items within dog-reach. You need to do this room per room, looking for items your dog can chew or bite and pull, or run into. These include electrical cords, scissors, medicine, cleaning fluids, foil, and plants that could poison your pet. Dogs love to chew on things - rugs, toys, clothes, newspapers, your early and final drafts, and your mail. If you don't want it chewed out, keep it elsewhere. Remember that not every item your dog can swallow will pass into its poop, so that means surgery.
You should look into child gates and their benefits for your dogs. Having a child gate lets you watch over your dogs, in a way that isolates them and keep them out of trouble. Some child gates are just grilled half-doors, you can look for online or ask for them in pet stores. This set up prevents the dogs jumping over but does not prevent them from having company. Be sure to put the pups back in their crate or pen when you are not watching them anymore You have to stick to this, should you get a child gate, until pups are through the teething stage and are done being house trained. Give it an entire month or so.
Use chew repellants. Believe me there will be items that you don't want your dog to touch, but you can't move or hide anywhere else. For those you may want to try using chew repellant sprays, which you can purchase from most pet stores. Some work better than others, so it's up to you to read the customer reviews and buy appropriately. The moment you see your dog or pup chewing on something is probably a sign it will chew on something else tomorrow. Go around the house and decide which items you don't want your dog experimenting with its teeth on, and spray accordingly.
Keep waste baskets and trash receptacles firmly closed or covered. There are all sorts of possibly dangerous and sharp objects in the trash that your dog's may chew on and swallow. Prevention is the best bet, keep them always firmly closed or covered. As for low cabinets your dog can probably open, you need baby locks on them.
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It falls on your shoulders to keep your home free of items and set ups that could end up harming your dog. If your housed is filled with unsafe items, your Bichon Frise Dogs, which are often full of energy, might get into trouble. Keep these tips in mind as you go around your house to reduce or remove items that could pose harm to your Bichon Frise Dogs.
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