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Training Your Dog to Enjoy—or Endure—the Holiday!
What you can do to minimize confusion for your dog during the holiday season.
Trees, candles, company, travel. Can you guess what month we’re in? December represents a spectrum of human emotions and activities. From decorating and entertaining to travel and vacation time, it is a month to enjoy the pleasure of traditions, family and friends. For dogs and other pets, holidays are exciting but a bit confusing. Trees—normally perfectly good places to pee near—are brought indoors. Soft, colorful ornaments dangle temptingly. Visitors come and go, kids are wound up and the daily routines get shaken up like a snow globe. It’s enough to make even the most laid back dog wonder what all the fuss is about. What to do? Take a moment to extend some holiday compassion your pet’s way. Let’s look at how the holiday chaos looks from…
Sarah Hodgson
5:51 pm on Monday, December 12, 2011
Kudos- hard to do with an exuberant lab. Love that name too! I find a pre-party walk does wonders for the lot of us...Happy holidays! more ›