Making a Home Safe
Making a Home Safe
Make your home safe for your new puppy.
- Eliminate potential hazards/chemicals around the house and store them in safe places
- Keep breakable objects out of reach.
- Puppies like to chew so remove things that a puppy could ingest.
- Put up puppy gates in areas that are off limits or not safe for your puppy.
- Deny access to electrical cords by hiding or covering them; make outlets safe with plastic outlet plugs.
- Keep the following house and garden plants out of reach: poinsettias, azaleas, rhododendrons, dumb cane, Japanese yew, oleander and English ivy among others.
- In the garage, be sure engine lubricants and other poisonous chemicals (especially antifreeze) are safely stored.
- If you own a pool or hot tub, check the cover or the surrounding fence to be sure they’re in good condition.
- If you provide your puppy with an outdoor kennel, place it in an area that provides sun and shelter in the pen.