Thanksgiving Safety Tips

This is the season for holiday feasts for people, but this can also be a time for stress for your pets. Here are some tips to keep your pets happy during the holidays.

Turkey Time
A little turkey may be ok for your pets, just make sure it's well cooked and there are no bones. Cooked poultry bones can be bad your your four legged friends. Undercooked turkey can contain salmonella and can lead to food poisoning for your pets.
Sage Wisdom
Herbs like sage can make your feast taste savory, but these herbs may contain essential oils and resins that can cause gastrointestinal upset and depression if ingested in large quantities - especially cats.

No Yeast for the Beastie
Raw bread dough can be a double whammy for your pets. It can expand in the stomach requiring surgery to remove, and the yeast can create alcohol during fermentation and because their bodies are so much smaller than ours it can easily lead to alcohol poisoning.
Raw Eggs
Cake batter or anything containing raw eggs can cause salmonella in pets just like in humans.
A Little Goes A Long Way
Mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, boneless turkey, or even a small bite of pie may not hurt your dog, but even slightest dietary changes can lead to stomach upset, diarrhea or even worse—a condition of the pancreas known as pancreatitis. Often fat trimmings are the leading cause of this condition. Any dietary changes can upset their digestive system, so keep the splurging to a minimum.
Me Too!
It is often tempting to give them some table scraps while we are chowing down on a feast fit for a king. Often those poor pathetic "sad faces" are too much for us to resist while we are stuffing ourselves. It can be a fun and safe time for them as well during the meal by indulging them with some healthy treats, a long lasting chew, or loading up an interactive toy for them to play with during dinner. These will occupy them while they feel they are getting something special along with everyone else.

Happy and Safe Holidays from the Bigwag Team