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Sit & Stay: 2023 Halloween Edition
Tips to Help Your Dog Have Fun on Halloween
Heather Straub
October 10, 2023
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In this issue:
🎃 Having fun with your dog on Halloween
🐕🦺 Sit & Stay Pro Tips
❓Poll: Which featured dog costume is your favorite?
😁 Smile Section
🩺 Vet Recommendations
🦇 Our favorite Halloween-themed Amazon products
🍬 Treats
It’s that time again! Either you’ll be handing out candy to ghosts and goblins, walking around with ghosts and goblins, or turning your lights off and avoiding the whole shebang.
If you’re in one of the first two categories, you may have given some consideration to how you’ll include your dog in the festivities. If you have an outgoing pup, you might want to walk them around the neighborhood in costume. If you have a more anxious pup, you may wonder how to keep them from getting stressed out whenever the doorbell rings.
We’ve got a few Sit & Stay Pro Tips to help you and your dog have lots of fun – and stay safe – this Halloween.
Sit & Stay Pro Tips – Halloween Help
Keep Fido away from the treat bowl. 🍬
Chocolate, raisins, and xylitol are toxic to pets. You may not always be able to tell what’s in a piece of candy, so consider having a separate bowl of safe and healthy dog treats for your dog and those who are trick-or-treating.
Use a fake candle in the Jack-o-Lantern. 🎃
If you’ve got a hyperactive pup, consider that when choosing your décor. If there’s a chance that lit decorations might get knocked over, battery-operated tea lights are an excellent alternative.
Consider a microchip or GPS collar. 📡
We’ve met plenty of canine escape artists, and Halloween is a perfect time for them to do the same thing they try to do every night, Pinky. When the door is opening and closing constantly, or your dog is on a leash around a ton of distractions, microchipping or purchasing something like the FitBark GPS tracker offers peace of mind.
Make sure your dog has a safe space. 🛌
If your dog is properly crate trained, they’ll view the space as a quiet retreat rather than a prison. Especially nervous, hyperactive, or aggressive dogs may be happiest locked in their crate for a few hours when the festivities peak.
Which of the featured dog Halloween costumes (found below) is your favorite?Click on your favorite to vote! |
Dog Food and Supplement Recalls
No new recalls announced! 🥳
Poll Results
We asked, and you answered! 42% of participants believe training is the best treatment for aggression.
The Smile Section
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Vet Recommendations — Costume Safety
Check out this article by the American Veterinary Medical Association for some great advice on pet costume safety.
5 Halloween Costumes for Your Dog Available on Amazon
Dress your dog up – but not too much – with a pair of bat wings for $10.99.
Keep it simple but festive with this pair of Halloween bandanas for $12.99.
Turn your dog into the King of the Jungle with a lion’s mane for $11.99.
Instead of barking at the UPS driver, your dog can become the UPS driver for $17.85.
Transform your puppy princess into a mermaid for between $22.99 (extra small) and $31.99 (extra large).
5 Halloween Treats for Your Dog Available on Amazon
Toys are treats, too! Grab this hide-and-seek Halloween toy set for $16.99.
Milk-Bone has a bucket of spooky dog biscuits for $6.99.
Get three plush, Halloween-themed Skinny Peltz toys for $19.99.
These pumpkin treats are also pumpkin-shaped and just $9.19.
Spoil your pup (and freshen their breath) with fall-themed dental chews for $8.99.
Treats
🏃 Collie does parkour with the best of them: Watch this Collie scale this urban landscape with ease next to his human.
👦 Good boys lead to good boys (and girls): Education professionals think that therapy dogs in the classroom could help improve children’s well being.
Want your dog to be featured?
We’d love to!
Think your dog can make us smile? Submit a pic to [email protected] for a chance to see your pet in our Smile Section!