8 Tips to Keep Your Pets Safe This Halloween
Halloween is fast approaching with scary creatures, fun costumes, and of course candy in the home! It is definitely a popular holiday for people, but let’s not forget our beloved pets. Here are 8 safety tips to remember when it comes to Halloween and our fury, family members. 1. Candy Chocolate of any kind is a big no, no for cats and dogs. Chocolate can cause vomiting, diarrhea, increased heart rate, seizures, and even death. It is best to avoid giving your pets anything that has chocolate in it. Artificial sweeteners like Xylitol are also deadly, especially in dogs where they have been known to cause liver damage. Keep the candy out of harm’s way. 2. Outdoors Halloween is known to have its share of pranksters and mischievous persons. They do not
A Foster’s Story – Diana
My name is Diana, and I’m a foster for Anthem Pets Animal Rescue. I’m a retired 911 Police Dispatcher and moved to Arizona from San Diego in November 2021. Along with my adult son who co-owns our house, we have 10 dogs of our own, mostly seniors who we rescued from a kill shelter in San Bernardino in 2014 and 2015. We adopted and rescued about 35 small-ish dogs from there, many whom were only hours or moments away from euthanasia. We rehabbed them and adopted out most of them, but we did keep five of them, and four are still with us! We also adopted Greyhounds who were rescued from the Caliente Racetrack in Tijuana through two different Greyhound Rescue groups in San Diego. My son volunteered with one of
8 Tips to Keep Your Pets Safe This Halloween
Halloween is fast approaching with scary creatures, fun costumes, and of course candy in the home! It is definitely a popular holiday for people, but
A Foster’s Story – Diana
My name is Diana, and I’m a foster for Anthem Pets Animal Rescue. I’m a retired 911 Police Dispatcher and moved to Arizona from San
A Foster’s Story – Angela
Take a Chance This Fall and Fall into Fostering! How did I get into fostering? I work in the public school system and
A Foster’s Story – Sara
I have fostered pets on and off for 15 years, and for Anthem Pets for the last 3 years. I got started by reaching out
Be the YES in a Pet’s Life – Foster
Can you love and nurture a pet until we find it a FOREVER HOME? Fostering is LIFE or DEATH for lost and abandoned pets. When