It’s Valentine’s Weekend!  A weekend full of love and cuddles – especially with your furry, feathered and scaled friends!  In our blog, Valentine’s Safety Tips for Prosper Pet Parents, we want to share some quick, must know safety tips to ensure a great weekend!

Valentine’s Safety Tips for Your Prosper Cat Parents

• Avoid Lilies giving – and receiving – in your feline homes!  If you do receive Lilies as a gift, be sure to put them in a room where your cats do not hang out!  Lilies are arguably the most dangerous plants for our cat friends – every part of the plant is toxic and all it takes is a tiny taste or a lick of pollen-covered paws.
• Also keep an eye out for those beautiful roses – thorns can get embedded in mouths and paws.
• Watch the gift wrap! Be sure to throw away ribbon, string, and packaging that your cat may be attracted to!  Cats are notorious for cutely playing with shiny and crinkly gift wrap supplies – but ingesting these items can cause stomach blockages and other dangers.
• If you have a cat that samples all the food – be sure to keep chocolate, candy, treats sweetened with xylitol and other unsafe for your cat foods off the counters and table tops!  There is nothing romantic about ending up in the pet ER on Valentine’s weekend!
• Keep an eye on romantic candles and flames – never leave them unaccompanied to avoid playful curiosity or accidental falls

Valentine’s Safety Tips for Your Prosper Dog Parents

• Keep the chocolate away from your pups and out of reach or sniffing curiosity.  Dark Chocolate and Sugar Free sweets are the worst.  Be especially careful with any sweets that include xylitol.
• If you are going to light candles, be sure to keep them up high away from excited tail wags and bumps against tables.  We also recommend being cautious with any candles that are scented like food!
• Be careful when sharing your human food – we recommend dog-specific treats made with human grade, pet safe ingredients!  Keep onions, garlic, grapes, and alcohol to yourself.  Rich and fatty foods should also be avoided and kept clear from your pups!
• Be careful with your bouquets of roses – especially if the thorns are still in tact!  Curious pups can get stuck on spikey thorns or end up with them embedded in paws, mouths and fur.
• Stuffed animals look remarkably like stuffed dog toys but they often have extra accessories, sequins, plastic eyes and noses and more that can cause choking hazards and bowel impactions in your pups!  Keep them out of reach this Valentine’s.

How to Create the Perfect Valentine’s Weekend for Prosper Pet Parents

• Take a trip to your local pet store and pick up some fun Valentine’s Toys for your cats and dogs!  Give them gifts of fun, enrichment and play!
• Pick up some Valentine Pet Treats while you are there or visit a local pet bakery to pick up pet safe yummy treats for them!  Instead of sharing your special treats – give them their own!
• Wrap their gifts in a fun repurposed box and crinkly paper wrap so they can unwrap them and dig a bit too!
• Make your pet some yummy Valentine treats from scratch!  Check out this video from Gone to the Snow Dogs to make some Strawberry and Cream Gummy Dog Treats.

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