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Tips To Keep Your Pets Pawsitively Safe During The Holidays

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Tips To Keep Your Pets Safe Around Christmas Trees

 

Christmas tree sales are in full swing all around the Charlotte region (and probably most everywhere else). If dogs and/or cats are members of your family, following some basic tips about decorating your tree wil keep your pets safe during the holiday season. Why ruin a happy holiday season by taking chances with your pets' well-being?

 

 7 Easy Christmas Tree Pet Safety Tips: Infographic

 

 

 

Holiday Plants Dangerous To Pets

 

  1. Pine Christmas Trees: opt for a fir or spruce, instead of pine, if you like to put up a live tree. Pine trees aren’t toxic to dogs, but they can be to cats and can cause liver damage and even death. Be sure to sweep up needles every day and cover the tree base with a skirt to block pet from drinking water.

  2. Poinsettias: while not totally toxic to pets, poinsettia leaves produce a sap that can irritate a dog's or cat’s mouth and esophagus.

  3. Holly & Mistletoe:  Holly leaves and berries can cause vomiting, drooling and abdominal pain. If ingested in large amounts, more severe reactions can occur, such as a drop in blood pressure and heart rate, breathing problems, seizures and even death.

 

 

The 12 Dangers Of Christmas For Pets: Infographic 

12 Dangers of Christmas for Pets

 

 

 

6 Tips to Keep Your Dog Safe During Christmas

12 Holiday Safety Tips For Cats

 

 

 

Wishng You & Your Pets A Pawsitively Purr-fect & Safe Meowy Christmas! 

 

 

These tips for Christmas tree pet safety are provided by Nina Hollander and Carolinas Realty Partners with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, your Charlotte metro area residential reasl estate experts and pet parents. We've been opening doors for Charlotte area home buyers and sellers and their pets for 20+ years.

 

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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

George Souto hi George... some pet parents are very careful when it comes to holidays, but then there are those who seem to be clueless.

Dec 06, 2019 02:26 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Beth Atalay thanks, Beth. And you make an excellent point. Wishing you a lovely weekend to come!

Dec 06, 2019 02:27 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Nina- everyone gets so busy during the holidays we can forget the dangers that are there for our pets. Love the infographics. 

Dec 06, 2019 05:15 PM
Diana Dahlberg
1 Month Realty - Pleasant Prairie, WI
Real Estate in Kenosha, WI since 1994 262-308-3563

For those of us furbaby lovers ... these are awesome tips for keeping our pets safe at Christmas.  Thank you for the share.  Very valuable.

Dec 06, 2019 07:52 PM
Marte Cliff
Marte Cliff Copywriting - Priest River, ID
Your real estate writer

Yaur tips are wonderful - especially for those folks who may be new to living with fur babies. No cats here any more, but I do remember one year when the tree came crashing down. Was kitty to blame? I'll never know!

When we first met my son's dog, Puppy, it was Christmastime. He immediately thought that tree was a good place to lift a leg. Fortunately, someone was looking and hollered "NO!"

Between you and my neighbor I'm now feeling guilty - no decorations yet! My husband says he's spotted a nice tree at the back of our property... guess I'd better go take a look.

Dec 06, 2019 08:36 PM
Gordon Crawford
Gordon Crawford Home Selling Team - Morristown, NJ
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Dec 07, 2019 04:54 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
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Kathy Streib hi Kathy... no doubt when accidents occur with pets during holidays it's due to a bit of carelessness in all of the excitement of the season.

Dec 07, 2019 05:39 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
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Marte Cliff hi Marte... your story about Puppy is too funny! Fortunately, our dogs never did that! And fortunately our cats have never bothered any of our trees. I got my trees and decorations up last weekend... I knew if it wasn't done then, it might never be.

Dec 07, 2019 05:41 AM
Marte Cliff

I think he'd never seen a tree in a house before. He'd been living with my son in a motel room ever since he (Puppy) adopted him (my son). He was out in the middle of nowhere in N. Texas where they were building a power line. He saw Chad and said "I'm going with you."

Dec 07, 2019 12:47 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Marte Cliff hi Marte... I firmly believe that when we adopted our cats and dogs, they really selected us and not the other way around.

Dec 08, 2019 04:47 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
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Diana Dahlberg hi Diana... there are things that might harm our fur babies that everyone seems to be aware of... but then there are others that many people don't know about.

Dec 07, 2019 05:42 AM
Diana Dahlberg

I have reshare this great blog on all my social media sites!  Thank you again for this reminder to all who love their pets! 

Dec 07, 2019 09:34 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker

Diana Dahlberg thanks, Diana... for the share. As a pet mom all my life, this is a subject near and dear to my heart.

Dec 08, 2019 04:47 AM
Greg Mona
West USA Realty - Scottsdale, AZ
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Thanks for the great reminders, Nina Hollander. For the first time pretty much ever, we are petless, but in all of the many years we did have our fur babies, sometimes the whole holiday rush would get in the way of good common sense when it came to what was in the house with easy accessibility for the pets. Fortunately, nothing bad ever happened, but thinking back, it certainly could have!   

Dec 07, 2019 01:43 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

 Greg Mona thanks, Greg, for stopping by. We are not petless, but down to only one cat right now... at one time we had two dogs and two cats at the same time. Looking forward to adopting a dog again soon. Happy weekend!

Dec 07, 2019 01:57 PM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
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Hi Nina Hollander 

This is excellent information for all pet lovers. The holidays can be a tough time with al lthe food, decorations, plants, and more. Keeping your pet(s) safe and healthy should be top of mind.

Jeff

Dec 07, 2019 08:21 PM
Anonymous
Dennis Michael Erickson

Thanks Nina, appreciate the thought. So does Nessie the Westie!

Dec 07, 2019 08:46 PM
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MichelleCherie Carr Crowe .Just Call. 408-252-8900
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Family Helping Families Buy & Sell Homes 40+ Years

You are right and thanks for sharing these holiday tips to keep pets safe. 

 

Dec 07, 2019 10:31 PM
Kimo Jarrett
Cyber Properties - Huntington Beach, CA
Pro Lifestyle Solutions

A very informative and invaluable post for pet owners. We have two poodles, yet, didn't know how dangerous the holiday season could be for our pets. Thanks so much for sharing this information. 

Dec 08, 2019 02:21 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Jeff Dowler, CRS good morning, Jeff... so easy to overlook our fur babies in all the hoopla of the holidays.

Dec 08, 2019 04:48 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Michelle Cherie CarrCrowe Just Call...408-252-8900 good morning, Michelle... I try to share pet safety tips around each big hoiday.

Dec 08, 2019 04:49 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Kimo Jarrett good morning, Kimo... thanks and thanks, also, for stopping by and leaving a comment. Wishing you a very happy Sunday!

Dec 08, 2019 04:50 AM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Great tips for the holidays! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Dec 18, 2019 07:41 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Ricki Eichler McCallum thanks, Rickie... and a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours.

Dec 19, 2019 04:29 AM