Gardens and yards are wonderful places to relax with your family, including your dog. But is your yard safety-proofed for your dog? Although it’s not possible to rid your yard of every potential danger, there are a few simple steps that you can take that can help improve your yard’s safety for your dog.
BASIC SAFETY
- Don’t leave garden tools out. Dogs can bite, or step on, rakes, hoes and trowels and other garden tools and hurt themselves. They can also get tetanus (lock jaw) from dirty scrapes.
- Secure garbage bins and composts. Teach your puppy or dog to relieve him/herself in a spot away from this space and clean up after him regularly.
- Puppies are curious and love to explore, so they should always be supervised when outside and corrected in behaviors you do not want to encourage (such as eating plants, digging in the garden).
- Clear mushrooms from the yard and grass as most wild mushrooms are highly toxic to dogs.
- Secure pesticides and chemicals away from their reach and use sparingly (see details below).
Reduce dangers at a dog’s eye level
Examine your yard from a dog’s point of view to remove or fix things that could hurt them accidentally.
Slowly walk around your yard looking for sharp rocks, uneven stone work, pit holes and other obstacles that could hurt your dogs feet or trip them up.
Sit on the ground and look around for hazards such as protruding nails sticking out of decks, fences
Trim pointy branches or thorny bushes that can damage a dog’s eyes or cause injury to their noses, or mouths.
Other tips
Raised garden beds can help teach a dog what areas they are allowed in and which they are not. It will help protect your plants as well.
If your dog likes digging, make a digging pit for him, preferably in a shaded location.
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