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Summer Pet Safety: 3 Hidden Hazards Every Owner Should Know

An x-ray of a dog that ate a grill scrub
Many of us are looking forward to Memorial Day, the traditional start of the summer season. Summer means enjoying the breeze through open windows, barbeques with friends and family, and swimming in the pool or at the beach. But if you are a pet, each one of these summer pleasures can turn into a summer tragedy, requiring a trip to an animal ER like the Level 1 Trauma Center at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center. This blogpost highlights three summer dangers and offers tips to prevent them.

Twelve Days of Pet Holiday Safety

Holiday Celebrations at the Animal Medical Center
As a veterinarian, the ever-popular 18th century English Christmas carol, “The Twelve Days of Christmas” inevitably reminds me of all the potential holiday hazards for your pet. Since we are in the thick of the holiday season, I’ll use that song as inspiration to summarize the risks that holiday celebrations pose to our true loves, our pets.