Ten Things In Your Home That Will Kill Your “Puppy Dog“?

Puppy Dogs are curious about everything that they can scent or get their paws into. Home Puppy Dogs are by nature scavengers, which mean they can find and eat just about anything left lying around. We must help Puppy Dogs avoid numerous harmful substances in many homes that can and do kill them. Here is a review of the ten top household substances that are known to be fatal to your puppy dog.

Antifreeze - Antifreeze kills numerous puppy dogs each year because it smells and tastes good to your puppy dog. Ethylene glycol the component in antifreeze is harmful and each month, numerous puppy dogs are killed when they lick it.

Chocolate - This is something that many puppy dog owners forget of having in the house and even give it to the dog as a snack when they themselves are eating it not knowing that it can kill the puppy dog. It does require a big amount of chocolate to really kill your puppy dog, when you get a puppy dog accustomed to the scent and flavor of it and you leave it all over; the puppy dog can and will get into a entire bag of chocolates and you may have a hard time. A dog getting into a large store of chocolates especially during the holidays when chocolates are probable left out during at Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter and you create an opportunity for hazard.
Bleach - Many kitchens and laundry areas have bleach items lying around in cupboards or on low shelves like below sinks. Household bleach is harmful to puppy dogs. Always hide all products that contain bleach out of the reach of your puppy dog.

Tylenol - It just takes as teeny as two Tylenol tablets to kill a little puppy dog. Puppy Dogs do not possess the liver enzymes to digest acetaminophen (Tylenol).

Watch Batteries - These are abundant around a house and can be left out without knowing. When your puppy dog explores the battery and swallows it there can be a potentially fatal sore in the stomach within 12 hours of the dog swallowing the battery. ALL alkaline batteries are harmful to puppy dogs!

Mothballs - Mothballs contain an insecticide that can cause central nervous system discomfort and promotes seizures in a puppy dog. Once the mothballs are metabolized, they can cause to liver failure.

Fabric Softeners and laundry detergents - All kinds of home detergents and fabric softeners are harmful to puppy dogs. Fabric softeners are highly dangerous and can cause lethargy, vomiting, muscle weakness and even coma.

Mouthwash - Many mouthwashes carry boric acid, which is another material that is highly dangerous to puppy dogs.

Peach Pits and other fruit seeds are harmful to puppy dogs, so be certain to dispose any seeds or pits after eating the fruit in a container that is dog-proof.

Household Plants - There are many houseplants that are harmful to puppy dogs including poinsettias, ferns, aloe, ivy, lilies, and devil’s ivy. Most of these plants are deadly if a puppy dog swallows them.

Knowledge of what can injure our puppy dogs and keeping them safe is very important. Basic solution is to get these substances out of the reach of puppy dogs at all times; not only when we are storing them, but when we are using them too. It is too easy forgetting to put these items away. We must be careful in keeping the dangers to our puppy dogs and to put a list of the harmful substances up in sight where we can be reminded everyday to always be careful with these items for the safety of our lovely puppy dogs.