Don't Forget Your Pets During The Holidays

As the holiday season advances, families participate in their annual celebrations. Parties are common, family gatherings dominating most calendars. Christmastime is a time for families, and a time that every family member wants to make special for every other family member.

Our time is full during the holidays, with all the celebrations, all the shopping, the pageants, the religious services, and the holiday parties. Most of us stay very busy, our habits altered completely, and we understand that these changes in our lifestyle are short-lived. At least, most of us understand this

Our pets, those family members we sometimes forget to think about, probably don't understand all the changes in the family routine at this time of year. They find comfort in our habits.

Our dogs know when to expect their food, each day. And they'll wait by the door, excited, when they know that it's time to go out with us for exercise.

Our cats are very sensitive to routine, and know exactly when they should be fed. If we miss a usual activity with them, they're likely to come looking for us, to alert us that something has changed.

The canary in its cage may be banging on its bell at odd hours, not used to being alone in the evenings, when the family is normally home.

If we change our habits, suddenly, as often happens during the holidays, all of our pets may react in strange and unusual ways. Dogs, even adult dogs, may begin to chew on toys or shoes for the first time in years. Cats who are confused may hide in unusual places, or call out, loudly, as though they are in pain. Birds may eat less or not at all.

We don't have to forego holiday celebrations just to appease our pets. But we do need to be mindful that they have no idea what's happening to the routines and habits they've grown used to, over the years. The best thing we can do for our pets is to show them a little bit more love, over the course of the Christmas season, so that they know we still think of them.

The stress our pets feel over the holidays can be minimized, if we remember that they are family members whose love we should be celebrating, too.

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