Top 10 Ways to Show Your Pet You Love Them
1.Spay/Neuter Your Pet. Altered pets live longer healthier lives. You can end overpopulation and pave the way to a no-kill Houston.
2. Get Your Animals Registered. Make sure they wear their tags all the time. Consider tattooing and/or microchipping your animals and make sure all your local shelters check for tattoos and scan for microchips on incoming animals.
3. Keep Your Pets Vaccinated. Keep your dogs consistently on heartwarm preventative.
4. Play With Your Animals. Give them attention and acknowledge that you are the center of their world. They need your energy and time. Backyard dogs are sad, lonely dogs.
5. Train Your Dog to be a canine good citizen. Call Special Pals for training information (713-579-PETS).
6. Keep Your Cats Indoors. Life expectancy for indoor cats is 15-20 years. Outside cats average only FIVE.
7.Don't Declaw Your Cat. It is a painful amputation. There are many furniture saving solutions.
8. Feed Your Animals Quality Food. Nutrition affects their health, mood and ability to learn just like it does ours.
9. Find A Good Veterinarian Who Doesn't Mind Answering Your Questions About Your Pet. She or he can be your pet's second best friend.
10. Be Vocally and Financially Supportive Of Your Local No-Kill Shelter. You want to be sure that it is there when you need it. Even more, your pet's life may depend on it. ----from Special Pals
