Mary Allen
For most four-legged friends, New Year’s Eve and the days before and after are pure stress: Because that’s when it starts again when it’s howling, hissing, and banging outside. So prepare yourself in good time for New Year’s Eve with your dog with our tips.
7 Tips for a Relaxed Turn of the Year
- Don’t leave your animal alone! To block out stimuli and noise, draw the curtains and put on music.
- Provide your dog with a snuggly retreat or hiding spot so he feels safe during the fireworks.
- Dogs often remember scents from the mother dog, which puppies already found to be calming and pleasant. These pheromones can be bought in replica form in the form of vaporizers. If you plug it into the socket 1-2 weeks before New Year’s Eve at the four-legged friend’s retreat, the soothing scents will be released in time and can help to calm the dog.
- Behave confidently towards your dog – this is how you show him: Everything is relaxed here! Reward him when he behaves without fear.
- Never punish your four-legged friend for fearful behavior. This only has the opposite effect and causes even more stress.
- Distract your four-legged friend, for example with intelligence toys, snack balls, or treat-finding games. You will see: employment is relaxed!
- In addition to the vaporizer (tip 3), there are other means that can relieve anxiety and stress: For example, tablets with a special mixture of amino acids, magnesium and B vitamins, homeopathic remedies, and Bach flowers. It is best to seek advice from an animal healer or veterinarian, and bear in mind that it can always take a few weeks for the remedies to calm you down.
Signs Your Dog is Scared
Don’t know if your dog is scared? You can tell by this:
- laid ears
- dilated pupils
- panting
- Tremble
- Hide
- bark
- uncleanliness
- pinched rod
- crouched posture
Risk of Escaping
By the way: Being startled, for example by a firecracker, is a common reason for an animal to escape. Therefore, secure your dog with a harness and keep windows and doors closed. Move the walk on a leash to early New Year’s Eve so that the dog is well exhausted and can free itself. Despite good security measures, it can sometimes happen that a dog escapes – not only on New Year’s Eve. It is therefore important that your dog is chipped and registered, for example with FINDEFIX. This is the only way you can be identified as the owner if he is found.