4 Calming Tips to Ensure Stress-Free Pets This Holiday Season

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Do your pets go into excitement overdrive during the holidays? Here are a few tips to make sure your dogs and cats enjoy the festive season without getting stressed.

This time of year we’re not the only ones who go into sensory overload with the sights and sounds of the holiday season. Our pets get bombarded with the same Christmas music, affront of twinkling lights and overall hustle and bustle as do we, and for them it’s about as stressful as trying to figure out what to buy your cranky mother-in-law is for you!

So how do you tackle the ho-ho-holiday horrors for your pet before it all begins? Right off the bat you need to understand that most pets don’t do change-to-the-routine very well. He or she may exhibit signs of being over-stressed well in advance of the big day and you need to be able to recognize those signals in order to defuse them.

Related:The Basics About Dog Body Language

Here are four tips that Fido is starting to freak:

What to do with a nervous pooch during the holidays? Here are four tips to help you both through the season:

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