@cat_the_vet Five Reasons Why Dogs End Up In The Emergency Vets Over Christmas - And How To Avoid Them 🤢 Tummy Upsets And I don’t mean poisoning from Christmas foods, I mean just general tummy upset because of all the rich food, treats and extra things we have in the house at this time of year. So while it is tempting to share all the fabulous Christmas food with our pets, do try to keep it to a minimum! You can treat them, just keep it to doggy treats instead of human ones. 🩹 Wounds Us humans do a lot of extra socialising at this time of year and we often take our dogs along with us but sometimes our dogs don’t always get on as well with our human friend dogs, as we do with our human friends! All we have to do is be respectful of our dogs and their personal space. 🍫 Christmas Foods Of course all the Christmas food makes this list as well! Accidents definitely do happen and call your vet if you’re ever worried but generally working to keep things out of reach is the key! 🦮Lameness This is all about overdoing the exercising and the dreaded ‘Christmas walk’! Most dogs can cope with a little bit of extra exercise but sometimes for our older pets sticking to their routine as much as possible is actually the best way forward, or just leaving them at home just snooze by the fire while we work off all those calories! 🎄 Eating The Decorations Christmas decorations are very tempting toys for our pets they’re shiny, they’re sparkly and often they’re shape just like balls! But they can cause a lot of damage if they get smashed inside their mouths or stuck inside their stomachs. It’s impossible to keep an eye on our pets all of the time, but trying to limit any unsupervised access to things like fairy lights and the Christmas tree is a very good idea . However, I hope none of this happens to you or your pets and you have a peaceful and stress free Christmas with your families! #christmasadvice #catthevet ♬ original sound - Cat The Vet