Pets and Thanksgiving Food: A Reminder

Americans love their pets and spoil them to the tune of billions of dollars a year, but there is one way we should not over indulge our hairy babies: with Thanksgiving food.

The Humane Society says veterinarians see a spike in sick pets during the holidays, in large part because holiday meal table scraps can make dogs and cats really sick.  Vets say even small amounts of scraps can lead to big problems for pets.

Turkey bones can break and lodge in pets' throats and the sodium in ham can set off an upset stomach, fat drippings from a turkey pan on pet food and pumpkin can cause big tummy problems.  Plus, raisins and grapes are about the worst things you can feed dogs and cats because they can cause kidney failure, and that can kill pets.

Pets are too dumb to know this ahead of time. They don't have a stellar American Education System like we do.

If you feel the need to spoil Spot and Fluffy, there are homemade treat recipes online that are easy to make.