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Miss Fido Manners Offers Dog Etiquette Tips For A Cool Summer
Miss Fido Manners Offers Dog Etiquette Tips For A Cool Summer
Charlotte Reed (pet care expert, magazine columnist and
radio and television pet care personality) offers canine
etiquette tips to urban dog owners.
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 9, 2004 -- Miss Fido Manners is
a firm believer in practicing pet etiquette all year around,
especially in the summer when urban pet owners are spending
more time with their pets on the streets and traveling to
weekend retreats.
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Miss Fido Manners with her dog Burberry
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“Summer with its sunny skies and early Fridays, is the best
time of the year to spend more time with your dog. Whether
you are taking your urban pooch for a long walk to explore
a new neighborhood or visiting a weekend retreat, though,
being out and about more means being mindful of your manners”,
says Miss Fido Manners. “Remember that you and your pet are
goodwill ambassadors for dogs and their owners. Make a favorable
impression by obeying local health ordinances (i.e. pooper
scooper, licensing and leash laws) and having a clean, well
mannered pet.”
Miss Fido Manners offers up eight tips to polish up your
pet performance in the summer’s heat, when manners have a
tendency to get lost in the pack.
1. Walking the Dog Walk. With the hot weather, the city
is an urban jungle thick with tourists. Don’t create chaos
on city streets with a frolicking dog. Use a four or six
foot leash for control walking on crowded sidewalks. Use
a retractable leash in the park so that your pet can romp
and run ahead.
2. Doggy Doos. Be kind to others city dwellers by always
picking up after your dog using a plastic bag that can be
tied or sealed to contain the unpleasant odor. Deposit in
appropriate waste receptacles.
3. Help Keep Your Neighborhood Beautiful. Volunteers spend
many hours and dollars to our neighborhoods looking good.
Give’ em a break. Keep your canine out of neighborhood tree
pits. Their tramping can destroy delicate flowers, and their
fertilizer is not the kind that residents wish to see or
smell!
4. Meet and Greet. Although it is always fun to meet and
greet new pet parents and their charges, do so politely
and carefully. Ask other dog owners if their dog is friendly
before allowing the canines to approach and sniff each other.
5. Make friends not enemies. Be on your best behavior by
bringing a healthy, parasite-free and social dog to the
dog run. While at the dog park, never reprimand or give
food to another person’s canine. Most importantly, don’t
bring toys to the dog park unless you want to share them
or don’t mind them being destroyed.
6. Eating out. We all love to eat outside when the weather
gets warmer, so why shouldn't your dog? Show consideration
for others; take your dog to a restaurant only if she is
not going to bark for attention, beg for food, and generally
annoy other patrons. And don't expect your waiter to service
your pet. Bring your pet's own accoutrements like portable
feeing bowls. Leave at least a 20% tip for those waiters
who provide excellent, pet-friendly service to you.
7. Be a Good Guest. When visiting family and friends or
a fashionable weekend retreats, don’t assume a weekend invitation
is for you and your dog. Call and confirm that your four-legged
friend is a welcome addition and that she can enjoy herself
without creating stress for you, your hosts or their other
invited guests. Travel with a housebroken dog, bring all
pet supplies necessary, and take care that nothing in your
host’s home is destroyed, broken or covered in fur during
your stay. Also, just in case, find out the name of a local
pet sitter or dog kennel by visiting the websites of the
National Association of Professional Pet Sitters (www.petsitters.org)
or Pet Sitters International (www.petsit.com)
or the American Boarding Kennel Association (www.abka.com).
Within 24 hours of your departure, send a thank you card
from both of you.
8. Travel with social graces. When staying at a B&B or
a hotel, make cleaning up after your pet as easy as possible
for yourself, your pet and the housekeeping staff. Feed
your pooch in the bathroom so that messes can be easily
wiped off the tile floor, and carry some moist towelettes
in your luggage to wipe up the crumbs or slobber. Keep your
pet in the crate when housekeeping is cleaning up your room.
If your dog likes to sleep with you in bed, bring an extra
sheet or blanket to prevent shedding or soiling on the linens.
Most importantly, when you check out make sure you leave
your room like you found it when you arrived – intact!
Charlotte Reed is a pet expert and columnist for several
magazines including Fido Friendly Magazine where she pens
the Dear Miss Fido Manners column. She is a firm believer
that well-behaved pets are more pleasant to be around; are
treated better by everyone get invited to more places including
restaurants and parties. "
To schedule an interview with Miss Fido Manners, telephone
Two Dogs & A Goat Incorporated at 212-966-5225.
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