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ck out our Pet board @ pinterest.com/IHmagazine Wash everything!
Bones can be washed in the sink with a

gentle soap and warm water.Allow to air dry.
Bedding, soft toys, collars and leashes

can be machine washed on gentle cycle
with a gentle soap. Allow to air dry in the
sun to kill any odor causing bacteria.

inCLthEeADNOINGGHBOeUgiSnsE Sort and throw away any broken,
I By Mary Tully, www.tullystraining.com chewed up, nasty toys
don’t know about you, but in our house, comes to this big job. My goal is to have
When I ask my clients to show me
most of the spring cleaning involves guests in our home not immediately know their dog’s toys, usually I am pointed to a
giant basket of dirty, chewed up reminders
cleaning up after our dog, Kai.To say that that we share our house with a 95-pound of what used to be recognizable belongings.
It’s time to throw those away. Go into the
he sheds a lot would be an understatement. bear-dog. I hope you all benefit from these yard, scour the house, gather up every toy
your pet has and start sorting.
Since I am a dog trainer by trade, over the ideas so that you may bask in the glory that
If you don’t know what the toy is
years I’ve come up with a routine when it is a fur-free sofa! supposed to look like — toss it. If it’s small
enough to be swallowed — toss it. If it has
parts of it chewed off — toss it. Not only
are these things cluttering up your home,
you don’t want your dog or cat ingesting
non-food items. If you see evidence that
this is happening, either toss the toy or set
it aside and use it only as a supervised toy.

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