10/22/2026
🎃🚪 **Ding-dong… ding-dong… DING-DONG!** 🚪🎃
For us, Halloween night means costumes, candy, and cute neighbors at the door. For many pets, it means hours of doorbells, knocking, strangers in masks, and a front door that keeps swinging open.That's a recipe for stress, and sometimes for an escape artist bolting into the dark. 😿🐕
Here's how to help your furry family members have a calm, safe Halloween:
🛋️ **Set up a quiet room.** Before the trick-or-treaters arrive, settle your pet in a cozy room away from the front door. Add their bed, water, a favorite toy or chew, and some background noise like soft music or the TV to muffle the doorbell. A closed door keeps them from slipping out unnoticed.
🏷️ **Double-check ID tags.** Make sure your pet is wearing a collar with a current ID tag showing your phone number, even if they're staying inside. If they do get out, a tag is the fastest way for a neighbor to get them home.
📡 **Check that microchip!** A microchip only works if the info connected to it is current. Moved recently? Changed phone numbers? Take a minute to update your registration.
👉 **Not sure your pet's chip is working, or whether they have one at all? We're happy to scan it at your next visit!**
🍬 **Keep the candy bowl out of reach.** Chocolate, sugar-free candy (xylitol!), and wrappers can all cause big problems for curious noses.
🐾 **Know your pet.** Some social pups love greeting every princess and pirate, and that's great! But if your pet seems anxious (pacing, panting, hiding, trembling), give them a break. If your pet has a hard time with noise or visitors, give us a call before the big night. We can talk through options to help them stay comfortable.
Wishing all our Bluff Park families a happy, safe, and spooky Halloween! 👻🧡
📞 Questions? Call us anytime.
