10/28/2026
🎃 Safety plan:
• Use crate, gate, or place in another room behind closed door.🚪
• Keep 🐶 inside while you give 🍬 outside.
• Keep collar with tags on.
• Post a “lost pet” flyer on your🚪🪟.
• Lock fence gates to prevent escape.🔐
• Offer chew, Kong, lickimat, Snufflemat.
• Keep 🍫, wrappers and 🕯out of reach.
• Look for 🍬, wrappers, hazards on walks.
• Cut candy bags on all sides & tighten lids to Prevent Pet Suffocation.
• Opt for treat bags you can cut up over pumpkin buckets: pets or wildlife can get their head stuck in a bucket.
⏰ Schedule walks well before trick or treat time. Check that leash, collar & harness are snug and securely attached.
⚠️ Darting out the door is the top way Shelties are lost when people visit. Your dog may react unpredictably, even if they were “fine” last year.❤️
*Dogs can have strong, unexpected reactions to people in costumes, even people they know, incl. barking, growling, lunging, snapping, bolting, or other fear reaction that could generalize.
*Animals may find costumes stressful. Be sure it does not interfere with ability to breathe, see, hear, move, has no pieces that may be swallowed, and cannot get twisted or caught on something creating an asphyxiation hazard.
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