Alaska is an extreme place to live, especially for pets. Winter’s freezing temperatures, long nights and large amounts of ice and snow can be harsh, if not deadly, and it’s important to take the right precautions in keeping pets warm, safe and healthy this season.
Safety starts with keeping track of your animals. No matter how well trained they are, local regulations require all domestic animals be restrained to their own property. This goes for cats, dogs, chickens, rabbits and so on. This protects animals from getting lost, injured, frostbite, falling through ice or freezing to death when they can’t be found.
Even though dogs get pretty excited when they see the first snow, a good question to ask is…