Grilling Safety with Pets Around

It's that time of the year again where the air gets warmer and you find yourself outside enjoying the weather as much as you can. The grill becomes a staple in your cooking routine with the whole family outside enjoying the weather. Your pooches running around playing ball and enjoying the time spent with family. How do you keep them away from the hot grill though with all that delicious smelling food?

Depending on your dog this could be a difficult task to accomplish. Our pooches love the delicious smell of hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill and it is a challenge keeping their delicate noses back from the flame. Below are a few tips to help keep your dogs back while still allowing them to enjoy the beautiful weather.

Fence off the Grilling Area- While it may be difficult to bring food back and forth through a fenced off area, it is the safest way to keep not only dogs, but the kiddos away from the hot grill as well without having to restrain or keep them cooped up inside when the weather is so beautiful.

Train Them to Stay Away-Even when the grill is not on, you should teach them that the area with the grill is a no fly zone. If not your pups won't understand why they are allowed over there sometimes and not others. By simply training them that the grill area is off limits 100% of the time will save you a ton of stress.

NEVER Give Them Food Straight From the Grill- Just like training them to stay away from the grill, if you give them some of your food, make sure they don't see that it came from the grill. Dogs are not stupid and will know that the grill houses food which will make it that much harder to keep them away.