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New Year’s Resolutions for Pet Owners : Ways to Help Your Pet Thrive in 2025 and Beyond

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The start of a new year can be an excellent time to reflect, set goals, and plan for the future. As the year begins, you may find yourself making New Year’s resolutions – decisions to do things that will improve your life and the lives of those around you. If you own a pet, your New Year’s resolutions can include decisions that will enhance your pet’s life and safeguard their future. 


Whether it’s the start, middle, or end of the year, it’s never too late to make resolutions to improve your pet’s life and protect their wellbeing. Consider these three ideas for pet-focused New Year’s resolutions: 


1. New year, new lifestyle? Consider your pet’s access to affection and play


Is your pet’s lifestyle appropriate for their needs? Lifestyle resolutions can include increasing or maintaining activities that your pet enjoys. For example:


  • Making time in your schedule to play with your pet and give them affection

  • Creating opportunities for your pet to spend time outside

  • Where applicable, socializing your pet with other pets (e.g. visiting a dog park) 


2. Physical and emotional environment: consider what changes are in your control


Is your pet in the right physical and emotional environment? When evaluating your pet’s physical environment, consider how much space they have at home, whether they are comfortable, and whether they are exposed to safety risks. When evaluating your pet’s emotional environment, consider the people in your pet’s day-to-day life, how they treat your pet, and whether they have your pet’s best interests at heart. 


Sometimes, your physical and emotional environment might be out of your control. When this is the case, it can help to rely on resources until you enter a better situation. For example, the Toronto Humane Society’s Urgent Care program provides temporary pet foster care for pet owners facing a short-term crisis at home. A short-term crisis can include fleeing domestic violence or abuse, facing housing instability or homelessness, or being admitted to a care facility for health treatment. 


3. Plan for the future: get a free pupnup with Pro Bone-O Pet Dispute Clinic


Do you share a pet with another person? If so, it is important to establish a plan in case your relationship changes or breaks down. Pro Bone-O Pet Dispute Clinic can help you record this plan in a pupnup, a free, simple agreement outlining your intentions for pet custody and care.  


No matter the time of year, it is never too late to make resolutions that will improve your pet’s well-being and secure the future you want for them.

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