Him his father's always your dog's sure done small, behavior of plastic carpet runner, or even a piece of carpet. Provide shade and a kiddie pool the A doghouse isn't the same thing as shade. Doghouses get very hot Bring your dog during heat waves. Plant trees or create shade by stretching a tarp between two trees. Dogs enjoy cooling off a pool as much as we do. Exotic animals do not make good companions. They require special care, housing, diet, and maintenance that the average person cannot provide. When the hands of private individuals the animals suffer due to poor care. They also pose safety and health risks to their possessors and any person coming into contact with them. If and when the individual realizes he she can no longer care for exotic pet, he she usually turns to zoos and other institutions such as sanctuaries to relieve him her of the responsibility. However, all the zoos and accredited institutions could not possibly accommodate the number of unwanted exotic animals. Consequently, the majority of these animals are euthanized, abandoned, or doomed to live deplorable conditions. It is absurdly easy to obtain exotic pet. than 1000 Internet sites offer to sell, give care advice, and provide chat rooms where buyers and sellers can haggle over a price. Helping to facilitate the exotic pet trade is the Animal Finders' Guide, which carries ads from dealers, private parties, breeders, ranchers, and zoos offering large cats, monkeys, and other exotic animals for sale. The sellers of these animals, however, make no mention of the state or local laws regulating private possession of exotics, or of the dangers, difficulties, physical and physiological needs of the animals they peddle. The suffering of the animals the hands of unqualified and hapless buyers appears to be of no concern the lucrative exotic pet trade. Exotic animals are inherently dangerous to the individuals who possess them, to their neighbors, and to the community at large. Across the country, incidents have been reported where exotic animals held private hands attacked humans and other animals, and escaped from their enclosure and freely roamed the community. Children and adults have been mauled by tigers, bitten by monkeys, and asphyxiated by snakes. By their very nature, exotic animals are dangerous. Although most exotic animals are territorial and require group interactions, exotic pet typically is isolated and spends the majority of his her day a small enclosure unable to roam and express natural behaviors freely. These animals are time bombs waiting to explode. Monkeys are the most common non-human primates held by private individuals. At the age of two, monkeys begin to exhibit unpredictable behavior. Males tend to become aggressive, and both males and females bite to defend themselves and to establish dominance. Reported have been monkey bites that resulted serious injury to the individual who possessed the animal, to a neighbor, or to a stranger on the street. According to the CDC, 52 people reported being bitten by macaque monkeys between 1990 to 1997. CDC reported, however, that owners of pet macaques are often reluctant to report bite injuries from their pets, even to their medical care providers for fear that their animal be confiscated and possibly killed. Non-domesticated felines, such as lion, tigers, leopards, and cougars, are commonly held as pets. These exotic animals are cute and cuddly when they are but have the potential to kill or seriously injure people and other animals as they grow. Even a seemingly friendly and loving animal can attack unsuspecting individuals. large cats have escaped from their cages and terrorized communities. Several of these incidents have resulted either serious injury to the persons who came contact with the animal, or the death of the animal, or both. Reptiles, including all types of snakes and lizards, pose safety risks to humans as well. incidents have been reported of escapes, strangulations, and bites from pet reptiles across the country. Snakes are the most common pet reptiles about 3% of U.S. households possess 7 million pet reptiles and have the potential