The Blue Cross has identified the Top 10 household hazzards for pets so please becareful........

Falls from balconies/windows (common cause of multiple fractures and deaths)
Kitchen scalds and burns (cats walking across hobs and knocking over pans)
Cleaning products (can be highly toxic if swallowed and can also be harmful to skin)
Swallowing objects (video tape or cotton thread can become entangled in intestines)
Heavy objects falling (cats and dogs can topple unsecured bikes and plant pots)
Garden and garage (slug pellets, BBQ lighting fluid and antifreeze are all highly toxic)
Bin raiding (bones and other sharp objects such as tin cans can cause severe injury)
You! (people shutting pets in doors, stepping on them, children dropping them)
Electrical wires (pets chewing through wires and getting electric shocks)
Washing machines/spin dryers/car engines (cats climb into them and when started they can cause serious injury or death)

lol, shouldn't laugh really,but have to tell you about my Kass - she seems to like the mild electric shock you get from telephone wire!!! I've tried alsorts to stop her getting at it, but it seems like everyday she's had a go at it!!! Good job it's only low voltage!!!!! It doesn't hurt her- i've walked in to the hall and caught her at it!!! Waggy tail saying 'look at me mum!!" I'm hoping she'll grow out of it (moving house hopefully soon - will be able to put cable under floor) but for now at least it's a good job I'm an electrician!!! lol

On a more sensible note - we seem to have everything else under control, everythings on high level (never imagined the bin would live on the work surfaces before we got her) or locked away! But your post did make me have a quick scout round for all dangers!!!
Thanks,
love Kayley
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My grandparents have a little terrier. When she was a puppy she had a roasting tin full of boiling water thrown over her (accidently!) and then when she recovered from that she ate rat poison from next doors garden and almost died. She's nearly 15 now! I answered the door the other day and came back to find Oscar had got a box of Lemsip off the side in the kitchen. Luckily he had only chewed the outer box and the sachets were in tact.