Moving is an exciting period for you and your family. It’s been weeks of house hunting and negotiations with agents and home owners. You have finally chanced upon your dream home and now have to start planning the move. You have figured out the date and time of the move and have also booked packers and movers for it.

The next would be to prepare a safe move for the pets you love. Pets could go through immense stress during the move and as veterinarian James Morrisey says, “Cats and dogs are great at picking up stress from human beings.” We mention some of the things you could pre plan for your pets move.

Prepare them for the move

Your pets are the first to pick up if something is wrong with you or in general. If you lose it while packing or are generally stressed, your dog or cat would detect it. Their erratic behavior could only make the moving worse.

As New York Times suggests, it’s better to play it safe and remain calm around your animals. They are used to the idea of a stable home and directly pushing them into a lot of stress is not a good idea.

Don’t pack at one go

The pets are around you all the time and a sudden change in the house would rile them up. Start packing a lot before the date of the move and does it slow.

Make a plan of packing different rooms of the house and that should not get them stressed. If you need to do some major chunk of the packing and worry about them being around, ask your partner to take the pets out for a walk.

Try to introduce them to a kennel

You would have let your pet to move around as much as it can. The thought of introducing them to a kennel has not been great to you and wanted to avoid it as well.

But, it might be an advisable time to try it out. It could help you in bringing down the stress of the move on yourself and the pets as well. Do not leave them in the kennel alone and not when you are away from home. Be around when it’s done to let them feel it’s safe and no danger can come to them.

Go for a professional

This may not be economical at a time of a move, but when there is a need it’s better to hire a professional. When you have a lot in hand, it may not be easy to handle your pets and them being stressed out too. Pet movers Hudson Movers include services like transporting them on car or flight. They would be experts at handling situations like quarantines and regulations too.

Look out for effects on their health

We know that it is a time of extreme stress for you and it is to remind that the effects are the same on your pets too. Stress is said to suppress their immune system and can cause the heart and respiration rate to go up. If you notice a drastic change is quick to notify the veterinarian. Do not avoid or think of it as regular behavior. The pets need a lot of care and affection at this point of time.

These are just some of the tips we suggest in taking care of your pet and in moving them to your new home. Every pet has a different way of adapting to situations and giving them a lot of care will make it easier on them. We wish a safe and happy move for you and your pets!