{"id":13846,"date":"2018-03-07T22:12:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T03:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.com\/blog\/?p=13846"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:24:27","slug":"pet-suffocation-from-snack-bags-a-fatally-common-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.com\/blog\/pet-suffocation-from-snack-bags-a-fatally-common-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Pet Suffocation from Snack Bags &#8211; A Fatally Common Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have to admit &#8211; I never thought about it for my pets. My mother certainly scared me as a child; I knew NEVER to place a plastic bag over my head but a dog is even far more likely than a toddler to bury their snuffle into a plastic bag, especially one containing food. Pet suffocation is more common than one would think.<\/p>\n<h3>Petey&#8217;s Story Is More Common Then You Would Think<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fchristina.young.963%2Fposts%2F10215257856981326&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"661\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is a serious issue happening to pets, so serious that there is an <a href=\"https:\/\/preventpetsuffocation.com\/\">entire organization dedicated to its awareness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just as you would protect a toddler from being able to get a plastic bag over their head, you have to be as vigilant, if not more with pets.<\/p>\n<h3>It&#8217;s Not Funny<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;ll never forget when one of my dog walking employees showed me a video of her dog with a bag of tortilla chips stuck on his head. He was wandering around the apartment and I&#8217;ll admit I laughed.<\/p>\n<p>There are 100&#8217;s and I mean 100&#8217;s of videos with dogs and cats that have bags stuck on their heads. I&#8217;m not sure why it took until I read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/pets\/pet-owners-warn-dog-suffocation-danger-snack-bags-t124069\">Today article about it<\/a> for me to now look at those videos in horror. Those pets are literally running out of air. The only saving grace is that a human is there to film, and then eventually remove the bag. That is not the case for the dogs and cats left home alone that get a bag stuck on their head with no one to save them.<\/p>\n<p>Bags are deadly to dogs and cats, just as they are to humans. I&#8217;m sickened that I once found this amusing but now all I can do is help to educate pet owners and pet care, professionals. Keep plastic bags, chip bags, pet treat bags, any kind of bags, particularly those that store food &#8211; far from your pet&#8217;s reach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PPSFlyer.jpeg\" alt=\"prevent pet suffocation\" width=\"768\" height=\"992\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re finished with the bag cut it up into smaller pieces.<\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re ready to learn how to save your pet&#8217;s life, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propethero.com\">take our pet first aid &amp; CPR course<\/a>, as careful as you may be pet suffocation is common, if you catch it, can you save them?<\/p>\n<p>Please help share this message. I pride myself on being safety conscious and this was not an issue that I was even remotely thinking about. 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