All Halloween candy is off-limits for pets and should be stored where they can’t reach it, and pets shouldn’t be brought along trick-or-treating and should be kept indoors, where mischievous ghouls and goblins can’t throw candy to them or frighten them, writes Traci Howerton, volunteer coordinator for Animal Rescue New Orleans. Pets should also be kept behind a gate or in a closed room away from the front door so they won’t be frightened and try to flee or protect themselves or their family.
