He and Fugazza advise dog-owners and trainers to think of useful actions for dogs to copy, such as fetching the mail from the mailbox, carrying a tool to the garden, or better yet on these hot summer days, grabbing a beer for Dad from the 'fridge.
Shaina Stelzer, the owner of Brooklyn Haute Dogs, a pet care service based in Dumbo, advised dog owners to watch out for the thick, yellow salt that is often spread near the entrances to parks.
While the fatality was the first in recent memory, one Web site, Urbanhound.com, recently posted a winter "survival guide" advising dog owners to avoid sidewalk grates and lampposts after a snowstorm.
Although there has been a 460 per cent rise in cases since December 2013 when compared to the period between November 2012 and November 2013, vets were keen to stress that the disease is still very uncommon, and advised dog owners to stay vigilant.
Therefore the rangers are advising dog walkers to avoid the area for the next month or so, until nature and the tide can take care of the rest.
She also advised dog owners to be aware if their pet starts barking during the early morning hours.
She advised dog-owners "There are lots of hidden dangers around the home and garden, as well as out in the wider world, that our pets may sniff out.
Even though rabbis do not advise restricting dogs to a kosher diet, the Torah is clear about ridding homes of grains, not just avoiding consuming them, during Passover week, and pet food often contains rice, barley and other grains.
"The dogs have been ordered into quarantine and the owners have been advised the dogs must be exported within 72 hours," said a statement on the agricultural ministry website.
We don't advise feeding your dogs ice cream, as many have trouble digesting the lactose and can become sick.
