• tal@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    keep portable charging devices out of pets’ reach

    Realistically, I suspect that a smartphone battery is enough to start a fire. I doubt that there is any chance that every dog owner is going to keep smartphones out of pet reach.

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      Dogs have been chewing cords, starting fires, and electrocuting themselves since home electricity was a thing.

      • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        When my dog, Fester, was a puppy, he was chewing power cords and I am still surprised and grateful he never harmed himself in the process, at least not that warranted care.

        He’s more constrained to his own toys and chewables now, but for a while nothing was safe. He has the epithet Fester The Destroyer for having chewed through over $1K of shoes in a week. His grand total it significantly higher.

        Alexandrite doesn’t allow image downloading so I don’t know how to provide pet tax.

        Here we go. Jackie on the right; Fester (The Destroyer) on the left.