5 ways decluttering your home makes your pet happier and healthier
Part 2 of 5 blog series: Is your clutter affecting your pet?
Do you remember how happy and excited you were?
That day you brought your pet home.
You thought by bringing this new furry companion into your home, it would improve your motivation to declutter and organize your home. You would do the work for them.
You wanted your pet to be the reason you ended your chaotic, endless cycle with a cluttered home. But to no avail, your life got busy, and your home started to become cluttered again as time went on.
Whether you have owned pets for a while, or if you are considering bringing a new furry companion into your home, read this article to learn 5 ways decluttering your home makes your pet happier and healthier.
Use this information as a reminder of how your pets benefit from you decluttering and organizing your home.
By decluttering and organizing your home, your pets’ experience:
1. More room to play and run.
With your home decluttered, your pets will enjoy wide open spaces to run, do zoomies, and play with their toys. You will be amazed. Watch how much fun your pets will have and see how their energy increases with a decluttered home. Think of how much easier, and how much more often, you will play with your pets as well, in your decluttered home.
Make more room and time for play, snuggles, and outdoor activities with your pet.
2. A healthier and safer home.
When you declutter your home, you are creating a healthier environment for your pets to live. The more frequently you clean (which is easier in an organized home) will improve the air quality, because there will be less dust and dander your pets are breathing and playing in. Most importantly, your pet’s mental health will improve in an organized home, they will be less stressed, anxious, and depressed by not being surrounded by your clutter. Also, by decluttering your home, your pets will be safer. There will be less piles of clutter that can fall on them, less things they can trip on, and they will be less likely to get into things like the trash or other things they should not be eating.
3. Getting in trouble less.
Your pets, just like us, don’t want to get in trouble, they would prefer to play, be snuggled with, and feel loved. When your home is decluttered and organized, your pets are less likely to get in trouble. Because your pets won’t be able to chew on your shoes, socks, or other things you value, because they are put away and out of sight. With less piles of clutter and more room to play, your pets will be less likely to knock things over as well. Also, consider setting up systems, like using pet gates or shutting doors, to control where your pets are allowed to spend their time. By setting up physical boundaries, you will decrease how often your pets get into something you don’t want them to.
4. A happier human pet owner.
As we discussed in the first part of this blog series, you and your pets both experience many mental and physical health issues when you live in a cluttered home. You and your pets experience more stress, anxiety, and depression, and don’t eat as healthy either. So, the more you keep your home decluttered and organized, the more your health and your pet’s health will improve, which will result in you both feeling happier. Also, think about how your clutter increases your frustration, which often may indirectly affect your relationship with your pet. So, the happier you are as a human, the happier your pet will be as well.
5. More down time to enjoy playing.
Imagine what your life would look like if your home was completely decluttered and organized. You would feel more relaxed, inspired, and have a ton more time. Gone would be the days, weekends, and evenings of trying to sort through the endless piles of clutter and trying to keep up with the mess. In an organized home, you would have so much more free time, focus, and most importantly to your pet… more time to play with them. In a decluttered and organized home, you will find you have so much more time to do the things you want, including spending time enjoying and playing with your pets.
So, don’t wait any longer, make your pets happier and healthier.
Start decluttering and organizing your home today. By doing this, you can create a healthier and inspiring space for you and your pets to enjoy. Understand that decluttering and organizing can take time, effort, and work, but the outcomes and benefits to your pets are so worth it. Remember these 5 ways decluttering your home makes your pet happier and healthier. Use the love of your furry companion as your motivation to keep making progress. Declutter and organize your home for the health and happiness of you and your pets.
In the next part of this blog series, I will share with you “How to declutter your pet supplies & toys“.
"Is your clutter affecting your pet?" 5-part blog series
In case you missed one of the blogs in this series, here are the links to all of them:
- Part 1: How does clutter affect your health… and your pet’s health?
- Part 2: 5 ways decluttering your home makes your pet happier and healthier
- Part 3: How to declutter your pet supplies & toys
- Part 4: How to organize your pet supplies using the Marie Kondo method
- Part 5: How can pets make you happy and improve your life? Inspirational pet quotes.