26 Apr Laser pens: amusing for humans, damaging to pets

A QUICK WORD OF WARNING:

It is NOT a good idea to play with your pets with a laser pen beam. It makes your pet jumpy at shadows and other stimuli. Dogs and cats become neurotic as time goes on. While it is funny to watch, and a good game for us humans, it does bad things to our beloved pets. Take my advice: if you are doing this with your cats or dogs, please stop and toss the thing away.

And you don’t have to take our word for it… 

Here are a couple articles that discuss how damaging laser pens can be for your pet:

Laser Pointer Syndrome in Dogs

Laser Pointers: More Frustration Than Fun (AKC article)