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Hi Furs... This is a paste of an article we did for the STAFU Rag Web-zine.... It's about gardening safety. It may be elementary for greenies such as yourselves, but I'm pasting it here to maybe get some green gardening tips going among ourselves....
Doggy Safety Tips for Summer Gardeners
I want to learn more about the environment and how we pets and our people can live safely with our little green friends, the plants and plant products. I did some research and this is what I learned:
So many plant fertilizers are dangerous for dogs. Can you believe cocoa mulch attracts us and we often munch down gobs of it? (I cannot imagine doing anything like that, but you never know what the big doggies might try.) Cocoa mulch can cause seizures, so please keep it away from us. Use cedar or pine mulch instead. It’s much safer. And let’s all just go for that regular, uncolored mulch. Much, much safer for the environment as well. You know, just because the bag says: “This product has been endorsed by the Mulch Industry” is not an FDA seal of approval!
Some plants are dangerous too… and the list is long and includes just about every garden plant there is. I think we are allowed to eat dandelions, but Mommy cannot get me even to nibble one. This depresses her a lot. OK, deadly plants we cannot eat include:
Azalea/Rhododendron
Oleander
Castor Bean
Cyclamen
Yew
Some mushrooms (always assume that an ingested mushroom is toxic and see our vet pronto!)
Plants that can cause liver, heart and/or kidney damage include:
Lilies
Tulips
Marijuana (is this a common garden plant in your area, BOL!)
Cycads (such as the Sago Palm)
Kalanchoe
Foxglove
Rhubarb
Shamrock
Autumn Crocus
Rosebay
If any of our pawrents think one of us has eaten a poisonous plant or fertilizer, they must call our vets immediately. If they don’t know if the plant is toxic to animals, they should bring a sample to the vet or local nursery (a good privately owned one, the big chain ones won’t know or care). Symptoms can vary and can even take hours or days to appear.
The best way to prevent us from chewing up a poisonous plant is to dig up any toxic plant that is in the yard. There are so many beautiful plants available that are not poisonous that there is no need to have one around that could kill us. But some of us don’t chew on anything. Like me, I sometimes carry a stick about for a few hours, but that is the extent of my interest in plants. But puppies, oh my dogness, puppies eat everything. I once ate a slug… no that is another story… let’s get back on message.
When you pawrents put fertilizers, insecticides or herbicides on OUR lawn or in OUR garden, the pesticide / herbicide companies say: “Make sure your dogs and cats do not go on the treated areas until the time listed by the manufacturer. If there is no time listed, call the company who manufactured the product to find out.” BUT, I, Raja the Environmentalist say, “If it ends in –cide, it kills things. Nothing that kills things should be anywhere near where we pets are ever.”
Don’t use snail bait that contains metaldehyde, fly bait that contains methomyl, and mole or gopher bait where we dogs can get to it. Most forms of rat poisons are also toxic for us (duh). Just don’t use that stuff. If you have rats, clean up your trash (not to sound harsh, but…). If you have moles, oh come on, they’re awfully cute. If you have snails, get a beer snail trap, fill it with good brown beer, and allow them to crawl in and… well, you know…..
Also avoid powdered fertilizers for acid loving plants like holly, rhododendron and hydrangea. We dogs find it delicious, but it is deadly.
Also, pawrents, be sure to store any unused fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides in an area that is not available to us. We dogs can easily tear into a bag of fertilizer.
As you can see from my page, I love my garden and I hope all you doggies can enjoy the outdoors this spring and summer safely and happily with no worries about toxic things lurking in the underbrush or the garden shed.
Lovin’ the earth… Raja (5.6.08)
(Information taken from : http://care.christysdogportal.com/86/dog-health-alert-poisons-in-you r-yard-that-can-kill/ )
my brofur got sick last year and spent like 3 days at the hospital. we have sego palm in the front where he likes to sit under. they did a news segment about the sego palm warning people of this palm. they did a lot of test on my brofur and never could tell us what was wrong with him, so maybe it was the palm.
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my brofur got sick last year and spent like 3 days at the hospital. we have sego palm in the front where he likes to sit under. they did a news segment about the sego palm warning people of this palm. they did a lot of test on my brofur and never could tell us what was wrong with him, so maybe it was the palm.
