Beginner Gardening: Dog Poop Poop Troubles, 1 by Twincol

Twincol wrote:
Duck_toller, you've highlighted several issues I spent too much time typing out last night and finally decided was waaaaay too much information to pass on to madinlv in the middle of his/her dilemma about poop in flower beds and deleted it. So, I'll make an attempt again, briefly, to make your "highlights" specific.

1. I NEVER NEVER NEVER plant plants with my dogs watching me do so. I park them in the house, garage, kennel, WHEREVER, but I don't let 'em watch. It's their job to retrieve for me. And if it's not to retrieve, it's certainly to have as much fun as I am CLEARLY having in that dirt! So they do. They retrieve, they play, and . . .

2. they could eat my plants [eeeeeeek], potentially including bulbs. And many bulbs (rhizomes) are potentially toxic. And some plants, as has been noted above, are potentially toxic. If you want to check out the ASPCA toxic plants web site go to http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pro_apcc_toxic... and check out what they have to say. The Cornell University web site highlights a variety of plants potentially toxic to dogs at http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/dogs/index.html and to cats at http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxcat/toxcat.html . It is my habit to research and compare information between sites.

Oh my, poor madinlv. More information than you probably ever expected, much less wanted to know. Doubtless your pets will never get into munching on your outdoor plants. But I'd sure watch a puppy or kitten into early adulthood to make sure they aren't doing so, then feel safe leaving them alone.

Toxicity at my house?!! If that poodle chews up ANOTHER ONE OF MY coffee table books or British-published garden design books I'll find SOMETHING toxic!!! {chuckling}

Linda and The MopTops (checking out the street, which is their job, afterall) Note the rug under my main man, who lives to stalk!


[edited for grammar -- sigh]

This message was edited Oct 8, 2008 1:27 PM