March 7th, 2011
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We talk a lot about what dogs can’t eat, but this spring and summer, if your pup is grazing like a deer through your landscaping, you don’t need to panic if he nibbles any of the following flower heads: astilbe, Chinese lantern, carnation, dahlia, geranium (as in Pelargonium), impatiens, hibiscus, hollyhock, nasturtium, pansy, garden violet, petunia, phlox, and rose flowers provided they have not been sprayed with pesticides. Nobody is suggesting you make him a salad of them, but at least if they go down the hatch, you need not worry. (And now you know what plants to put in, too!
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Hi,
Once again thank you for the great tip.
Regards,
Monique
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Thanks for sharing this side of the poisonous vs. non-poisonous plant debate. Great to know that I don’t have to freak out every time my new puppy wants to have a taste of something in the yard.
Great tip. Nice to know that not everything is dangerous or toxic to them.
I thought Geraniums were toxic to dogs.
It’s been hard to find plants to put in the garden FOR the dogs! This is great – thank you so much!
Thank you, I have recently been searching for information about this topic for ages and yours is the best I have discovered so far
Here are two suggestions for dog yard plants.
We plant Lemon Grass in our dog yard because they really enjoy munching on them. This year we are adding Vanilla Grass because we have heard that pets enjoy it as well.
Mine also like chicory and mint.
Just dropping in via a link. What a wonderful jpb you are doing. An amazing menagerie & it’s heartwarming to see.
As I always do when I see so many animals living or dying in so many ways, horrible ways that I want to adopt them all but of vourse I can’t. We have enough of our own here in Australia.
Then of course you need space, land but have just realised that may be easier than I thought. There’s lots of farmers (Cockies) with areas they don’t farm here so maybe if I plead loud & long enough………!
My sister moved back to the city from a farmlet a while back & decided they’d find somewhere for them rather than leave them to the new owner to inherit like they had done. After much asking/searching &prayers they finally found a lady south of the city to take them. She had been rescueing donkeys for years, since they became popular from 1970 to 1980. She has kept many alive. Strangely enough the northern property owners (Squatters) haven’t complained of a donkey problem since but I do wonder if those taken as pets would have been better off being shot along with their family members on the stations