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| WITH SPRING COMES FLOWERS BLOOMING, TREES BUDDING AFTER A LONG WINTER AND SOME HAZARDS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT. COMPOST AND MOLD SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO MAKE THEIR OWN COMPOST FOR THEIR GARDENS. ALTHOUGH EXCELLENT MATERIAL IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO YOUR DOG. MOLD TENDS TO GROW ON MOIST VEGATATION IN THE SPRING AND IN COMPOST. MOLDS CAN BE AND ARE USUALLY TOXIC TO DOGS WHEN INGESTED (THIS ALSO INCLUDES BREAD MOLD AKA MOLDY BREAD). MOLD INGESTION CAN CAUSE MUSCLE TREMERS, SEIZURES AND EVEN DEATH IF NOT TREATED PROMPTLY. KEEP YOUR COMPOST IN A CONTAINER THAT IS MADE FOR COMPOST, THIS CAN USUALLY BE BOUGHT AT HOME DEPOT OR LOWE'S OR ACE HARDWARE. MAKE SURE YOUR DOG CANNOT GET INTO IT AND LOCK THE LID IF POSSIBLE. RAKE UP ALL DEAD LEAVES AS LEAVES CARRY MOLD AS WELL. ANY SHADY MOIST SPOTS IN YOUR YARD BARE WATCHING. TOADSTOOLS-GROUND FUNGUS THESE APPEAR EVERY SPRING IN MY AREA. TO SOME THEY MAY LOOK LIKE MUSHROOMS, BUT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, THEY ARE NOT. THEY GROW LOW TO THE GROUND AND ARE TANISH TO WHITE IN COLOR. SOME MAY BE FLAT ON TOP WHILE OTHERS ARE PUFFY. SOMETIMES THEY GROW IN A CIRCLE COMMONLY CALLED "FAIRY RINGS". SOME MAY ALSO GROW ON THE SIDE OF TREES. WHEN INGESTED THEY BECOME TOXIC. THEY CAN CAUSE DISORIENTATION, TREMORS, SEIZURES AND DEATH. IT BENEFITS YOUR PET TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE YARD AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK. IF YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF FUNGUS GROWTH IN YOUR YARD DIG THEM UP BY THE ROOTS. THE SPOORS MAY STILL BE IN THE GROUND SO KEEP WATCHING FOR THEM TO SPROUT UP AGAIN. TO BE CONTINUED... ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF YOUR VETERINARIAN IN ANY SITUATION |
| DISCLAIMER ANY ADVICE HELD WITHIN THESE PAGES ARE STRICTLY THE VIEWS OF THE WEBMASTER BASED ON EDUCATED FACTS. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF YOUR VETERINARIAN IN ANY SITUATION. |