Outdoor Plants

When I take my Corgi out, he likes to eat various plants growing in our backyard. He eats dandelions, propeller seeds (from maple trees), etc. Are many outdoor plants dangerous? Should we try to keep him away?

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie & Lola on May 17, 2008 at 6:17pm

http://www.dogpack.com/health/poisonplants.htm

Here you go, hope that helps :)

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Permalink Reply by Samantha on May 17, 2008 at 6:31pm

Thanks! I haven't heard of most of those things, so we should be pretty safe here!

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Permalink Reply by Dawn on May 21, 2008 at 12:19am

Almost all the plants I have in my yard on are that list :( I've caught Bella chewing on my clematis and my hostas (thankfully not poisonous) so I will have to watch her carefully. My other dogs never ate plants like she does, must be a corgi-thing.

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Permalink Reply by BU bu wong on May 20, 2008 at 1:38pm

^^ hhaha mine one do the same ...my bubu (corgi ) ate my plants as well ... and she is 6 month old now ... i didnt see any problem on her ... but i do keep all my plants in the save place now ...
so she only can eat alll the grass from the park . and also she not only ate plants ... paper ... but she is better then when she was 3/4 month .

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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on May 21, 2008 at 12:01am

There are many lethally poisonous plants and you should be aware of the ones in your yard. We got rid of our lovely Helleboris, but we still have some others. Our dogs mainly just eat grass.

Also a good idea to be aware of toxic foods and drugs. For instance, I've heard that xylitol (sugarless gum sweetener) can be toxic to dogs.