My friend just got a german shepard husky mix pup from a shelter. The puppy lives with a cat.. and its really obvious too because she plays like her big momma cat plays.
Anyway her favorite game is to bat at the grass until a moth flies out and then chase it all over the yard. She never went after squirrels or rabbits, i guess cuz she could never catch them but she loves the moth game because she always wins. {and the moths here can be pretty big, look up polyphemus moth if u wanna see what we got here, big as my hand"} anyway since this game seemed harmless we never corrected her for it, but she does know the leave it and drop it commands because she enjoys picking up mulch which isnt good for her. So anyway she knows not to touch mulch now =]
But recently her moth game has expanded to the 'shiny yellow things that make a funny noise" and I obviously cant be staring at the ground constantly makeing sure there isnt a wasp right there to tell her leave it.. not to meantion shes got a pretty short attention span right now which makes teaching her to never touch something harder..
I guessed that the reason most adult dogs dont touch wasps was the same as why kids dont either, the get stung at one point or an other. but I dont want to risk it. I dont think she is allergic because she got stung by some red ants pretty badly on the paw and ants are very close relatives of wasps and the chemical make up of the venoms are very similar, but still I would rather teach her not to touch them than let her find out what ouchies come with the fun yellow things.
Anyone have any experience with this?
and any of you out there that have dealt with stings on dogs how do you treat it?
(I hope my poodle pup doesnt like wasps T_T)