If there are foxtails where you live, please be sure to check your poodles’ (likely fluffier than usual) feet and faces for them after walks.
Last year, Groot had one that made its way up in between his toes and it caused a pretty nasty abscess that had to be surgically drained. I’ve read about them going up a dog’s nose too so just be mindful of them if you see them around!
Annual grasses releasing foxtails grow quickly throughout the rainy season. As temperatures rise, the foxtail-shaped tip of each grass blade dries out and the individual awns take a ride on any passing object. This plant is engineered by nature to spread its seed, and the foxtail is actually...
I’ve never heard of this before. Thank you so much for sharing. I feel like I’ve seen those before but wouldn’t have thought anything of them in regards to my dog.
They are barbed, and do a great job of burying into dogs' bodies. I detest them and we have a ton of them here. Someone makes a netting head cover for dogs to avoid them getting into the nose.
Oh my, I thankfully have not noticed that culprit but I have tons of spur weeds. Over the winter I hand pulled many out of a section of my backyard. Now I have a new sticker weed, looks like lovely grass clumps but the seed is a sticker. Yesterday I pulled an entire section of yard out by hand. However its just too much and I'm down to bare soil. I will have no choice other than to poison the entire back yard, add new soil and sod. I've gotten several quotes to do it, the last being $5300. I guess I will do it myself in sections. Thats ridiculous to pay that kind of money for my dog to pee on.
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At first I got my puppy Y shaped harness. We used that when he was 3 months. But whenever he pulls, he will make very bad choking sound. So i was worried.
And then i got him vest type harness. He still make that choking sound when he pulled too hard . Not as bad as the first harness. I...
Gracie loves to retrieve a ball. She also loves the water. So, we have a collection of balls that float in the water for her to play with at the lake.
My Covid brain brought the wrong ball to the beach yesterday, and it was not a floating ball, what a transgression! Not realizing, I threw it...
I've attempted to type up this post many times in the last year and a half as it's a consistent problem me and Zael have been having.
Welp, I finally feel peeved enough to post it... 'cause I need a wee rant. I also have to know if this is a universal poodle owner problem or if I just live in a...
Do you know what I mean? Those moments when the training just "clicks" or an aloof pup initiates a snuggle. Or when a picky eater gobbles up dinner and then *gasp* asks for more.
Peggy just put herself in her crate for a nap and I'd be doing a happy dance right about now if I weren't so afraid...
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