A warning to all dog owners

**Freedom** · 07-25-2011, 08:53 AM

Not heard of foxtail barley. Ugh! Good thing to share, thanks.

**sasvermont** · 07-25-2011, 09:26 AM

Remember when one of Glacier's pups ate a weed and it was a horrible for the dog? I think it was this weed. Maybe she'll read this and chime in.

Thankfully, Prue, my dog, doesn't eat much around the yard. She does munch on grass when she sees the cat doing it. They are very competitive outside.

Thanks for the information.

**Freckles** · 07-25-2011, 10:03 AM

I found it.
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...hlight=foxtail

Interesting reading.

**Glacier** · 07-25-2011, 10:43 AM

Yup, it was Tehya that ate a bunch of foxtails. They got stuck on her tonsils. Her throat was aggravated for weeks. We've had a few foxtail incidents....they get stuck in noses, imbedded between toes. They are nasty nasty nasty things!

Foxtails are invasive species here. They've taken over huge areas, including my yard. We are trying to figure out how to kill them without risking the dogs. Unless we can manage to rip up every single root, it's going to take powerful chemicals to kill foxtail!

**wolf_Q** · 07-25-2011, 06:36 PM

Yeah those are awful...I'm a groomer and we get dogs all the time with foxtails stuck in their skin. I've groomed dogs with literally hundreds of foxtails imbedded in the skin all over. The other day I groomed a dog that had one stuck in the corner of her eye. Keva got one stuck up her nose once and I had to take her the emergency vet. It's good to post though I'm surprised how many people don't know about them. I always try to tell owners when I find foxtails in their dog so they can watch out for them and most people don't have a clue what they are. They are really bad to get stuck in between toes and get infected that is pretty common.

**Asiel** · 07-25-2011, 07:47 PM

That stuff grows wild just about all over out here and so many dogs do get in trouble with it. My friend's dog got one in her nose but no one noticed it. She happened to sneeze and blood splattered all over the wall. It took the vet only a few minutes to realize what the problem was, seems this wasn't the first time he saw that. It is very nasty stuff.