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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  You might want to read this before you get too nervous. snopes.com: Cocoa Mulch Danger to Dogs The bad product should have been pulled several years ago, and the new cocoa mulch is said not to contain any THEOBROMINE which is the dangerous part. Here's an article by the company that makes one brand. -- Pet Safe
I think Joey was about 1 1/2 half before he stopped putting everything in his mouth. |
Thanks so much, Nancy1999! Very interesting read. It does make me feel a little better.
I don't even know if I have chocolate mulch to begin with. We buy our mulch by the trailer load at a local mulch company so it's not a certain brand so to speak. I still don't think it's great that Ginger shreds when chewing and swallows tiny pieces. I'm going to try to teach the "leave it command". But at least in the mean time if she gets a few more pieces, I won't freak out.
Ginger is still a puppy and investigates everything in the house that is on the floor. I have puppy proofed but still watch out for things that end up on the floor. (That's alot with a 4 year old daughter.) Outside, she races around and picks up bark, sticks, leaves .... pretty much anything she can find and either chews it or runs with it like a game. She even trys to chomp on a plant or two but I'm all over her about that since we all saw what happened to poor Baby Chloe who ingested some sago palm. I yell "No" and clap real loud. It startles her so bad she always looks at me like I'm nuts. By then she has forgotten about the plant and is off for something else. Crazy dog!