Foxtail warning I just thought I would remind everyone how dangerous foxtails (the little weeds)are to dogs. I don't know if they grow everywhere but they are a problem where I live in the spring and summer. Last year Brandy came in violently sneezing after being let out to go potty. I picked her up and saw the long thin end of a foxtail sticking out of her nose and before I could get my hands on it she sucked it the rest of the way in. I rushed her to the vet and she had to be put under general anesthesia to get it removed ($350.00). She was fine with no residual problems but foxtails are really bad news. They only move forward and can burrow through anything but bone. By the time I got Brandy to the vet she had stopped sneezing (I assume because it was farther up her sinuses and not in her nose anymore). That foxtail could have continued moving and caused all sorts of problems if I had not witnessed the sneezing attack. There have been cases of foxtails lodging in dogs spines or internal organs and causing absesses and paralysis.
So anyway...keep the grasses mowed down low so the foxtails are on the ground and not up where our babies can sniff them up. Oh, and check between their toes too. Yorkies are pretty little so it might not be as much of a problem but bigger dogs often get them imbedded in their feet and armpits.
__________________ Dawn (Brandy & Titan's mom) |