Wee
Chumono
Aussie owner too....Male red merle....He is a blast.
Brian
Brian
Nursery stock "tried and true" stock for bonsai
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Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Gotta be owned by one...to understand.
She listens to the command leave it. Just...I can't walk around constantly saying that...and you just never know when a leaf looks tempting. That is her only down fall...great cat chaser when told to...she will nudge and get the command to follow before taking chase. (I feed the birds out back) smart dog...and loves to be put to a challenge.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Blue Merle Aussie here...
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
We should start a thread...of aussie photos in the section allowed for such things. Names and some of what makes them special to us! I am heading off to bed...or I would do it. If no one beats me to it...I'll do it tomorrow.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthr...-club-(all-other-makes-and-models-welcome-too!)
I just always forget to look at the teahouse these days, just look at new posts instead of by forum....
This is one I started a while ago.
I just always forget to look at the teahouse these days, just look at new posts instead of by forum....
This is one I started a while ago.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
I'll just add to it with some photos when I have time...got to drive an hour away to do some shopping and get back in time to get new shoes (hopefully the one store in town that is our althetic department has his size...or back tracking to get him some. He just told me he has been wearing his loafers. "Lives in them" that he tried his tennis shoes on and they are to tight...and 7th grade band participates in the homecoming halftime shows this Friday. And he needs tennis shoes for that) so off with me!
Mac In Oak Ridge
Shohin
Bonsaiboy
Mame
Didn't read anything other than the fact that you're going to canton. Just thought I'd say that I was there yesterday and going tonight. What a small world, haha.
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GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
None of our Dogs ever have ever shown any interest in any plants. Even the one we have left(Havanese) can be a little handful but she just wants to help, not eat or damage. She might sniff at a dropped branch or leaf to make sure it is not food but that is it.
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
Dogs are naturally curious. I've had mine nibble on birch and maple branches. They were trees Id bought and were holding until I could cut them down and were too big to put on the bench. I've also had my dogs sniff some of my trees and try to sample ones on my lower bench. I keep my junipers along the edge to discourage them with prickly material.
coh
Imperial Masterpiece
Do a google image search for "pieris bonsai", there are quite a few out there. Some nice photos in past issues of International Bonsai as well.
A nice one can be found at http://bonsaitonight.com/2012/03/page/2/ near the bottom of the page. I don't know how to link directly to that image.
Chris
A nice one can be found at http://bonsaitonight.com/2012/03/page/2/ near the bottom of the page. I don't know how to link directly to that image.
Chris
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
I worry about dropped leaves and blooms...I've not seen her pick them off the ground. But today when I found a bloom of a toxic flower in my house...on my floor...I got real concerned. It's things like that which would concern me they could get at.
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
Yea I would be careful of poisonous stuff.
BTW Boxwood and Burning bush are also poisonous for dogs. I forget what the relative level of toxicity is at the moment thought.
BTW Boxwood and Burning bush are also poisonous for dogs. I forget what the relative level of toxicity is at the moment thought.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Appreciate the tip...I would have to check my poisonous plant book...but I also have to take in consideration previous names a plant may have been known as to be 100% they aren't in the book. What I do like about this book...it helps planning outdoor flowerbeds in our dog friendly areas. It also tells how to treat cases that can be treated...and with what. It is a book for medical professionals and a lot goes over my head...but it gives one the just of toxicity and to the extent. Good purchase.
GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
I think you all need to feed your dogs so they don't feel a need to eat plants or anything else
That was a joke...
Grimmy
That was a joke...
Grimmy
drew33998
Masterpiece
We had a mini dachshund once. Her first Christmas in the house we put out all kinds of chocolate candy dishes, as was the norm. We came home one day and there were Hershey's kisses wrappers everywhere. The dog was about three times as big around as usual. Not only did she eat until she couldn't eat anymore, but we found candy stashed in her bed, under the couch, and anywhere there was a nook for her to get into. As you know chocolate is poisonous to dogs. Guess what? She was just fine.
I wouldn't be concerned with them eating a few leaves of this here or there.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
You were very fortunate!
I have heard of friends dogs getting into bakers chocolate and dying from just a little bit. Also had a friends dog die from getting into a bag of raisins. You just never know. I do know my Aussie is MDR1 which makes her unable to have certain medications...which I guess stems from my worries. She can't have an entire dose of Benadryl or it really effects her. She can't control bladder and all sorts of weird things if given a dose for her weight. Just can't risk the outcome...
One reason we have a ball python verses an eastern hognose snake. They are slightly venomous...nothing to concern oneself with...unless your allergic to bees or mosquitoes and such. Then...it would be foolish to bring in a mild/hot snake. Though they are pretty cool for their small size.
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Dav4
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Bakers chocolate has 16 times more theobromine, a relative of caffeine, then milk chocolate, so a small amount goes a long way in inducing illness when compared to milk chocolate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobromine
Grapes (and raisins) can cause kidney damage in dogs...this is something that's only become apparent in the last 10 years or so.
Grapes (and raisins) can cause kidney damage in dogs...this is something that's only become apparent in the last 10 years or so.
coh
Imperial Masterpiece
Years ago we used to give our dog chocolate all the time. Remember those sampler boxes (Whitmans, perhaps) you'd get during the holidays? Whenever we picked a chocolate we didn't like, it went to the dog. We didn't know any better at the time and it never seemed to cause any problems. Those were of course cheap milk chocolate...I have heard that the dark/bakers chocolate is more dangerous.
Chris
Chris
drew33998
Masterpiece
Well it seems your concerns are validated. Good luck on your hunt for non poisonous bonsai.
