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Originally Posted by sns2
No way in hell I would be taking my dog there. He's my best friend. That stuff can kill.
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Foxtail is horrible stuff. No bird is worth putting my dog through it on purpose.
I have had first had experience with it piercing the dogs skin between his toes, migrating up his leg and forming an abscess. If a seed gets into the airways it could have devastating effects of it is able to migrate through the body.
I have an article someplace maybe I’ll try to find it, but basically the guy was able to trace infections through his dogs body until the seed came out in the dogs hip. Crazy!
I try steer clear of it at all times. And if we have to go through a patch the dog gets leashed, and there no way in heck they get the opportunity to put their nose down till we are past it, and a thorough look over for any seeds after the fact.
Vet bills will make you do that!