Daffodils can be deadly, did you know?

[JaxTellersOldLady]

I have owned dogs all my life and didnt know this! Bought some cut daffs last night, split them into 3 bud vases and sat one on the dining table.

Around 9ish last night I heard a clunk and went into Dining room to see what was going on. Puppy had climbed onto bench and deliberately stolen a daff and munched it.
Didnt think anything of it until 11ish last night when DH and I had gone to bed, watching a DVD we heard this weird noise, turned out to be puppy puking, I can honestly say I have NEVER seen so much sick in my life.

After clearing it up, DH asked if she had scoffed anything she shouldnt, I said about daff, anyway he went on computer just to check if it could have made her sick.

We were both shocked to learn that it can be deadly if they eat the bulbs and even if they swallow some water that daffs have been in it can cause serious damage!

Called Vet around midnight, got advice, kept a close eye on Lolly all night, she stopped being sick and settled. There isnt an awful lot Vets can do, except pallitative care but luckily she didnt need it. Gums were fine, no torsion, puked up all daffodil, not a nice job to look at in middle of night!

This morning she is fine, I am pleased to say. Dancing around the garden like nothing has happened.

I have ditched the daffodils and told everyone I know who has dogs about bulb plants.

Please let my horrendous evening be a warning to all of you. We could so easily have lost her.

I am so glad you posted, I never knew that, my Beagle has a bad habbit of eating anything she can reach - I will make sure no Daffs enter the house now! Non in the Garden anyway as I have not planted anything as she digs! But will also be mindful on walks as there are plenty in the park.

Thanks for sharing - sorry you had such a bad night but glad to hear Lolly is OK.

Yes knew this, they are poisonous to humans as well. A few years ago an old man ate a whole bag of daff bulbs thinking they were onions and died.

I dug all mine up from the garden when we got our dogs.

I knew they were for cats as my cat ate some and I had to rush her to the vet.

I knew the bulbs were poisonous but wasn't sure about the rest of the plant. We have hundreds in the garden, but our pup is always on the lead there. Although he is keen on picking up twigs etc. he doesn't seem to be interested in green plants. (Touch wood!) I won't pick any for a vase in the house, though, this year - just in case. I'm glad your pup is OK.

My last dog was obsessed with pooing on daffs, maybe he was trying to protect others? .

Sorry to hear about your crappy night Jax, glad Lolly is all ok.

I have never owned a puppy like her before, she investigates everything! Although ALL my GSDs have been working line, she is a whole new ball game.

When I told the vet what she did, I am sure she wanted to laugh, because it was funny, although potentially deadly! I mean, I dont know any other dog who woult actively seek out a flower to eat it.

She has had 2 small bowls of chicken and rice (why do dogs love this so much?) and her poos are fine. I have been detecting in the garden and found half a chewed daff head lying on a pile of nettles at the back, so have put that in the bin too.

Bloody dogs!

PMSL @ WTWTW dog pooing on daffs.

Honestly he loved them, I brought a small bunch to put next to his ashes this year, was sad but made me too, bless him.

Funnily enough my friend was saying the same thing about her dog pooing on daffs! Maybe some breeds have inbuilt 'daff sense'

Mine's got some vendetta against a clump in the garden and obsessively pees on 'em... must be some kind of doggie war.

There was a little old man who died last year after he ate some with liver thinking they were onions (he was partially sighted). Very sad :(

But a lot of bulbs are toxic. We had to audit our garden entirely when we got a cat and children. We do have daffs but very deeply.

I read this before I got our pup, and as we moved house in the autumn i specifically asked the gardener we (very briefly) inherited with the house if there were any bulbs planted. He said no...

Cue a couple of weeks ago and our garden looks like the setting for a BBC dramatisation of Wordsworth's life story!

Fortunately pup had one attempt at ripping their heads off, got suitably admonished, and now leaves well alone so I don't feel like I need to dig them all up, just keep a close eye (not unsupervised in garden anyhow).

Do daffs keep coming back, or once this lot have died does that mean we can just pick out the dead bulbs and be done with them?

daffs keep comingup year after year, which is why they are a 'good' spring flower, no need to keep replanting.

well, good if your bloody dog doesnt try to eat them.

Oh yes. I know about daffodil bulbs!

Troublesome labrador (no2) ate about 40 tete a tete bulbs when she was a puppy. It wasn't the most puking she ever did - she has always been keen on investigating things - but it was immediate and violent. I checked with the vet and because so much of it came out so fast, and because I was quite accustomed to her disasters (bulbs were by far not the worst incident) it was just a case of watching and waiting.

There is an enormous list of plants which are poisonous to dogs on the web.

And it's also worth all owners of deep chested dogs being aware of the symptoms of bloat and heatstroke. Reading about it meant I was able to get labrador no 2 to the vet in time to save her life when she had bloat. I'm glad I knew enough.

yes, I know all about bloat daisy and I feed/water my dogs on stands, well I dont stand on the stand... you know what I mean.

Labs seem to have a cast iron stomach compared to GSDs, they tend to have pathetically sensitive tummys.