Flower Power

My foster mom Jet digs flowers. She says they are the color commentary in life, cost almost nothing and tending to them makes a human feel useful. If you ask me, humans only need to take care of us dogs to be useful. – She didn’t ask me.

Flowers do have a sense of power of the dog kind. There’s nothing scientific to share with you about the power. It’s just a sense of happiness that fills a moment when you’re surrounded by all the smells that plunge into the air when you enter a garden. It’s flower power.

Jet said something about flower power being a hip term used in the ‘60s. Not so sure about the value of something so old. In any case, as much as we love flowers, it’s important to remember that some of the beautiful petals are dangerous to dogs. If we consume these flowers, they can kill us. A list of some of these flowers are below.

1. Clematis
2. Crocus
3. Death Camas
4. Azalea
5. Daffodil
6. Day lily, tiger lily, Easter lily , trumpet lily and lily of the valley
7. Narcissus
8. Rhododendron
9. Foxglove
10. Morning Glory

Here’s another source for more information on poisonous flowers and plants:

http://landscaping.about.com/od/poisonouslandscapeplants/Poisonous_Plants_for_Cats_Dogs_Humans.htm

So, here’s my lesson of the day… Despite our love of flowers, it’s good to remember that some are poisonous to dogs so be sure to know what flowers to keep out of the garden (and our chew level).

Okay, here’s the question of the day from Boo who asked: Trashcans fascinate me. I like to dig in the trash and since trash is going to be disposed of anyway, why shouldn’t my mom and dad let me experience going through the trash before it goes to the curb?

Dear Boo:

Trash, though disposable (something humans want to get rid of) is still somehow so sacred to them that they want to bury it in a special place. I agree it makes no sense but it’s the way humans think. Since trash is unimportant, yet special, you need to leave it alone.


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