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Why is my dog eating rosetone?

18 years ago

My rose garden is outside of my yard so my dog has never been able to get to my roses, but this year I put a few in pots and those are inside the yard. I just fertilized them for the first time with rosetone. I also put alfalfa on them. Now my dog won't stay out of them and he's licking all of the rosetone! What's in it that he likes and more importantly, will it hurt him?

Comments (15)

  • 18 years ago

    Just put them up high enough so your dog can't reach the pots.

  • 18 years ago

    I can't move the pots. They are huge. It took almost 2 bigs bags of dirt to fill them up! Right now I'm walking my dog until I can confirm it won't hurt him.

  • 18 years ago

    It has chicken poo and feather meal, which dogs like. I have chickens and dogs.

    My dogs also get into horse manure and fish fertilizer pellets. Fish pellets were particularly disasterous - they must taste really good to the dogs.

    - Michelle

  • 18 years ago

    We once tried some Mills Magic Rose Mix.
    The dogs ate ALL of it.
    I won't do THAT again!

    Jeri

  • 18 years ago

    Gross. My Ridgeback at a pound of fish fertilizer pellets - she ripped the bag open in the house and ate it. It was the gift that kept on smelling.

    We could have powered a rocket to the moon on the methane emissions that night!

    - Michelle

  • 18 years ago

    We could have powered a rocket to the moon on the methane emissions that night!
    * * *
    LOLOLOL!
    So Aggierose, does your dog's coat have a nice 'bloom' to it?

  • 18 years ago

    You would think it would help his coat!! That stuff smells so bad I'm shocked anything would want to eat it!

    My dog did throw up this morning. It looked an awful lot like dirt. Guess his system didn't like it.

  • 18 years ago

    That stuff smells so bad I'm shocked anything would want to eat it!
    * * *
    we ARE talking about dogs here after all.

  • 18 years ago

    Dogs will eat cat poop right out of the box. They are referred to as tootsie rolls.

    Can you put rocks or some type of screening over the top of the pots to keep him from licking? I put decorative rocks on any house plants to keep the cats from digging in them.

  • 18 years ago

    Oh, yes...the cat poo from the litter box. Yes, he will eat that too! That's why we have to keep him locked out of the cat's room! I'm going to water it in really well and hopefully that will fix the problem. If it won't hurt him I don't mind so much, but I don't want him to be throwing up either!

  • 18 years ago

    what is worse I wonder, dog vomit or dog vomit fungus?

    Here is a link that might be useful: Dog Vomit Fungus

  • 18 years ago

    It also has bone meal (steamed, sterilized bones crushed to a meal) and blood meal (same, but with blood). Is there any wonder why dogs would eat it?

  • 18 years ago

    My dogs did the same thing, but lost interest after a day or two - I guess the smell wore off. Now I have to keep a close eye on them for a couple days after applying. Hopefully your dog will lose interest, too!

  • 18 years ago

    I think you can water it in when you first put it down. I have to water my coffee grounds in immediately.
    Samuel