St. Paddy Dogs!

[furtech]

It's too early for St. Patrick's Day, but my dogs are nothing but fast. After a nighttime dog walk I was about to hose 'em off when I noticed something peculiar...



Yep. Green. Somewhere on that foggy night, night, martians replaced my dogs with greenies.



As amused as I was with their condition, I always worry about little things like my dogs suddenly turning green. I am guessing they picked it up when they went into the creek behind a golf course (where the runoff goes). Worried* that it might be chemical residue from fertilizers or herbicides (green is not a "friendly" color when it's part of gardening chemicals), I gave them a shampoo with Pantine Pro-V.

I'm still tempted to go back there before the March/St. Patrick's Day Border Collie Rescue party and green them up again: after their initial hosing-off, they were clean and *bright green*. I just have to see how toxic this stuff is first.




*I was right: certain herbicides are mixed with green dyes to both show location and to add color to the grounds. Herbicides=bad

Comments

[skorzy.livejournal.com]

Its more likely erosion control "spray" mulch. Just a cellulose based mulch containing grass seed and fertilizer. Its used everywhere in California on the slopes of landscaping projects

[furtech.livejournal.com]

(See above)

I should probably try and talk to the actual head groundskeeper. If it -is- that mulch, then it's probably not-so-bad. But if it's the herbicide, not-so-good. The creek is the runoff from a city/public golf course, not a hillside or burn area, so I'm leaning toward the herbicide (as the assistant told me). It probably got washed into the tiny, sludgy creek from the recent rains.