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

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[furtech.livejournal.com]

I've got to double check with the guy in charge, but it's sounding like an herbicide (ie, not so good). For the sake of the creek-system (and future walks), I'm hoping it's just the dye and that the actual herbicide is highly volatile (and breaks down fast). I've marked the day they were exposed to it on the calendar and am watching both dogs for anything unusual. So far, five days later, there's been nothing unusual (thank goodness!).