Mella, now almost 9 months now, has discovered she loves Blackberries, while following us picking them. She now actively seeks out ripe fruit and plucks them off the bramble to eat. Are Blackberries OK or should we dissuade her from doing this? Of course this is along with all the sheep and horse poo she eats as well
Re: Blackberries - good to bad? Whisky loves blackberries. He is 16 weeks old and can reach quite high. He seems to sniff out the ripe ones and leave the unripened ones. Dogs can eat most fruit but we are advised not to feed them grapes (or dried grapes in any form) as more than one or two may cause renal failure. Whisky also loves windfall plums but that seems to give him loose poos so I try and encourage him not to eat them!!
Re: Blackberries - good to bad? Molly also loves blackberries and I think they're a popular doggy snack generally.
Re: Blackberries - good to bad? We go for a walk with another Labrador and she spends most of the walk eating blackberries and now the emerging apples, it doesn't seem to do her any harm and she does eat loads!
Re: Blackberries - good to bad? I've heard it said that you shouldn't eat blackberries from low-hanging bushes, because foxes can pass on the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis). Never an end to the worry, is there?
Re: Blackberries - good to bad? [quote author=Karen link=topic=7509.msg104781#msg104781 date=1409045984] I've heard it said that you shouldn't eat blackberries from low-hanging bushes, because foxes can pass on the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis). Never an end to the worry, is there? [/quote] Surely if we keep our worming regime up to date there is little to worry about?
Re: Blackberries - good to bad? Lady went through a phase of eating mountain ash berries by the bucket full. Checked with the vet who said all ok and harmless but a bit of a risk that she would get a bit tiddly if they were fermenting on the ground. ;D
Re: Blackberries - good to bad? [quote author=gordon link=topic=7509.msg104802#msg104802 date=1409053083] [quote author=Karen link=topic=7509.msg104781#msg104781 date=1409045984] I've heard it said that you shouldn't eat blackberries from low-hanging bushes, because foxes can pass on the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis). Never an end to the worry, is there? [/quote] Surely if we keep our worming regime up to date there is little to worry about? [/quote] True - and I think it was more that HUMANS shouldn't eat blackberries that foxes could reach… Not sure whether our worming tablets deal with fox tapeworm!
Re: Blackberries - good to bad? [quote author=Karen link=topic=7509.msg104817#msg104817 date=1409059471] [quote author=gordon link=topic=7509.msg104802#msg104802 date=1409053083] [quote author=Karen link=topic=7509.msg104781#msg104781 date=1409045984] I've heard it said that you shouldn't eat blackberries from low-hanging bushes, because foxes can pass on the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis). Never an end to the worry, is there? [/quote] Surely if we keep our worming regime up to date there is little to worry about? [/quote] True - and I think it was more that HUMANS shouldn't eat blackberries that foxes could reach… Not sure whether our worming tablets deal with fox tapeworm! [/quote] I am more concerned about the low hanging ones for myself as possibly already having been licked by or peed on by a dog. Our plums are unlikely to be lying long enough on the ground to be fermented :
Re: Blackberries - good to bad? Harley turns her nose up at blackberries ??? I think I've got a weird dog ;D
Re: Blackberries - good to bad? [quote author=Karen link=topic=7509.msg104781#msg104781 date=1409045984] I've heard it said that you shouldn't eat blackberries from low-hanging bushes, because foxes can pass on the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis). Never an end to the worry, is there? [/quote] That hadn't occured to me at all and I have a blackberrie picker here - Hattie!! Thanks for that Karen x
