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mountain ash berries and dogs eating them
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Posted by greenrr 5a S. Ontario (My Page) on Sun, Apr 5, 09 at 19:27
Hi
I have a eauropean mountain ash that drops its orange berries in the spring. My dog has been munching on the berries that have fallen on the ground. She is not having any symptoms but I want to make sure that they are not harmful. Does anyone know? I hope not, cuz I'll have to fence off the area.
Any reply is appreciated.
Cheers
Greenrr |
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RE: mountain ash berries and dogs eating them
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Here is a picture of the berries.
 And here is a picture of our dog. :)
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RE: rowan berries and dogs eating them
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| The tree is correctly called a Rowan. Those fruit look a bit fermented, so your dog might get slightly drunk if the alcohol hasn't all evaporated, but they are otherwise edible. Rowan berries actually make very nice jelly for human consumption. Resin |
RE: mountain ash berries and dogs eating them
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Thanks Resin,
So we'll be watching out for a drunk dog then!!! That will be fun. Glad I don't have to do anything with the tree!!! Whew!
cheers,
greenrr |
RE: mountain ash berries and dogs eating them
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| "The tree is correctly called a Rowan." Rowan is commonly used in the UK, but I've seen mountain ash used more commonly here. If you want to be really technical, I'd stick with Sorbus. |
RE: mountain ash berries and dogs eating them
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| Actually Mountain Ash is also commonly used in the UK. It's certainly the name I grew up with. But as you say, if we go with Sorbus aucuparia, we'll avoid spats over common names. |
RE: mountain ash berries and dogs eating them
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| Common names are just that......common names. There is no such thing as a "correct" common name, as they are all technically incorrect. And they vary widely with regionality and folklore. It's perfectly acceptable to call them whatever is common to your area or what you grew up with. So let's just get beyond that piece of nonsense :-) I'm surprised there are any berries left at this time of year. Mt. Ash berries get devoured here by birds through the fall and what remains in winter are scavanged by any overwintering birds, usually robins. And it is pretty common to see 'drunk' birds trying to perch in trees after eating the frost fermented berries :-) Watch out for seedlings popping up. These are now considered weedy pest trees in my area and are borderline invasive species. |
RE: mountain ash berries and dogs eating them
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| "Common names are just that......common names. There is no such thing as a "correct" common name, as they are all technically incorrect" That's your cultural point of view. Other cultures take a very different view of the matter, and very definitely do have concepts of right and wrong in naming. Resin |
RE: mountain ash berries and dogs eating them
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| REally not a good idea to let dogs eat berries, jellies etc. |
RE: mountain ash berries and dogs eating them
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| It won't hurt - in the wild, wolves (the wild ancestors of dogs) eat a lot of fruit. So do foxes and other canines. It is perfectly natural. Probably better for the dog than eating dog biscuits, which are made from products (grain, etc) that canines don't normally eat naturally. Resin |
RE: mountain ash berries and dogs eating them
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| Au contraire. http://www.petside.com/health/grape-jelly-toxic-to-dogs.php
http://www.dogs.info/common_poisons.html We aren't talking about all fruit. We're talking about berries and many berries, grapes and things are poisonous. We also aren't talking about wolves, we're talking about Canis domestica. |
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