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Cocoa Mulch-Beware
http://boknowsonline.com/2008/06/24/brown-mulch-beware/ ^
Posted on 06/25/2008 7:53:23 AM PDT by fings
If your owners use mulch in the yard, please have them read the below letter. Theres danger in that there mulch they might be purchasing. Buyer beware.
Over the weekend one of our friends experienced a tragedy with one of their dogs and wanted me to pass a special message along to all of our dog loving friends and family. Please tell every dog owner you know.
Over the weekend the doting owner of two young lab mixes purchased Cocoa Mulch from
(Excerpt) Read more at boknowsonline.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: chocolate; dogs; poison; toxic
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posted on
06/25/2008 7:53:23 AM PDT
by
fings
To: Gabz; gardengirl
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:00:36 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: fings; Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl; girlangler; SunkenCiv; HungarianGypsy; Gabz; billhilly; ...
Gardening ping........
From the article:
True information about the mulch can be found here - Snopes.com: Cocoa Mulch. This site gives the following information:
Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foremans Garden Supply and other Garden supply stores, contains a lethal ingredient called Theobromine . It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Just a word of caution, check what you are using in your gardens and be aware of what your gardeners are using in your gardens.
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:05:09 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my dad I'm a lobbyist, he thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
To: Red_Devil 232
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:05:36 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my dad I'm a lobbyist, he thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
To: fings
Thanks for the post. I have passed it on.
Carolyn
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:08:36 AM PDT
by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
To: Gabz
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:13:27 AM PDT
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: fings
Theobromine is the active principle in chocolate. It is very similar structurally to caffeine, and has similar, though milder, effects on humans. I would expect that using cocoa mulch would be similar to spreading chocolate around your yard, as far as dogs go. Most dogs will eat chocolate and get sicker than, well, dogs on it. Death is an uncommon but hardly unknown side effect.
To: Gabz
..it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. I THINK I'LL BUY MY NEIGHBOR SOME FOR HIS PIT BULL..........
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:16:13 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If we drill deep enough, we can reach the Saudi oil fields from THIS side..........)
To: miketheprof
Death is an uncommon but hardly unknown side effect. The deaths are probably from the cocoa fibers getting "stopped up" inside the dog............
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:18:01 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If we drill deep enough, we can reach the Saudi oil fields from THIS side..........)
To: CDHart
Mulch ado about nothing...........
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:19:29 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If we drill deep enough, we can reach the Saudi oil fields from THIS side..........)
To: Red Badger
Are you saying this mulch is not toxic to dogs?
Carolyn
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:22:00 AM PDT
by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
To: Red Badger; Diana in Wisconsin
Now, now RB.........
Years ago, before Kraft/General Foods eliminated making chocolate products at their Dover, DE plant, the entire town would smell of chocolate all summer long because all the employees brought home the spent cocoa beans for mulch and shared with their neighbors. It was HEAVENLY!
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:22:03 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my dad I'm a lobbyist, he thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
To: fings; Gabz
Thanks for the tip. I know you should never give chocolate to a dog but never considered Cocoa mulch a hazard...
To: Gabz
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:26:41 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Gabz
You may want to ping the garden list to this. I am not trying to sell anything for this nursery, but there is a lot of useful info here.
The Natural Gardener
8648 Old Bee Caves Rd
Austin, TX 78735
512-288-6113
Soils, compost and mulch
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:35:04 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(A vote for any Democrat from BO on down the ticket is a vote for $10 a gallon gas.)
To: Red_Devil 232
GMTA = Great Minds Think Alike
You were pinging me to this thread at the same time I was reading the full article and pinging the list :)
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:35:40 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my dad I'm a lobbyist, he thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
To: CDHart
No, I was making a pun......
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:42:19 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If we drill deep enough, we can reach the Saudi oil fields from THIS side..........)
To: Gabz
Thanks for posting. That is good to know. The mulch I prefer to use is recycled rubber tires! They are chopped up into little pieces, don’t attract ants and mold, can be used for years and years.
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:42:19 AM PDT
by
tob2
(Vote for McCain!)
To: tob2
... recycled rubber tires! They are chopped up into little pieces, dont attract ants and mold, can be used for years and years. AND THEY DON'T ATTRACT TERMITES!.................that "red wood" mulch is very attractive to TERMITES!................
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:44:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If we drill deep enough, we can reach the Saudi oil fields from THIS side..........)
To: fings
Thanks for this post! Our 10 week old rottie has been digging in our new mulch lately.
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posted on
06/25/2008 8:54:47 AM PDT
by
Hoboken
(Let's continue to roll)
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