Fertilizer and Dogs?

[EagleLandscape]

Hey guys,
I'm getting into fertilizing since I just got my tpcl # this summer.
I plan on kicking into gear first thing in the spring. I had a customer today ask me about fertilizer vs dogs.

I use Lesco granular products, can someone give me the rundown on how you suggest using it if dogs are in the backyard? does it matter, thanks?

[Victor]

Just be sure to properly notify your customers of any reentry interval after using any products that contain pesticides on their lawn and you'll be fine. As long as the customer follows your instructions there shouldn't be any problems (unless the dog, or dogs have a hypersensitivity to one of the products you apply).

[rcreech]

What do you guys do when you show up to a customers home and their dog is outside and the owner isn't home?

What if it is an outside dog and never goes inside?

How do you all handle that situation?

[loom-gen]

suggest organics for pet owners. and use alternative management tech. for pest control.

[rcreech]

suggest organics for pet owners. and use alternative management tech. for pest control.


What organic products do you use that will take out the following:

Clover
Dandelion
Wild Violet
Ground Ivy

[JOHNS THICK BLADE]

Hey guys,
I'm getting into fertilizing since I just got my tpcl # this summer.
I plan on kicking into gear first thing in the spring. I had a customer today ask me about fertilizer vs dogs.

I use Lesco granular products, can someone give me the rundown on how you suggest using it if dogs are in the backyard? does it matter, thanks?

I wouldn't recommend putting fert down with dogs out unless you have permission to do so. It will not effect the animal but people get nervous about stuff they know nothing about. Now if you were using a liquid i would never treat the lawn with dogs out.

[JWTurfguy]

I'm no veterinarian, but I've been told that the paws of dogs are extremely porous and will absorb chems much more so than our own bare feet would. If that's true, there may be a risk to applying fert and having a dog run all over it (especially when it comes to combination products like weed&feed, fert&insect control, etc). I would probably just include a disclaimer in the contract and let the pet owner assume responsibility for their own dog.

[dcgreenspro]

I'm no veterinarian, but I've been told that the paws of dogs are extremely porous and will absorb chems much more so than our own bare feet would. If that's true, there may be a risk to applying fert and having a dog run all over it (especially when it comes to combination products like weed&feed, fert&insect control, etc). I would probably just include a disclaimer in the contract and let the pet owner assume responsibility for their own dog.

This is very true. That's why I tell all my customer's to water the product in over two days or wait until after first rain.

[americanlawn]

Nutrients that are designed to be used around people, pets, and wildlife..............this is a no-brainer for us.

Trees, shrubs, ground cover, grasses, weeds, pollen, fungal spores, etc, etc, pose more allergic threats to mammals than products designed for human use.

If one has any doubts, just check your local land grant university. (that way you don't blame me, and you get "scientific" results).

[Green Dreams]

Hey guys,
I'm getting into fertilizing since I just got my tpcl # this summer.
I plan on kicking into gear first thing in the spring. I had a customer today ask me about fertilizer vs dogs.

I use Lesco granular products, can someone give me the rundown on how you suggest using it if dogs are in the backyard? does it matter, thanks?


Do you not have to have a year of verifiable training to test anymore? Not like the State would do anything if you had no license at all....(sigh).

I would just think you'd know the answer to your question.

[RigglePLC]

To me, the idea that dog's feet would be harmed by fertilizer sounds far-fetched. Is this an old wives tale, or is their actual data somewhere? It seems to me that dog's feet are usually thick and resistant.

About chemicals, does anybody have a link to scientific information that shows dogs absorb pesticides more quickly than barefoot humans?

Nevertheless i would never treat a yard with a dog in it--customers worry too much about stuff like that. Besides, I can still remember my dog bite from last year.

[garydale]

Read and follow the label to the letter. It is the law.

Straight Fert. will not hurt a dog, IMO However the proplem with pets is not absorbtion but ingestion because the lick their feet.

Control products are a different matter especially if applied as a liquid. Advise homeowner to only allow pet out for toilet purposes for 48 hrs and not until application has dried.

Everything you need to know is on the label, read the MSDS sheet