The garden is a a great place to spend time with your pets, but there ARE a few things to watch out for in order to keep your pet happy and healthy. In an online article at Pawnation.com, there were several things to watch out for, with regards to your pet’s safety. Some flowers and even some bulbs can be poisonous. Pawnation reports that tulips, hyacinths and daffodil bulbs can damage a dog's mouth and esophagus, causing drooling, vomiting, severe diarrhea or even abnormal heart rhythms, depending on the amount consumed. So if you’re pet’s a digger, keep them away from those areas and places inside where you are storing bulbs to be planted in the Fall. And there are some leaves from certain lilies, like the day, Asiatic and Japanese varieties, that can cause severe kidney failure in cats. Just one or two leaves could kill them.

As for fertilizers, even organic supplements, for instance blood and bone meal, can be toxic to your pet. Certain rose fertilizers can be deadly to a dog. You might want to fence off your roses with plastic or chicken wire so your dogs can't get into them in order to protect your pet.

Also, many ant baits use peanut butter, which may lure dogs to nibble on them. Although the chemicals inside the baits may have a low concentration of insecticide, the biggest risk is a gastrointestinal obstruction from swallowing the plastic. Keep traps off the floor. Place them on counters or window sills instead.

Finally, as much as we want our dogs and cats to be flea and tick free, those products can be hazardous to your pet’s health. Never apply it without consulting a vet, and never assume if a little works, more would be better. They can cause seizures or even death. Learn more about the kind of flea and tick prevention you are using because there’s been a lot of concerns about their toxicity. You might want to consider some of the natural options for flea and tick control. And don’t assume the same product works on dogs and cats… they have different metabolisms.

For more details, try copy and pasting this link: http://www.pawnation.com/2010/04/27/springtime-dangers-for-pets-what-cat-and-dog-owners-should-kno/?icid=main|main5|feat5|link4|3188

Also: the National Resources Defense Council has suggestions on chemical-free ways to keep pet pest free.

And: Keep a Pet Poison Helpline number by your phone at all times.

This year enjoy a worry-free garden for you and your pets!