Forum friends: I need some advise. My neighbor has just informed me that she is poisoning the ground squirrels that come into their wood pile. the topic came up when I noticed a sick squirrel in her yard by her wood pile. Of course my concern is for my dogs. I understand how someone might want to use the poison but I am concerned that a poisoned squirrel will crawl in my yard (our yards are close together separated by chain link) and die and without me knowing it, my dogs will eat it. I have a little over 1/2 an acre. She won't listen to me about the dangers to other animals, even her own dog, who she believes would never eat a squirrel. Do you know of anything we could do to protect our dogs/yard from these poisoned squirrels? Any type of barrier the squirrels couldn't get through? A way to train your dogs not to eat creatures in the yard. My dogs are terriors and hunt lizards and other things when they are in the yard.
Any help greatly appreciated.
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Ana Kozlowsky Webboard User Reg: 01-21-2010
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Animal Control? If they are still crawling about and it takes a long time to die (in pain, I would assume) it might amount to animal cruelty and Animal Control might be able to do something about it. If they died on the spot in her precious wood pile they won't be getting into your yard and being a danger to your dog.
The danger is not so much the dead rodent, but the dopey rodent who is easy to catch.
If the poison is warfarin , you could give your dogs some Vitamin K every 2 or 3 days prophylactically.
But, Im with Ana. Squirrels are pretty benign, aren't they?
Didn't one of your older dogs develop some mysterious near-death experience last fall or winter? That could have been poison.....
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I would worry about the squirrels carrying some into your yard and leaving it for the dogs to find. Can you get together with her on some traps with the poison in them.
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But, Im with Ana. Squirrels are pretty benign, aren't they?
The little bastards are bushy tailed packrats who LOVE insulation, wiring, and chewing through wood siding. I hate squirrels specifically douglas squirrels. I hate their little bushy tails... I hate their beedy little eyes and I HATE that they're protected in this area.
So please kids, if you're going to off the little bushy tailed wonders remember your 3S's and mind your local regulations.
Offer to let your pups patrol her wood pile a few times a day rather than use the poison. Get some squirrel scent and train them into squirrel-hating beasts. I send Dom out on goose-duty during nesting season. I'm sure my neighbors are thankful for that. Goose poo all over the yard/docks/decks is a huge pain. Hate them. Training him to chase geese might be the most useful thing I can teach him.
lol I trained my lab to chase geese. I trained it by running after geese and yelling go while pointing at them. It took about a week of looking like a fool, but well worth it.
I assume you could do it the same way with squirrels.
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