With cody having eaten something in the yard and the emergency vets unable to figure out what happened to him, and our yard full of weeds since the rain. I am thinking of using a herbacide on the weeds. We have never used one before and are really afraid of hurting our dogs or other wildlife. We want all the weeds removed and then we can see what is on the 1/4 acre they have to run. (At this time the dogs are not allowed in the yard due to the tiny mushrooms we found growing there among the weed grass).
Do you know of any herbacides that are safe for pets, really safe for pets? We are having a guy come and mow all the weeds down and pick up all the loose grass, and he uses herbacides, we have asked him not to, but were wondering if any of you had an recommndations. We do not want any more incidents (as far as we can help it) with our dogs.
Thanks sharon
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I personally won't use anything in my yard. I'd rather have weeds & healthy dogs. But I'm am less interested in the beauty of my lawn than others might be.
Rather than just spraying weeds, you may want to make a landscape plan. If you spray and don't do anything else, the weeds will ultimately come back anyway (and I agree with Anne, you don't want the dogs exposed to that). Tilling the soil will also just bring weed seeds to the surface and get more going. So, I guess, you need to decide what you want out there and how you will get there. New sod? If there is enough desirable grass already there, then some good cultural practices can nurture it and then the grass will crowd out the weeds (a HUGE challenge when one has dogs...)
The vinegar thing is super effective. I then just saturate the soil with water and throw down some seed and peat moss.
If I did that here I would get mud first and then baked, cracked clay. The peat would run off in the first thunderstorm. Of course the seed would never grow because of this. A lawn in Colorado is more of a challenge than having a puppy!
As it is, the dog pounds down the grass in the clay soil and it gets compacted. There is never enough water when you need it.
As for pruners, usually a hand set will do. You only usually need to take off a twig or two.
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