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🌿 Tiny Toxins: Paws Off Plants 🐾 (A little series combining my love of plants and pets 🌿🐶) Today’s tiny check: Yew (Taxus). That familiar evergreen hedge with its soft-looking needles and bright red berries? Beautiful. Snack? Definitely not. Yew contains highly toxic compounds called taxines, which can affect the heart and nervous system. Most parts of the plant are toxic, and poisoning can be extremely serious. Signs may include: 🐾 Vomiting 🐾 Weakness 🐾 Trembling 🐾 Difficulty...

🌿 Tiny Toxins: Paws Off Plants 🐾 (A little series combining my love of plants and pets 🌿🐶) Today’s tiny check: Elder — the shrub that produces elderflowers and elderberries. Those clusters of tiny flowers and dark berries may be familiar sights in hedgerows and gardens. But they aren’t something we want our dogs helping themselves to. The leaves, stems, bark, roots and unripe berries contain naturally occurring compounds called cyanogenic glycosides. If chewed and digested, these can...