The Slow One of the Group

jellicent:

krwebb:

** CAUTION **

midwestdogblog:

Please tell every dog or cat owner you know. Even if you don’t have a pet, please pass this to those who do.
Over the weekend, the doting owner of two young lab mixes purchased Cocoa Mulch from Target to use in their garden. The dogs loved the way it smelled and it was advertised to keep cats away from their garden. Their dog (Calypso) decided the mulch smelled good enough to eat and devoured a large helping. She vomited a few times which was typical when she eats something new but wasn’t acting lethargic in any way. The next day, Mom woke up and took Calypso out for her morning walk. Halfway through the walk, she had a seizure and died instantly.

Although the mulch had NO warnings printed on the label, upon further investigation on the company’s web site,

This product is HIGHLY toxic to dogs and cats.

Cocoa Mulch is manufactured by Hershey’s, and they claim that “It is true that studies have shown that 50% of the dogs that eat Cocoa Mulch can suffer physical harm to a variety of degrees (depending on each individual dog). However, 98% of all dogs won’t eat it.”

*Snopes site gives the following information:http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp

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Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman’s Garden Supply and other garden supply stores contains a lethal ingredient called ‘Theobromine’. It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks.

Theobromine is in all chocolate, especially dark or baker’s chocolate which is toxic to dogs. Cocoa bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.

**PLEASE PASS THIS ON**

Please spread this news to protect all our pets!! 

Why would you buy special mulch for this, especially if it had an ingredient infamous for harming domestic animals when ingested? It even has the word “cocoa” in its product name! They should have a warning, yes, but I thought dogs being allergic to chocolate was common knowledge?

Guys, if you want to repel cats, turn to citrus fruits or stuff that has sharp or strong odors. My dad repelled dogs and cats both from our front yard by sprinkling a bit of dried cyan pepper in our grass, and coffee grounds have the same effect. Also, Citrus fruits, such as lemons and oranges, repel cats easily and you can just sprinkle bits of the peels or use it as a spray on your garden. Then you can make a homemade spray of cinnamon, lavender, and lemongrass to do the trick.

Put in river rocks, stick-like mulch, chop sticks, grow rue, install a motion-activated sprinkler, just anything that makes digging or pooping in the garden inconvenient!

There are cheaper and safer ways of repelling animals! These ways only require a 10-second Google search!

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fowlie:

mistahgrundy:

the-science-llama:

Super Moon
— June 23, 2013

Be sure to look out for the Moon these next few months as it approaches Perigee, because the full moons during these times will appear exceptionally large. The Moon will be at its Perigee, or closest approach, in July 23 and it will reach full moon only a few minutes after it passes this point in its orbit.

These ‘super moons’ not only appear larger because they are physically closer but, combined with a full moon, the mind can play tricks on you to think they are much larger. This phenomena is called the Moon Illusion. Try to catch these full moons as they rise/set because the illusion works when there is an object in the foreground, like a tree, building or mountains.

Stargazing Events for 2013

SUPER MOON

I’m excited for the SUPER MOON. 

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mmframe:

OMG I LOVE THESE GUYZ

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coooooooooooooulson:

naturallyuncommon:

nicodidevilo:

teenytigress:

THERE HE IS, WHAT A GEM AND LOOK AT THAT FUCKING DUCKLING AH I CAN’T

love how we all know what duckling this was referring to

and if you don’t

psst any one else think duck boy is kinda cute?

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