Herbicide Spraying and Dogs

[GAM]

I am wanting to know how long after a field has been sprayed can you safely take a dog into them, as my terrier forages and eats anything that he catches etc!?

 

[solo]

The spray can label will give all hazards posed such as irritant etc. As a general rule the liquid needs to have dried on the leaves. This is very variable depending on the weather conditions. Any eating of the leaves would be the same as harvest interval from the label. Never had issues that I’m aware of with fresh sprays but with the volume of walkers about in the fields it’s nearly impossible to spray at the moment.

 

[D14]

The spray can label will give all hazards posed such as irritant etc. As a general rule the liquid needs to have dried on the leaves. This is very variable depending on the weather conditions. Any eating of the leaves would be the same as harvest interval from the label. Never had issues that I’m aware of with fresh sprays but with the volume of walkers about in the fields it’s nearly impossible to spray at the moment.

We are just getting on with it now even if their in the field or not. We’ve put signs up on all footpaths about crop spraying as well as signs in the crops.

We’ve also had to do it on gateways where there’s no footpaths due to the volume of people about.

 

[Brisel]

I am wanting to know how long after a field has been sprayed can you safely take a dog into them, as my terrier forages and eats anything that he catches etc!?

Can you find out what has been applied? Every product will have a Material Safety Data Sheet.

I've had the occasional question from people who live next to the fields as to what we're spraying and when. I've resisted so far but do send a round robin email to some people on request that we'll be out. Never any details about what product - that's too time consuming and a PR trap waiting to happen. Google search glyphosate and you'll see just what disinformation there is about agrochemicals on the internet.

The nasty stuff was banned years ago. To get a problem dose of modern pesticides would require your dog to eat half a tonne of crop, which would have other implications first than toxicity!

 

[Adeptandy]

We have a few dogs on farm and haven't had a problem as yet once the product has dried on the leaves.

 

[farmerm]

As has already been stated nasty ag chems with high mammalian toxicity have been long banned. Once chemical has dried on any risk is negligible. There are plenty of naturally occurring poisons and pathogens that pose a much greater risk to your dog than a recently spray crop. The greatest risk of crop spraying for a dog is getting run over by the sprayer.

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

I graze our lawn with Guinea Pigs (not a viable diversification), and they're still alive after spraying with "weed & feed" (containing Dicamba) and triclopyr.

The grazing interval was 4 days and they do nothing but eat all day long.

Lawn is full of dandelions and yarrow. The dandelions have curled up for now and I've mown the lawn, I'll see what it grows back like.

 

[Al R]

I graze our lawn with Guinea Pigs (not a viable diversification), and they're still alive after spraying with "weed & feed" (containing Dicamba) and triclopyr.

The grazing interval was 4 days and they do nothing but eat all day long.

Lawn is full of dandelions and yarrow. The dandelions have curled up for now and I've mown the lawn, I'll see what it grows back like.

You’ll be bolusing for cobalt next, should have left the dandelions, it’s basically the same as plantain

 

[Loftyrules]

I think more of an issue is dogs licking their paws if they have been on the crop whilst the spray hasn't dried, but as stated above, they'd have to eat a lot of grass once dried

 

[deleted user 837354]

The only hazard I can identify is morons allowing themselves or their pets to get hit by spray in the eyes- some chemicals are irritating to eyes but at typical water volumes the risk is lowered due to dilution.

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

You’ll be bolusing for cobalt next, should have left the dandelions, it’s basically the same as plantain

They've still eaten everything down to the floor, grass & weeds and all. They will avoid certain weeds, that must have a bitter taste or be toxic.

They make great pets, as they will eat just about anything apart from mushrooms & onions. Very entertaining watching them eat corn cobs.

I would think any spray ingested in quantity enough to make a dog sick would easily kill a guinea pig, even if different species have a different official LD.

 

[Widgetone]

Can you find out what has been applied? Every product will have a Material Safety Data Sheet.

I've had the occasional question from people who live next to the fields as to what we're spraying and when. I've resisted so far but do send a round robin email to some people on request that we'll be out. Never any details about what product - that's too time consuming and a PR trap waiting to happen. Google search glyphosate and you'll see just what disinformation there is about agrochemicals on the internet.

The nasty stuff was banned years ago. To get a problem dose of modern pesticides would require your dog to eat half a tonne of crop, which would have other implications first than toxicity!

Out of my area of expertise, but how do we know all the nasty stuff is now consigned to the history books, and did people really use stuff they knew was nasty in the olden days? Certainly the pesticide containers I see have a long list of hazard signs on them, but perhaps that's just elf and safety.

 

[Av Gorritt]

When our sons were young , they had a guinea pig named George . He was very partial to warm buttered toast with a generous dollop of marmalade on it . He could smell breakfast time and used to squeak blue murder until he was fed .

 

[2wheels]

When our sons were young , they had a guinea pig named George . He was very partial to warm buttered toast with a generous dollop of marmalade on it . He could smell breakfast time and used to squeak blue murder until he was fed .

our kids had a guinea pig too. it was kept in a hutch in a open shed across the yard. as soon as anyone came out the house door it whistled and squeaked bloody loud until it got petted and fed. this thread is about guinea pigs isn't it?

 

[Brisel]

Out of my area of expertise, but how do we know all the nasty stuff is now consigned to the history books, and did people really use stuff they knew was nasty in the olden days? Certainly the pesticide containers I see have a long list of hazard signs on them, but perhaps that's just elf and safety.

I don't know if they have altered the standards for the hazard classification since they moved away from the older CHIP labels to the current ones. I can't remember the last time I picked up a can with Toxic on it.