Monday, August 27, 2007

Toads don't taste good

So, Hermes was chasing the toads around the yard as he has the past few evenings we have been home. He finds one and he sniffs at it and it usually hops away and he follows it and sniffs it some more and so forth and so on. They usually seek shelter in the brush under the cedar trees and he paws at the ground there and walks around until he flushes them out. After about 10 minutes of following around a toad and flushing it out, Hermes picked it up in his mouth and immediately dropped it. He kept making a smacking sound with his mouth and he drooled a bit and was dripping from his jowls (and had a bit of foam there too, which is typical when we go for a long walk). I got a bit concerned, but he didn't go for any water and he was fine after a few minutes. I know he does get the foamy jowls when we walk, so I wasn't too concerned, but I did google toads and dogs and I found that all toads secrete a bad taste from there skin and but some (especially in Arizona) are toxic. Luckily, it appears that our toads aren't toxic, but taste bad. Hopefully, Hermes will learn his lesson.

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