Garden Mulch

[Georgieboy]

Hi there DOLers,

We are in the process of doing up the back yard with garden edging etc, and want to put mulch down when we've finished. My OH heard somewhere that Garden Mulch is a carrier of Parvo and other nasties that can make dogs sick. Does anyone know if there's any truth to this? We'd be looking to get the mulch from the local waste transfer station who turn all the green waste into garden mulch.

As we have two beautiful Staffy's we want to be sure what we put down in their back yard is safe for them.

Thanks in advance!

Carly

[vernie]

the lady at the nursery told me not to use 'blood and Bone' if you have dogs.

[Dogsfevr]

Mulch is a classic source of skin issues .The spores it self can cause all sorts of nasties.

Not heard of parvo but seen plenty of dogs who have had skin issues with mulch around,this also applied to humans with asthma/allergy issues again due to the spores

[Stitch]

Parvo stays in the soil for ages so it might be that.

Coconut mulch is a no-no and can poison dogs.

Some dogs like Ecco 88, Chook Poo and similar and get sick when they eat it.

I wouldn't be using the green waste from the dump as you just don't know where it has been - I have heard of that carrying disease problems.

Use tea tree mulch - no problems with that one!!

[Georgieboy]

Thanks guys!