In a message dated 8/29/06 12:27:42 PM Central Daylight Time, karekedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > . Alcohol is also very bad for cats and dogs. It doesn't take much alcohol > to intoxicate a pet. in hindsight, it's a funny story - at the time it was terrrifying. my grouch (same one who stole and ate the hershey bar) got seriusly drunk on one occasion. i have never used pesticides or rodent bait of any kind because of the dogs. someone told me that if you place a shallow bowl of beer beneath your plants, the snails will crawl in and, basically, blow up and drown. i set out about 25 bowls of beer one night. problem was, i didn't think about it when i let the house dogs out for their last potty break that night. when i let them in 15 minutes later, grouch was seriously innebriated. he drank every drop out of every bowl. fortunately, he had no lasting problems from this adventure but i did spend a few hysterical hours on the phone with the vet. i learned to live with the snails. diane Diane Strasser Silstra German Shepherds "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." - Roger Caras ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================