cane toads and dogs

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Lquade gives good advice, we have one dog out of three who is fascinated with toads, and has had several close encounters (we refer to her as the toad sucking dog) and her sister hasbegun to alert us when she goes after toads. We had to wash her mouth out until she no longer foamed, generally about 20 minutes, then she lies in a stupor for about 8 hours and is wobbly on her feet for 24. Frankly, I think she really likes the buzz. A good hunter like this dog will find them during the day as well as at night too. The random factor here is that the animal has to bite the toad in the right place and the right way and the toad sends out a stream of poison, so not all toad encounters are deadly.

Carol