Dog owners are being alerted to the potential dangers of rapeseed plants when walking this spring and summer. The golden fields are a common sight in many parts of the country at this time of year, but the colourful plants can be bad news for our canine companions.
Rapeseed appears on a nine-page Dogs Trust list of poisonous plants found online, but it does not appear on various canine organisations’ guides to springtime dangers. DevonLive went to Dogs Trust to clarify how dangerous the plant is to our pets.
A spokesperson for Dogs Trust said: “Our vet team have confirmed that many dogs may remain asymptomatic after coming into contact with rapeseed. However, if they ingest some, then they can develop gastrointestinal signs (vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal tenderness etc). Generally, these are mild in nature.
