frogs and dogs - Page 2

THANK YOU to all of you that gave your input. I just didn't know what I should do since they come out at night. I have since found out the species of frog this is, they are very common  in most of the state of Texas except East Texas and the Panhandle; it is called a Bufo speciosus Texas Toad. I have several that come out at nite, and they don't bother the dogs. It's just the pup that finds them curious to play with especially when he gets them to hopping. From what I read, this is the end of their breeding season, so they should be gone soon (I hope). Once again, thank you for all your help.

Debbie

hellsbeast, anything with the name Bufo is a true TOAD, not a frog. If you're worried about them, can you keep your dogs in at night? That would be the simplest solution.

Ok, Sunsilver, I don't want to get into a big "thing" here but you may notice that I put frog/toad. I also mentioned to put the hose to where it wouldn't drown the dog. And I suggest not blasting it but spraying from the back to front  pointing toward the side. You don't want to wash it down the throat. I assumed the reader could follow the concept.

I don't care what your schooling is. I do live in the Sonoran desert and can tell you these things are not rare. Every monsoon you can hear them come out. And their croak is easily distinguished from others. I know a lot of people who's dogs have gotten extremely sick from them and would have died without a vet. I also remember telling Hellsbeast to check w/Texas game and wildlife to see if she has them. I know one of my dogs was vomitting during monsoons this year. I called my vet who told me to get him in NOW because he could have gotten into one of these.

Books are great. But, it might behove you to listen to the two of us who actually LIVE with them and not read about them before popping off about your schooling. You can't drive a mile here without squashing one of these bastards at night during the rains. Your book is wrong.

Behoove not behove.

And I've said my piece. Will give you the last word.

I confess that was a poor choice of words, dawgs. What I meant to say was their distribution was just in a rather small area of the U.S.  (Heck, they're not even LISTED in my copy of the Petersen's Field Guide to amphibians, though there's many references to them on the net. ) They may be common locally, but they're not widely distributed.

I may have book learning, dawgs, but I've also spent thousands of hours wading and paddling through swamps, streams and creeks, and have kept frogs and toads as pets.