My dog eats hops and she love it!

[Dogphish]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/spent-grain-make-your-best-friend-cookies-87097/

 

[android]

The grass is called "hookui," or a nice crab grass. Very invasive, you have to have a deep border around to keep it from spreading. Very drought tolerant. Looks awesome when you cut it.

hookui grass? never heard of that one... where did you get it?

 

[JRems]

^^ same here Where do you get seed and does it go by another name? Even the google machine didn't find anything on hookui

 

[Sparky]

Android & JRems,
Thanks and time to go

The locals, here, call it Kikuyu Grass and I could not find it on a search, either. It was introduced to the park area here to control the drifting sand, by a Portugese locals in the1940's.

Our area gets lotsa rain in the "winter" time, followed by a typical 6 months of no rain in the summer. This grass is basically, drought tolerant. It is definitely a "crab-grass" variety, with deep roots. The stuff makes a fantastic lawn, as long as (1) it is controlled in an area and (2) cut regularly (ie - every 2 weeks). It is very dense, and plush. I love walking on the stuff.

I'll take some photos of a before-it-is-cut, and after. Plus, what the root system looks like. I am happy to mail anyone the root system since it will survive a nuclear holocaust!

 

[Turk10mm]

A little google action and i found the grass. kikuyu grass

 

[conpewter]

I think crab grasses die out with harsh winters so wouldn't recommend them for NY, but do some research as I've not looked in to it deeply.

Cute dogs everyone! Definitely keep the hops away if you can, but if your dog ate some and is fine I wouldn't worry. I use leaf hops and my great dane has no interest in them, other than peeing on the plants occasionally.

 

[r8rphan]

The grass is called "hookui," or a nice crab grass. Very invasive, you have to have a deep border around to keep it from spreading. Very drought tolerant. Looks awesome when you cut it.

Just to be certain, we're talking about the grass in 'this' picture, right?

Does it get any longer than that if you don't water/cut it? I'm looking for something that can survive if it does not get water from say late may through mid october, never needs cutting, and is thick/bushy enough to walk on barefooted without feeling the various small rocks and what not laying around in a mountain meadow type setting... It can turn brown, but it shouldn't die back any (or at least not much.. It has to be able to handle snow for a few months too...

The natural meadow grass up here is awesome.. looks like that, but with much smaller/tighter blades... and generally smaller denser clumps... It is incredibly drought tolerant, but man does it spread slow...

I built my house in the middle of what was a meadow type of area on the property, and that stuff is growing back oh so slow... 4 years since the house was moved into, and maybe 10%-15% has grown back in that time...

I'd like to find something like it that I can actually 'plant' and is 'more' invasive... For me, invasive is a 'good' thing.. as long as it doesn't grow 'tall'...

 

[r8rphan]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/spent-grain-make-your-best-friend-cookies-87097/

I've made three batches now... A good two hundred of the last batch are left... My two dogs love them.. I also vacuum packed and froze up about 70% of the leftover grains from my last brew (10G AG IPA), so I'll be making them these treats for a long time...

I add a little bacon grease to them.. Been thinking about adding liquid Glucosamine/MSM and yucca extract to them as well... Maybe even selling them at the local vets office or animal rescue thrift store...

 

[SteveBeitz]

Hops DO KILLL DOGS!! Please do not let your dogs any where near hops!! My 17 month old Doberman ate some spent hops after my brew day last Saturday and died early Sunday morning - the cause was Malignant Hyperthermia, in which the body temperature rises uncontrollably. This can be very harmful or fatal to the dog. Some symptoms are restlessness, panting, vomiting, abdominal pain, seizures, rapid heart rate, and high temperature. If a dog has possibly ingested hops and exhibits symptoms, they should be taken to an emergency pet hospital immediately for treatment.

Don't take any risk! I never thought that the dog would eat hops either, nor did I know that hops were even toxic to dogs - don't take the risk keep your dogs away from hops! It's not known what exactly it is that causes the Malignant Hyperthermia nor exactly which breeds are affected - not all will experience symptoms, however once they do it's too late!!

 

[Trail]

Hops DO KILLL DOGS!! Please do not let your dogs any where near hops!! My 17 month old Doberman ate some spent hops after my brew day last Saturday and died early Sunday morning - the cause was Malignant Hyperthermia

Oh god. I'm so sorry you lost your friend.

 

[brrman]

Also keep in mind, just because your dog survived eating hops or did not show obvious signs, that does not mean it did not suffer malignant hypothermia, which can cause renal failure and brain damage and tissue damage to the muscles and joints.

My golden retriever walked in through the dog door with a dead mouse in his mouth the other day. So proud he was. lol

 

[novicebrewer84]

I came home after a brew day to find my dog had gotten into spent hops. She's a 55lb lab. Wasn't long before she began showing abnormal symptoms. Heavy breathing, lethargy, etc. to the hospital we went. $700 dollars and some black charcoal later she was fine. I would highly advise careful brewing and cleanup around dogs. They love that smell as much as we do, they just can't take it.

Side note: Brewed the best bourbon pepper porter that day...

 

[AkBrew907]

Hops DO KILLL DOGS!! Please do not let your dogs any where near hops!! My 17 month old Doberman ate some spent hops after my brew day last Saturday and died early Sunday morning - the cause was Malignant Hyperthermia

I'm sorry for your loss

My dog likes panties.




No, seriously, back when SWMBO was a GF and not Wife she got a puppy and the puppy would always sneak away, into her bedroom, grab panties from the dirty laundry, hide under the bed and chew on them. She still does it too if we leave things around. Also its ONLY the panties, never any other clothing at all. And she's a girl dog too.
Better than dragging lizzards or gophers into the house though I guess.

I know this is bringing posts back from the dead but this brought back memories.

I had a Golden Retriever that use to steal socks and only my wife's. All our laundry had to be put up high otherwise she would grab a sock and literally swallow it whole within seconds. We counted 12 one spring when all the snow melted that she swallowed and pooped out whole.


We now have a Saint Bernard that isn't interested in my wife's clothing but rather my boxer shorts. He swallowed them whole and they got stuck half way down his throat. 3 separate vets, UT scans, x rays, camera and they couldn't figure out what was causing him having issues breathing. Then the day before he had a CT scan scheduled he pooped out a pair of my underwear, the lump in his neck went away and all was well.....


So yea... watch your hops and clothing LOL

 

[dpatrickv]

I'm sorry for your loss


I know this is bringing posts back from the dead but this brought back memories.

I had a Golden Retriever that use to steal socks and only my wife's. All our laundry had to be put up high otherwise she would grab a sock and literally swallow it whole within seconds. We counted 12 one spring when all the snow melted that she swallowed and pooped out whole.


We now have a Saint Bernard that isn't interested in my wife's clothing but rather my boxer shorts. He swallowed them whole and they got stuck half way down his throat. 3 separate vets, UT scans, x rays, camera and they couldn't figure out what was causing him having issues breathing. Then the day before he had a CT scan scheduled he pooped out a pair of my underwear, the lump in his neck went away and all was well.....


So yea... watch your hops and clothing LOL

My 5 year old lab does this as well. She will dig through the laundry basket to find my socks and take them. Oddly enough she wont chew on them, she just wants to hoard them. Odd animal.

 

[AkBrew907]

My 5 year old lab does this as well. She will dig through the laundry basket to find my socks and take them. Oddly enough she wont chew on them, she just wants to hoard them. Odd animal.

I''m just thankful my Golden had an iron gut. I don't want to know what the bill would have been to remove a sock lodged in her stomach.