May 01 2005
Mixing Houseplants and Pets in Your Salon
I like houseplants and have them all over my house, which is also my Grooming Salon. Houseplants clean the air, provide a bit of humidity to my dry indoor climate, and look cheerful!However, with all the dogs in and out of the place, I have to be careful which houseplants are within reach, or can be pulled down by curious dogs for chewing.
Some plants are poisonous! Don’t let your dog get these plants in his mouth:
- Diffebachia/Dumb Cane
- Pothos
- Calla Lily
- Anthurium
- Peace Lily
- Philodendron
- Cactus (not toxic, but those spines hurt!)
- And during the Holiday Season, be careful of decorating with:
- Poinsettia
- Holly Berries
- Mistletoe
This website lists ingestion symptoms and tells you what to do (obviously, immediately call your vet in ANY case of suspected pet poisoning!): Poisonous houseplants
These are nice-looking, no fuss plants I would use in the salon:
- Palms
- Jade Plant
- Schefflera/Umbrella Plant
- Dracaena/Corn Plant
- Wandering Jew
- Spider Plant (snip off rootlets, so dogs can’t drag this plant down onto their silly heads!)
- Catnip (grow it in a small pot - cats LOVE it and dogs ignore it. It smells nice when you bruise the leaves, and makes a good tea to help settle upset human stomachs)
- Monstera
Stumble it!