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Step 1
Get a book on identifying common garden plants or hop online and print out a decent guide if you can't tell a tulip from a morning glory. Take this guide out with you into your garden to help you identify your plants and flowers.
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Step 2
Identify common garden plants that a are toxic for dogs. Daffodils, Tulips, English Ivy, Lilies, Hydrangeas, Morning Glories, Rhodendrons, Hyacinth, Oleander, Narcissus and especially Azaleas are all examples of flowers that are very toxic to dogs. These plants are fairly easy to recognize by their unique flowers and are a good place to start in identifying flora and fauna that are toxic for dogs.
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Step 3
Check your plants and bushes next. Chinaberry Trees, Dragon Trees, Elephant Ears, some ferns like Lace Ferns, Buckeye trees, Avocado trees and Yews are all very toxic for dogs. The Yew is a popular shrub that can be found in many backyards and is tempting to dogs but eating part of a Yew can cause vomiting, seizures, cardiac arrest and ultimately death in dogs.
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Step 4
Keep your dog away from Onion plants and Tomato plants. These common summer garden plants can cause anemia, extreme gastrointestinal upset, excessive salivating, clumsiness, fatigue, slow heartbeat, vomiting and weakness.
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Step 5
Plant doggie-safe plants in your garden if you just can't seem to keep Fido out of your flowers. Remove the toxic plants and instead, plant Jasmine, Marigolds, Snapdragons, Violets, Lace Orchids and several other varieties of orchid, Magnolia bush, Butterfly Iris, Hickories, Hawthorns, melons, squash or any of the many other non-toxic plants, flowers, trees, fruits and vegetables that are safe for your pet.
