Does cat nip have any effects on dogs?
Michael M asked:
I am growing cat nip in our garden i dont know what it will do to my 4 dog, or what my dogs will do to it?
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I am growing cat nip in our garden i dont know what it will do to my 4 dog, or what my dogs will do to it?
February 16th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
nothing, stupid. its not called dognip is it now?
February 17th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
It should have no effect on them.
Its more likely that the cats that are going to be in your garden are going to drive the dogs wild.
February 20th, 2009 at 4:44 am
It makes mine sneeze. but then none of my dogs are what you might call normal…
February 20th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
If they are anything like my dogs, they will just run over it and kill it. Other than getting dirt in their nails, the cat nip should have absolutely no effect on them!
February 22nd, 2009 at 7:50 pm
I know it has an effect on my dogs. THey roll in it just like a cat would and then act strange for awhile.
February 24th, 2009 at 4:48 am
No not really but some dogs do get affected by it they get hyper and stof but it dosent hert them
February 25th, 2009 at 12:44 am
It wont have the effect on them that it does some cats, not all cats even react to catnip. The chemical nepetalactone is what they respond to . Catnip is a member of the mint family Nepeta cataria. It is non toxic so if your dogs do roll in it (some will because they like rolling in tall grass and plants) or eat it it is harmless to them.
Catnip transplanted outside is usually found and destroyed by neighborhood cats, but if its grown from seed it is usually left alone. Its the moveing around and breaking of leaves releasing oils that attracts them to newly planted plants. It is a perennial herb and will come back every year and in some places can become invasive as any mint can.