Dogs and Toads

A smart dog will pick up a toad only once in his life!

A dumb dog will try it a second time. Toads give out a very distasteful fluid, causing Fido to spit the toad out. Moe, as you see in the picture is a smart dog. He is looking but not touching. He had his once in a lifetime experience already, probably his first summer here in 2002.

Thanks to Mike and Linda Bassett the toads abound in my backyard. They stocked my pond last year with toad tadpoles. Toads are very helpful to all gardeners, particularly the organic ones. To read more about these helpers here is a website with links: http://www.fishpondinfo.com/toad.htm