Be alert to your pet walking on these surfaces since cleaning or licking their paws later can contribute to ingestion of the poison. Also take care if you are poisoning pests since your pets may ingest one of the dead critters and suffer from those consequences. Unfortunately plants are also great places to obtain insect bites or stings. Poisonous spiders, bees and other little critters could play havoc on your pet. Get information on how to treat these problems and what to do if they turn serious.
Caution is needed when there is new growth of plants, especially in wooded areas.
Another alert is to toxic seed pods that when lodged in between paw pads or in heavy coated animals could be gnawed at or groomed by your precious pet resulting in some horrible consequences. Check your animal over daily and especially after walks in any brush or wooded areas. Be sure to also check the ears and between the toes for any plant seed pods or stickers. You should remember that bugs could wind up in their eyes or noses during the spring fling of insect population booms. Rain puddles or stagnant water can also provide great breeding places for mosquito larvae and other parasites.