Does anyone know how long after lawn fertilizer is put on it's safe for dogs to walk on? Thanks, Liz
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SourceThere are various cancers whose prevalence in specific breeds indicates the risk is modulated in large part by inherited factors. Perhaps the best studied among these is bladder cancer in Scottish terriers. Recent work by Knapp, Glickman, and others3,4 shows that the risk for this disease is almost 20-fold greater in Scottish terriers than the average for all dogs. However, the occurrence of the disease seems to be influenced by environmental factors such as exposure to herbicides, as well as by body composition. The genes that modulate risk in this breed remain to be determined, and are possibly linked in a complex mode of inheritance that could make their identification challenging.[/b]
The biggest risk of fertilizer especially lawn fertilizer is it tends to be highly acidic. One watered in it should be safe. Any adjuncts like herbicides and insecticides are a different matter.. But given the number of people who have services fertilize their lawns regularly (one might say excessively), the risk of it harming an animal must be very low.[/b]