I cant see how a cherry tree would be an issue, the only possibly poisonous bit is the pit and if a dog manages to get one before the birds I would be very surprised. We have many highly poisonous plants in the garden, daffodils, foxgloves, lilly of the valley etc and we have two unsupervised dogs and have had many cats and kittens. they don't eat them. I would only avoid things where the danger is not one the animal can see, like lillys and cats (though I have also had both with no issues and do remember it's only one type of lilly not all)
Many years ago, we had a large chocolate birthday cake on the kitchen table. The candles were lit, and the door closed. My 5 year old daughter was fetched and brought to the kitchen door. We sang 'Happy Birthday' as we opened the door. There was no cake. A rather sheepish looking Rhodesian Ridgeback was lying in his bed. In 30 seconds he had scoffed the whole cake, candles and all. My daughter burst into tears. The dog showed no ill effects. He also ate left over meals containing onions, and lived to an old age.
@pansyface - having pets is like having children. You use your common sense to keep dangerous stuff out of their way until they are old enough or trained enough not to put the wrong things in their mouths and you keep their environment safe without being obsessive.
I've known kittens get into a pantry and gorge on a coconut cake - all that lovely fat and butter icing - and be spherical for a day but have never had a cat so hungry it would eat tinsel, chocolate, fruit cake, mince pies, mistletoe and I loathe poinsettias - nasty euphorbias - so no temptation there. They'll go fro cheese and cream tho.
We've had dogs for 13 years now and one is a Labrador with no appetite "off" button. We keep human and cat food out of his reach and he has never shown signs of stealing fruit cakes, nuts, my artificially sweetened coffee. He did snaffle a fresh egg OH left too close to the edge of the counter yesterday.
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Re my previous post. That was decades ago in a pre internet age. I didn't know that certain foods were bad for dogs, so would do things differently these days.
Ornamental cherries are considered toxic to dogs, but unless they chew huge quantities of bark/twigs, indeed the whole tree, not a problem, as others have said. If you are worried about it, install a mesh tree guard around the trunk as that’s the only part an inquisitive pair of gnashers are going to reach. If your dog just ignores it, as is likely, you can remove the guard at a later date.
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There was no cake. A rather sheepish looking Rhodesian Ridgeback was lying in his bed. In 30 seconds he had scoffed the whole cake, candles and all. My daughter burst into tears.
The dog showed no ill effects. He also ate left over meals containing onions, and lived to an old age.
I've known kittens get into a pantry and gorge on a coconut cake - all that lovely fat and butter icing - and be spherical for a day but have never had a cat so hungry it would eat tinsel, chocolate, fruit cake, mince pies, mistletoe and I loathe poinsettias - nasty euphorbias - so no temptation there. They'll go fro cheese and cream tho.
We've had dogs for 13 years now and one is a Labrador with no appetite "off" button. We keep human and cat food out of his reach and he has never shown signs of stealing fruit cakes, nuts, my artificially sweetened coffee. He did snaffle a fresh egg OH left too close to the edge of the counter yesterday.