When I am an old woman, I will fence in my yard so that my dogs can run free without me having to worry about…Poison Ivy!
Yes, it’s July, and every July this happens. I wake up one morning and there it is, on my arms, where my dog has cuddled up close to me in the night, a bumpy itchy patch of Poison Ivy!
I didn’t have this problem, of course, when I lived in Florida. Then it was just heat rash that last year round! I bought Gold Bond Powder by the case! That, and insect repellent!
But when we moved back home to New Hampshire, I knew I was in trouble because of the large wild field behind my house. Oh, the wild flowers are beautiful, the butterflies a thing to behold, but the Poison Ivy leaves me itching from now until September.
The field, behind our netted cherry tree.
I’ve spoken to Hubby about fencing in the yard. Our yard is very large and if we did this the dogs would still have a large area to run without them running through the field and bringing home these horrible oils to rub all over me in the night. We also wouldn’t have to think about the deer, or in the future, the puppies getting loose.
Hubby is a naturalist. He likes wide open spaces and he loves to watch the dogs running through the field. He doesn’t get Poison Ivy the way I do.
I do love the open fields, just not in July!
Time for the brown soap and calamine lotion!
itch, itch,itch!!!!!
No scratching now! 🙂
I think a fence is a good idea, but you’d want one that you can still see the field in all it’s beauty, but not let the dogs get into.
I’m with Mel on this one. My co worker’s doggie brought her those “oils” and you should have seen her..Good luck and don’t scratch…
Paul got poison ivy pretty bad the other week and I got him the aveno calamine lotion – it has a numbing agent in it that seemed to help somewhat.
Dare I suggest a wipe for said pooch so that when he returns from romping, darling husband could use one and our Princess could be itch..and bumpy patch free?
Sorry for posting this link but I wanted to make it easy for you:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/NavResults.cfm?N=0&Np=1&Ntt=wipes&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=All&Nty=1&pc=1
We have used this company many times, get their catalogs and enjoy looking at stuff for our ‘children’. Hope you feel better soon sweetie!
Pam
You’re just like Dad!
I thought I had poison ivy yesterday after mowing the lawn, but it wasn’t…PHEW!
Ohhh, bless your heart. I’d never had poison ivy until a few months ago. I must be highly contagious because it spread like wildfire!
Silly puppies. They should shake all that off before they come in. hehe