Black Walnuts?, Are they harmful? Options

[Thormannix]

Our neighbor has a black walnut tree in their yard, a lot of the walnuts fall in our yard. Yesterday he told me that they are toxic to dogs is this true? They have never paid any attention to them but I will collect them all if they are a danger to the dogs.
Thanks
Stephanie

[LuvmydobeApollo]

YES!!!!!!!!! i have a black walnut tree in my yard and was told many years ago they are poisonous to dogs. I dont know if its only the walnut itself, or the little leafy branch things that fall also. That one i have to find out. But yes, please pick up and throw out the walnuts. They also are very messy if squished, they stain something awful.

sharen

[Javaluva]

Both the nuts and the wood are extremely toxic to dogs!!!! Never let your dog chew on a black walnut branch. The wood can even be harmful to people if the sawdust of black walnut is inhaled. It's a wood that should never be used where it will come in contact with food. It's harmful to horses, too, and should never be used in bedding.

My husband's grandfather is a wood worker and has a friend whose Italian Greyhound used to come into the wood shop. The IG got ahold of a hunk of black walnut and gnawed on it for a while. It made him extremely sick and caused paralysis for a few days in his legs. Luckily he turned out OK, but it could have killed him.

[Thormannix]

Thank you! I guess I know what I will be doing tomorrow!