06/01/2026
We have always felt that lawn chemicals can be causing cancer. Being close to our farming community for almost 80 years they warned us of the ways that farming changed with the use of more chemicals. Now research is proving this to be true.
Be very careful of the environment you put your dog in.
At BelleShain we do not use chemicals for the safety of our dogs and ourselves.
A new review published in Animals, a peer-reviewed Q1 veterinary science journal, highlights growing evidence linking environmental chemical exposure to bladder cancer in dogs. Researchers identified lawn herbicides as a potential risk factor and note that many of these chemicals can be absorbed through the paws and skin, ingested during grooming, and ultimately concentrated in the bladder through urine.
🌧️ Rain doesn’t automatically wash pesticides away. Many are designed to stick to grass and soil long after rainfall.
🐾 Wet grass can actually increase exposure by helping residues transfer onto your dog’s paws, fur, and eventually into their mouth.
⏳ Some herbicides leave residues for days, while certain insecticides can persist for weeks or even months.
⚠️ “Safe after drying” doesn’t mean the chemicals are gone—it simply means immediate contact risk is lower.
To reduce exposure:
• Avoid freshly treated lawns, especially when wet
• Wipe or rinse paws after walks
• Clean wet bellies and fur
• Prevent paw licking until cleaned.
The concern isn’t one exposure, it’s years of small exposures adding up from parks, sidewalks, treated lawns, and other everyday environments.
👉Comment “CLEAN UP” and we’ll send you more on protecting dogs from everyday pesticide and environmental chemical exposure.
