Gardens and dogs
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Marakiaya
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Any ideas on how to keep my dogs out of my gardens? Are there any plants that can deter them. It's taken me a few weeks to build it and build it up and they have loved playing in it while I've been creating. Now I want to start planting but they keep jumping in.
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Gardens and active dogs are incompatible. You need a designated running area for them, with a base of gravel or mulch or artificial turf, and the garden area you are working to establish needs to be off-limits unless they are under control.
Douglas Hunt
on Mar 19, 2014
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electric fence, or a Pet-agree, train them by zappibg them when they get into the garden, after awhile they will stop.
Carol Petto
on Mar 19, 2014
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I would go with the electric fence! It takes a lot of time and patience to train dogs to stay out of certain places...and some active dogs just will not comply...but the fence convinces them to. They are not cheap and can be purchased at Pet Smart. If you have the patience, a collar that you can activate might work. My black lab learned to obey my commands quickly (grandmother is not a pushover) so when I work with her, it does not take but a couple of times and she "gets it'. I know I am lucky.
Jeanette S
on Mar 19, 2014
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Just make sure not to plant foxglove, it is fatal to dogs. Eucalyptus as well.
Stacy L
on Mar 19, 2014
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We created a doggie park look for the front yard, fenced in, playground mulch (the wood fiber type) and some bushes and limited florals...it is their garden--the back yard is off limits to them unless we have them on leash...we considered an electric fence-and were thinking of placing the electric stuff under the brick borders--easy but do not as of yet have an outside electric outlet. We bring cords in through the little glass block window to plug in the fountains and fence lighting...more leaning toward keeping it off limits though...no doggie urine smells, no digging, no laying on our ornamentals and no running through flower beds...been there done that!! Dedicate an area just for them, fence it in...
Anna Marie Gustafson
on Mar 20, 2014
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I've used the water pistol method on my dogs for barking or trying to dig under the fence for my neighbor's tortoise. I just bought one of those small water guns, ever time they were barking at the fence I just called their name, said no, and then fired the water pistol. it didn't take long and occasionally they need a reminder.
MaryAnn B
on Mar 20, 2014
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This is what works for me: Set bamboo stakes around the perimeter of the garden area about a foot to a foot & a half high. Run garden twine or string around from stake to stake. My 3 dogs will not cross the string. They may think it's hot wire or they may just respect the barrier. All I know is that it works. I suspect that an ornamental, foot high border fence would work as well.
Judy
on Mar 20, 2014
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Thank you, I will try this :-)
Marakiaya
on Mar 20, 2014
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@Marakiaya that's too bad. Sorry this won't work for you.
MaryAnn B
on Mar 21, 2014
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