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#11 04/05/2012 11:44 am

momofdrew
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Re: Dogs and plants

my veggy garden has a 4foot fence all around it and my flower gardens have those foot high green fences you by at lowe's it keeps them out


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#12 04/05/2012 4:56 pm

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Re: Dogs and plants

Indyanna wrote:

Does anyone else have trouble with their dogs getting into their gardens and landscaping?  I'm not sure what to do.  I have 2 dogs.  Diesel is a Great Dane/Yellow Lab mix (110 lbs.) and Hayley is a Cavalier Spaniel/Bichon Frise mix (10 lbs.)  Both of them trample over most things.  Last fall I had to plant my peony tubules 3 times because Haley kept digging them up and bringing them indoors.   I finally had to put a bucket over where I planted them until she lost interest.  Any advice would be appreciated.

You can try an invisible fence-it costs around 300.00 plus more for a second collar. That's if you DIY. They are not hard to install. You can train them buy walking them around and giving them a collar correction when they step into the garden.(This takes time) You can use a  fence. If they dig I have read where you give them a digging spot and bury toys etc.in that spot only.
Nothing is an easy task.

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#13 04/05/2012 5:06 pm

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Re: Dogs and plants

I own dogs, cats, horses and chickens.  You fence and separate the critters from the plants and then, everyone gets along well.  Raised beds help, too bc the dogs prefer to go around them (most of the time.)


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#14 04/05/2012 5:11 pm

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Re: Dogs and plants

Fence around my veggie garden, small fencing from home depot around my garlic bed and herb bed.  My Lab and my sisters Cav both like to dig.


Joan - Zone 8a - NW Louisiana
"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden."-- Thomas Jefferson

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#15 04/05/2012 7:34 pm

Indyanna
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Re: Dogs and plants

Thanks for the great ideas.   I will definitely fence off a vegetable garden when I get that far - probably just tomatoes this year.  I also think I would like some raised beds it appeals to my love for neatness (if you saw my house right now you would hurt yourself laughing!).  Lesa - I love the idea of an antique wheelbarrow full of annuals.  Hope to see a picture.


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