Anyone have suggestions for shade plants that would taste bad or
otherwise be undesirable to dogs? Suggestions of any size welcome.

Thanks!

RB

I hate to sound stupid, but are you talking about plants that dogs won't
eat? won't dig up? won't kill by peeing on them?

Also, are the dogs yours? (I'm not trying to be funny, but I'm just trying
to get an idea of the parameters!) For example, my own dogs are both female
half-Labs, and the only pets running loose (besides them) are rabbits, so I
don't have to worry about the dogs' peeing on plants. Eating, possibly.
Digging up, definitely! "Dental-pruning the azaleas," yes! [Dogs digging
up an azalea in order to bury the rabbit they caught -- still in the
future, I hope!]

My suggestion so far: Hosta! As far as I know, dogs don't eat it, and it
seems fairly hardy -- although I might have a better idea after it comes
up again.

Anne Lurie
NE Raleigh





"R B" wrote in message
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Anyone have suggestions for shade plants that would taste bad or
otherwise be undesirable to dogs? Suggestions of any size welcome.

Thanks!

RB

Anne Lurie wrote:

My suggestion so far: Hosta! As far as I know, dogs don't eat it, and it
seems fairly hardy -- although I might have a better idea after it comes
up again.

My dog eats the young hostas when they're first emerging. She bites at
them until they are all the way down to the ground. If I can get them up
a ways then she'll leave them alone. Even the ones that get ripped to
shreds eventually will make it. She's a retriever as well.

Thanks for suggesting hostas - I'll have to see what they make of
those. The main issues are chewing, eating, and digging. I've lost
impatiens and pansies to my retriever in the past, although the other
dog leaves them alone. I'll give the hostas a whirl and see if they
taste good to my "good dog."



Kevin Gamble wrote in message om...
Anne Lurie wrote:

My suggestion so far: Hosta! As far as I know, dogs don't eat it, and it
seems fairly hardy -- although I might have a better idea after it comes
up again.

My dog eats the young hostas when they're first emerging. She bites at
them until they are all the way down to the ground. If I can get them up
a ways then she'll leave them alone. Even the ones that get ripped to
shreds eventually will make it. She's a retriever as well.