It's winter & the grass is dormant so you'll mostly likely have to wait
until spring to see any signs of life. In the meantime, place some chicken
wire over the patch to discourage the dog from damaging that area,
apparently dogs don't like the feel of the wire under their paws. Is there
an area in the garden that you can allow the dogs to be dogs? Kinda like a
sandpit for kids... but an area where they can dig & bury their bones.

"kimsr" wrote in message
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Hello everyone -

We have two young dogs (7 months), one of which is a real Mr Destructo
in the garden. He digs in the lawn and just killed a large climbing
plant by chewing through the stem. Not good.

The main problem we've got right now is that he damaged a large patch
in the middle of the lawn by chewing the buffalo grass. Apparently, all
of those criss-crossing runners are fascinating to a Jack Russell. He
doesn't seem to be doing it anymore, but I've got this 15 square metre
patch that is basically bare runners. They are still green and trying
to shoot, but not really getting anywhere (plus it is late winter
here).

I have just topdressed the entire area with a good soil mix, thinking
that they may not be coming back very well because they aren't really
in much soil at the moment - more just a tangle on top of the soil.

Has anyone had any experience with this? Does anyone have any
suggestions?

My husband isn't into gardening and I am. Unfortunately, it is HIS dog
doing all the damage!! Please help before I start contemplating
dogicide.


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