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[email protected] · 27-11-2009, 07:57 PM posted to rec.gardens

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:05:43 -0500, wrote:

gardengal writes:

On Nov 26, 4:15*pm, Balvenieman wrote:
Boo wrote:
I have recently had a problem with a large amount of dog mess in a client's
garden and wonder if it is just something we have to put up with?

* * * * In my view, the presence of dogs in the garden is a clear
indication of their owner's regard for the garden as well as for the
person who tends it. It's time to move on and to be very clear about
your reasons for doing so.

What is this, the anti-dog forum?? Dogs and gardens can be perfectly
compatible as long as the dogs have ben properly trained and the
owners accept the responsibility for their pets.

Yes, I'm anti-dog. All it takes is a few dog bites to develop that
attitude.

But just for my information, as I understand it, a large dog needs to
run when let outside. If the dog runs on the grass, in a few days the
grass will be gone.

If the yard is adequate for the dog, there's no problem with the
grass. I have dogs and grass and several gardens. I mow less every
year as I expand the garden areas.

What kind of training do you use for dogs in your backyard? Do you
train them not to run at all, or just in selected places?

You can teach dogs all kinds of things with praise, non praise sounds
and repetition. Boundary training can be taught beginning with a leash
and gradually weaning off the leash. Mistakes are good, because then
you can let them know that's not what you want.

Sorry you got bitten a few times. The more I learn about dogs, the
more I'm amazed more people aren't. It seems so normal for parents to
let their children pat dogs they've never met on the head or hug them,
placing their faces right next to the dogs mouth, full of teeth. Dogs
do not like to be pat on the head by strangers and they usually don't
like being hugged by anyone. They're canines, not primates.

My biggest problem with dogs in the garden is tomato stealing.