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How Can I Keep Dogs Away from my Lawn and Other Plants?
Mike wrote: I'm planting new plants and want to keep dogs away from them. Is there anything short of a fence that'll keep them away? Thanks, Mike No. However, the fence need only be those green light-duty U-posts & thin bird/deer netting (the kind you drape over trees & shrubs, with bright strings or ribbons at dog-eye level to make it visible). Secure the bottom of the fence netting with rocks, & tie the netting to each post. For individual shrubs, I use 3' galvanized fencing, looped into in a 2' diameter cylinder, with the snipped fence ends twisted around the other side to hold it in cylinder shape. I've also learned to drive a 4' U-post into the ground next to the loop, & fasten it to the fence loop with plastic ties: ground stakes will not permit a 3' fence loop to withstand a solid hit from a playful Labrador. When the shrubs are large enough, I reuse the fence loops for new shrubs. |
How Can I Keep Dogs Away from my Lawn and Other Plants?
"Oscar_Lives" wrote in message news:P1Pag.950394$x96.810540@attbi_s72... "Mike" wrote in message news:_kT8g.5125$OF6.2558@trnddc06... I'm planting new plants and want to keep dogs away from them. Is there anything short of a fence that'll keep them away? Thanks, Mike Set out a dish of water with some antifreeze in it. Some pieces of sponge soaked in bacon grease will also work. Good luck. The dogs lick/chew them then don't return? |
How Can I Keep Dogs Away from my Lawn and Other Plants?
Sounds like that'l work for me.
"Darryl" wrote in message ups.com... Mike wrote: I'm planting new plants and want to keep dogs away from them. Is there anything short of a fence that'll keep them away? Thanks, Mike No. However, the fence need only be those green light-duty U-posts & thin bird/deer netting (the kind you drape over trees & shrubs, with bright strings or ribbons at dog-eye level to make it visible). Secure the bottom of the fence netting with rocks, & tie the netting to each post. For individual shrubs, I use 3' galvanized fencing, looped into in a 2' diameter cylinder, with the snipped fence ends twisted around the other side to hold it in cylinder shape. I've also learned to drive a 4' U-post into the ground next to the loop, & fasten it to the fence loop with plastic ties: ground stakes will not permit a 3' fence loop to withstand a solid hit from a playful Labrador. When the shrubs are large enough, I reuse the fence loops for new shrubs. |
How Can I Keep Dogs Away from my Lawn and Other Plants?
"Mike" wrote:
"Oscar_Lives" wrote in message news:P1Pag.950394$x96.810540@attbi_s72... "Mike" wrote in message news:_kT8g.5125$OF6.2558@trnddc06... I'm planting new plants and want to keep dogs away from them. Is there anything short of a fence that'll keep them away? Thanks, Mike Set out a dish of water with some antifreeze in it. Some pieces of sponge soaked in bacon grease will also work. Good luck. The dogs lick/chew them then don't return? No, it's not as nice as that. The dogs internal body parts will plug up and the dog may die. I suppose there might be a time and place for extreme measures, eh? |
How Can I Keep Dogs Away from my Lawn and Other Plants?
"Steveo" wrote in message ... "Mike" wrote: "Oscar_Lives" wrote in message news:P1Pag.950394$x96.810540@attbi_s72... "Mike" wrote in message news:_kT8g.5125$OF6.2558@trnddc06... I'm planting new plants and want to keep dogs away from them. Is there anything short of a fence that'll keep them away? Thanks, Mike Set out a dish of water with some antifreeze in it. Some pieces of sponge soaked in bacon grease will also work. Good luck. The dogs lick/chew them then don't return? No, it's not as nice as that. The dogs internal body parts will plug up and the dog may die. I suppose there might be a time and place for extreme measures, eh? can't think of any Steve though I can think of some uses for it for people who actually do this to dogs, along with electric fences, baseball bats and barbed wire. rob |
How Can I Keep Dogs Away from my Lawn and Other Plants?
Mike,
Short of hitting the owner with a stick, I've had some success with Red Pepper Flakes. My grandfather use to spread them out on the side walk in front of his business to keep the dogs moving on down the line. Try boiling some flakes up in water then applying it to your most visited canine rest stops and see if this helps. Cheers Dan "Mike" wrote in message news:305hg.5244$9f2.4733@trnddc04... "Oscar_Lives" wrote in message news:P1Pag.950394$x96.810540@attbi_s72... "Mike" wrote in message news:_kT8g.5125$OF6.2558@trnddc06... I'm planting new plants and want to keep dogs away from them. Is there anything short of a fence that'll keep them away? Thanks, Mike Set out a dish of water with some antifreeze in it. Some pieces of sponge soaked in bacon grease will also work. Good luck. The dogs lick/chew them then don't return? |
How Can I Keep Dogs Away from my Lawn and Other Plants?
Thanks Danny I'll give it a try.
Mike "Danny" wrote in message ... Mike, Short of hitting the owner with a stick, I've had some success with Red Pepper Flakes. My grandfather use to spread them out on the side walk in front of his business to keep the dogs moving on down the line. Try boiling some flakes up in water then applying it to your most visited canine rest stops and see if this helps. Cheers Dan "Mike" wrote in message news:305hg.5244$9f2.4733@trnddc04... "Oscar_Lives" wrote in message news:P1Pag.950394$x96.810540@attbi_s72... "Mike" wrote in message news:_kT8g.5125$OF6.2558@trnddc06... I'm planting new plants and want to keep dogs away from them. Is there anything short of a fence that'll keep them away? Thanks, Mike Set out a dish of water with some antifreeze in it. Some pieces of sponge soaked in bacon grease will also work. Good luck. The dogs lick/chew them then don't return? |
How Can I Keep Dogs Away from my Lawn and Other Plants?
Home Depot sells a product by Havaheart called Critter Ridder Dog and Cat
Repellant. Works with natural capsaicin (sp?) i.e. strong pepper essence and a few other ingredients. It works. Tim "Mike" wrote in message news:bl4ig.8659$PY6.7136@trnddc05... Thanks Danny I'll give it a try. Mike "Danny" wrote in message ... Mike, Short of hitting the owner with a stick, I've had some success with Red Pepper Flakes. My grandfather use to spread them out on the side walk in front of his business to keep the dogs moving on down the line. Try boiling some flakes up in water then applying it to your most visited canine rest stops and see if this helps. Cheers Dan "Mike" wrote in message news:305hg.5244$9f2.4733@trnddc04... "Oscar_Lives" wrote in message news:P1Pag.950394$x96.810540@attbi_s72... "Mike" wrote in message news:_kT8g.5125$OF6.2558@trnddc06... I'm planting new plants and want to keep dogs away from them. Is there anything short of a fence that'll keep them away? Thanks, Mike Set out a dish of water with some antifreeze in it. Some pieces of sponge soaked in bacon grease will also work. Good luck. The dogs lick/chew them then don't return? |
You can use red pepper flakes. Dogs have keen sense of smell. So they will avoid your garden area altogether.
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