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NOtto



Joined: 31 Dec 1969
Posts: 21
Location: Duncanville,TEXAS

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 1:36 pm    Post subject: Keep the Dogs Out  

This the 1st time in a couple of years that I have again planted a garden. Now that the peppers, Tomatoes Cuecumbers & eggplant have begun to sprout the dogs want to spend time in the garden grazing. less than a dozen plants so I am not going to put a fence around my garden. They really want to nose around in the organic soil and now I remember they were eating broccoli & egg plant squash several years ago. Any ideas on how to keep them out. I was thinking pepper tea. Garlic is one of their favorite spices in Ho-Made dog treats
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sandih



Joined: 04 Apr 2003
Posts: 1037
Location: Dallas,TEXAS

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 6:43 am    Post subject:  

I used to have to put stakes, tall metal ones, at the corners of the garden and tie a nylon thread through the holes in each stake. That created a physical barrier for my lab.
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northwesterner



Joined: 02 Jul 2003
Posts: 153
Location: Fort Worth,TEXAS

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:01 am    Post subject:  

My dogs found the low chicken wire fence I put up to be a great hurdle to jump as they raced around my yard. I now garden at the side and front of the house, leaving the back yard to the dogs. :-/

My dogs wear the Invisible Fence collars, so I have the option of running the wire from the edge to surround a garden plot, but it isn't worth the expense to have the Fence folks come do the work, and I don't want to confuse the dogs about when they can and can't go in that area (I would disconnect that segment in the off season). But if you have a dedicated garden plot, a collar is one expensive answer.

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