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Post by Wendy on Apr 14, 2015 23:31:07 GMT
I have a German Shepherd mix that is a year old. She digs in my flowers all the time. Drives me crazy! I read somewhere to put mothballs in a container & poke holes in it & sit them in the beds. She just picks up the whole container & carries it off! I'm thinking I will run my underground fence wire through it & then put the collar on her & let her get zapped a few times!
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Post by wolfmom on Apr 15, 2015 0:45:12 GMT
I've heard that putting some of their poop in the garden will keep a dog from digging there. Never tried it.. I have laid chicken wire down (cut around the plants) and that works. The people that had this house before me also did that in one flower bed.
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Post by Wendy on Apr 15, 2015 0:56:21 GMT
I planted some cactus & she dug those up! I had to wear leather gloves because to barely touch them would leave a handful of stickers, so I don't know how she could dig them up. So tonight she dug some more just in a short time of maybe 5 minutes that hubby wasn't out there. I went out the door & she ran over to her doghouse because she knew she was going to be chained. She knows she did wrong & will lay down with her head down & just knows she is in trouble. She is so smart, yet won't stay out of there no matter how much I correct her. I think tomorrow I will lay out the wire if the weather is nice enough.
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Post by mollymckee on Apr 15, 2015 4:07:02 GMT
I used blood meal in my garden to keep one of the dogs from digging. It worked very quickly. I did keep it in the garden all summer but she never dug again, she lived many more years.
Be careful with the mothballs. They are poison to dogs and most animals if the get them out and swallow them!
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Post by Wendy on Apr 15, 2015 5:08:36 GMT
Where can I get bloodmeal & why does that stop them?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2015 6:20:41 GMT
Blood meal is in the garden fertilizer section. Should be with bone meal and such. Don't know why it would keep a dog out though
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Post by willowgirl on Apr 15, 2015 14:17:47 GMT
I think some of the invisible fences have portable units you can use inside the house. One of my housecleaning clients had a setup like that, which she used to keep her big dogs off the sofa and from (not kidding) shredding the curtains in her front window trying to see out whenever the UPS man made a delivery, etc.
I think the units beep, or something, when the dog gets too close, then if they keep coming, it zaps 'em. I have no problem with shock collars myself -- I used to work in a shelter and had to assist in putting down far too many dogs that were surrendered because they were unruly. Better an occasional zap than the needle, AFAIC.
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Post by snoozy on Apr 15, 2015 15:04:06 GMT
Go to a Korean store and get a large bag of chilli powder...
(Didn't work with goats though. They loved it! )
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Post by mollymckee on Apr 16, 2015 3:05:14 GMT
I have no idea why the blood meal works. I read it somewhere and it did work for me. Yes, it is at garden stores.
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Post by Wendy on Apr 16, 2015 4:59:09 GMT
Thanks! I might have to try it. I really hate to chain her at night.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 19:07:16 GMT
Sprinkle some black pepper. Works for some not all.
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Post by farmchix on Apr 17, 2015 11:54:56 GMT
I scold my retriever. If he doesn't listen, I shoot him in the side with a water hose. I know it sounds harsh, but he looks at me like "whaatttt....I was checking to see if you were looking...."
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Post by manygoatsnmore on Apr 19, 2015 7:09:43 GMT
I wouldn't be opposed to using an e-collar, either. They have settings that just vibrate and shock the mind, not the body. I've been considering getting one for Muttley to curb his excessive night barking, but his fur is so thick, I'm not sure it would register on him that something was vibrating! He does love fresh dirt, too, so I'm reading all the replies.
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Post by Wendy on Apr 19, 2015 11:35:52 GMT
I scold my retriever. If he doesn't listen, I shoot him in the side with a water hose. I know it sounds harsh, but he looks at me like "whaatttt....I was checking to see if you were looking...." The problem is, I can't catch her in the act! She will do it when no one is out there. DH came in for 5 minutes & in that time she dug a couple of holes. I have been tying her at night & trying to keep a closer watch during the day. |
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Post by farmchix on Apr 19, 2015 11:57:25 GMT
That makes it tough, Wendy. We hold Bambino's nose to the affected area with a firm grip on the back of his neck. "Did you do this?" He looks guilty as snot, then we tell him very sternly "Bad Dog" and put him in time out. I don't know if it will work with your dog or not, but that's the only way we can train ours if we aren't there at the time of the crime.
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Post by Wendy on Apr 19, 2015 15:05:57 GMT
Oh, she knows. As soon as I walk out the door & see it she is down on the ground with her tail between her legs.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2015 16:47:50 GMT
A friend with a husky dog got good results with a coil of barbed wire pulled out in a spiral laid on the ground. As the plants grow up the wire disappears, but still does the job. Blood meal is a good deterrent to vermin, which can be what the dog can't resist getting after. Passing mice leave a strong trail.
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Post by Bear Foot Farm on Apr 24, 2015 6:40:49 GMT
That's the best plan since it works when you're not there, which keeps her from associating the shock with you.
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