Monday, January 30, 2012

How do you keep dogs from digging up flower gardens while they are chasing chipmunks?

I have lost a favorite Heuchera and two Hostas this year already. The dogs must stay, getting rid of them is not an option.
How do you keep dogs from digging up flower gardens while they are chasing chipmunks?
Short of following the dogs around with a trainer of some type, you really have to approach the chipmunk problem. Pepper preparations will help with both dog and chipmunk predation, but it has to be really strong and it has to be re-applied often. Another possibility would be the peppermint oil that we use to get rid of mice, moles and shrews. Probably best of all would be one of the natural dog repellent products on the market. Liquid Fence makes a dog and cat repellent which is effective. The main ingredient is fox urine, I think. Does not smell good, so don't use it indoors. It should work for your flower beds
Reply:build a sturdy fence around your flower gardens.
Reply:Nice gardens and dogs don't mix. Can you keep your dogs in one part of the yard where they can't ruin the garden?
Reply:A .22 is a good varmint gun.
Reply:The best thing to do is not get rid of the dogs, but to deal with getting rid of chipmunks! I have heard that if you use the dried ground red peppers, and sprinkle that arround the outside of the flower beds, it will keep the critters like mice, chipmunks, and squirrels away. I have never tried it myself, we don't have a critter problem, but I heard from my Grandmother that it works!
Reply:cut the paws of the dogs off
Reply:Buy an Ultrasonic Pet Trainer (around $25). Follow the dogs when they go chasing the chipmunks in the flower garden and press the button omitting the negative sound when they go to flower beds you want to keep off limits to them. Stopped my schnauzer from chasing toads (which could kill him) and I only had to use it twice to get my point across. Now a mere "don't touch" is enough.
Reply:Yeah my dog used to do the same thing. We have moles living in one little garden we have and one of my dogs used to go in there trying to get the moles. If you can, put up some kind of decorative fence around the garden. That's what we did and it helped some, though he is really big enough to jump over it which he does sometimes. It keeps him out more than before we had the fence though.

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