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How to stop dogs pooing in my flower bed?
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Ever thought of a shotgun and standing guard?0
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I got one of those big cheese sonic things, and a massive fake snake that worked even better:)"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf"
(Kabat-Zinn 2004):D:D:D0 -
Cover the beds with gravel/slate chippings - keeps the weeds down too.0
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Artfully arranged prunings - ideally from roses or something else prickly will do the job if you prefer not to have an actual plant there.Shrinking my mortgage!
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I have chicken wire down along my grass to stop cats pooing on my lawn - that works for me as they don't like walking on it.Regards, Robin.2011 MFW # 34
Mortgage starting balance at Sept 09 - £127,224 on 30 year term. Currently balance approx £116,945 (Updated Jan '12)
Estimated MFD - [STRIKE]Sept 2039[/STRIKE], April 2031 (in progress!)0 -
maninthestreet wrote: »
A marketing mans dream, about as useful as that "evergreen" lawn seed that gets advertised;)"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
Long term solution is to plant a prickly hedge around your garden (something like Berberis) to create a barrier. The red leaved ones are lovely - and you get berries in the Spring, so nice to look at.
Dogs DO go back to the same spot - I've seen it. They sniff until they find their "toilet" (i.e. where they've gone before) and then hunker down ...:(
My elderly Mum had this problem as her garden was open too. A neighbour suggested putting Jeyes Fluid on the spot and that seemed to do the trick! Very smelly; very offputting to sensitive animal noses. Unfortunately, didn't do the grass much good - it's now covered with shale instead. She regularly sprinkles it with JF, just in case ...
(Yes, it could easily be a fox or a cat - but the JF should repel them too).
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:rotfl:Cats dont bury there droppings these days, there so pampered they aint got the strength to carry the fork n spade no more :rotfl:
All animals will return to the same spot, just like we do!
My Grandfather who was an avid gardener with beautifully trimmmed lawns n hedges even had cats do it on top of the hedges
One thing none of them like if pyrocanthus, prickly lil b***ers them!
or try Pepper or curry powder, it gets right up their noses?Signature removed0
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