RE: New Garden Pest

I think you probably have all of your faculties intact Zem. ;-) And aren't
you fabulous for rescuing little man! My advice, invest in lots of tomato
cages to protect your plants at first and teach him where the "garden path"
is. My guys all have their route, although they will stray from it in the
event some small creature they need to chase is in the foliage (ie rats).
I garden around them and don't worry about the occasional crushed flower. I
DO draw the line at digging holes in my garden. Fill them back in and put
some dog poop on top of the soil. Works every time. Of course eventually
they dig another hole and the process starts all over again. 

In the winter, it will look like you're growing tomatoes cages.
I'm sure he's going to love his new home! You're wonderful!
A

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC 


> [Original Message]
> From: Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
> To: gardenchat <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 6/6/2005 9:29:47 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] New Garden Pest
>
> I have truly lost my mind.  Last week my new garden pest was found at the
post
> office, and I rescued him.  His name is Otis; he is about 3 months old
and is
> a PUPPY of unknown origin.  I don't even like dogs, but what could I do? 
He
> was going to get run over.  I don't know how long the cats, Precious and
I can
> stand him, but he does seem teachable -- maybe.  I'll send along a
picture as
> soon as I get one.  He is dark brown with a spash of white on his chest
and on
> the tips of his toes.   He does have a curly tail bot no indication of
Chow
> acestry.  Beady eyes might indicate a pit bull in the wood pile, but who
> knows.  The cats are almost tolerant.  Precious is the only one who has
bitten
> him (on the ear) -- yet.
> zem (who is certifialby nuts)
> zone 7
> West TN
>
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