Re: Need a dog repellent

When both my dogs were...teething - we used a spray on most everything
called apple bitters.  Worked great for keeping them from chewing and once
they learned the scent - they just stayed clear.  Not sure how it would work
outside but inside was great!

Vera


On 5/5/06, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
wrote:
>
> Oh great, they LIKE chile! Well I haven't tried it yet but I have cayenne
> powder soaking in water, I'll strain it tonight and spray, see what
> happens.
>
>
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> Of Andrea Hodges
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 4:30 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Need a dog repellent
>
> Bonnie that made me laugh out loud. I had the same issue with mine.
> Repellants were a GREAT thing to the dogs.
> Cyndi, visions of Trixie made me laugh too. Ah the joys of dogs. I know
> they
>
> have those recipes listed online somewhere. Probably under organic deer
> repellant or something. I've not had to use anything like that since my
> dogs
>
> were puppies. That was a long time ago. Let us know how it turns out.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 10:08 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Need a dog repellent
>
>
> > Hope that works for you.  When Izzie was teething, we tried sour apple,
> > the
> > pepper sprays and finally found some extra HOT, HOT, HOT peppers and
> > ground
> > them and rubbed them on the furniture.  Our only problem was that Izzie
> > must
> > have some Cajun heritage.  She loved the repellants.
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> > Of Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT
> > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 7:19 PM
> > To: 'gardenchat@hort.net'
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Need a dog repellent
> >
> > Ah, sweet Trixie is definitely smarter than I am. She doesn't go near
> the
> > plants while I'm out there. In fact, it's been long enough since I
> trained
>
> > a
> > dog that I'm feeling the need to take us to school, because much of what
> > I'm
> > used to doing is not getting the response I want. I got this nice book
> > "How
> > to behave so your dog behaves" which sort of works, but much of the time
> > she
> > doesn't react like the book predicts, and then I don't have any feedback
> > to
> > tell me if I'm doing it right.
> > So we'll head for obedience school pretty soon. She is a good girl and
> > very
> > affectionate, so it's me that needs the training most. In the meantime,
> > I'll
> > try to make the plants unpleasant to eat.
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> > Of Bonnie Holmes
> > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 2:41 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Need a dog repellent
> >
> > Play and work with her in your yard.  Everytime she gets near the plants
> > you
> > want to keep, make a "ech" sound.  She should begin to understand that
> she
> > shouldn't go there.  Give her a spot with soft, cool soil that she can
> dig
> > and nest in.
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 5/4/2006 4:34:19 PM
> >> Subject: [CHAT] Need a dog repellent
> >>
> >> Trixie the rottweiler decided she really, really liked my scented
> >> geranium that just got moved onto the patio. She seemed to feel the
> >> bulbine was an interesting playtoy as well. They're about half gone as
> >> of last night. And no doubt the other plants will go one by one as she
> >> decimates the
> > favorites.
> >> I have extras of everything so far, it's not a big deal, but she can't
> >> be allowed to keep at it.
> >> I can't move them out of her reach and making a barrier isn't
> practical.
> > I'm
> >> thinking I should try spraying them with a hot pepper mix, what do you
> >> think? I have lots of very hot ground chile pepper at home. Anyone
> >> have ideas on how to mix it, and will it hurt my plants? I'm assuming
> >> not -
> > don't
> >> they use it for deer? - but haven't done it before, so suggestions are
> >> appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cyndi
> >>
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