Re: Digging Dogs

> Some time ago -- someone answered my request for deterring a dog that
> digs.  They suggested using "Tony Chachere's Creole/Cajun Seasoning"....
> 
> by now I have located and purchased the Seasoning -- but I can't
> remember (sorry)... if I was just to dry sprinkle it -- or mix in water
> and spray the flower beds...
> 
> Carol

Isn't that stuff loaded with salt?  I know there's a salt-free version, but
since you didn't mention this, I'm assuming it has salt in it.  You're
going to have worse problems than a digging dog if you dump salt in your
flower beds.

Why not just use straight cayenne?  If you have a grocery store that has an
ethnic food section check around the Indian foodstuffs and you'll find
cayenne by the pound (sold as "chili") at a buck or two.  I've not done
this to my dog;  it seems a bit extreme.

Or try the upside-down mouse trap trick.  Dogs respond quite well to
aversion therapy.  The chances of a dog getting hurt by a mouse
trap,especially an upside-down one, are pretty slim, unless you have a dog
that's the size of a rodent.

Dogs (and cats) despise anise.  Get some star anise (back to the ethnic
food section), pulverize it and scatter it around.  Extremely potent stuff,
I smelled it for weeks afterwards.  But if your dog has acquired a taste
for certain Christmas cookies or imported liqueurs, this may backfire.

Another method is to keep the dogs nails trimmed short.  The idea being
that the nails are too sensitive for the dog to dig with.  I've not tried
this one since it strikes me as borderline cruel (but not nearly as cruel
as some of the things I _thought_ of doing to my dog when she dug up a
favorite rose).

I've tried almost everything and somewhere along the line she quit digging
in the flower beds.  I'm not certain as to what actually worked but I have
a feeling that it was watching her out of the corner of my eye, allowing
her to start the dirty deed, and then going berserk.  I'm afraid that the
time I threw her food bowl over the fence may have left her emotionally
scarred for life; she nearly passed out.

keith, WNY, zone 5, who's hoping this doesn't turn into another cat-poop
thread


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index