Re: The Pet Privy

lowery@teamzeon.com wrote:
> 
> Valerie Lowery@ZEON
> 09/14/98 02:17 PM
> 
> A friend of mine lives in a condo on a corner.  Every year the condo
> association has had to replace a shrub next to a stone post that anchors
> the sidewalk and grass.  Needless to say, every dog in the neighborhood
> stops at that post and uses it as a privy, or at least stops to get the 411
> of the doggy world.  Anything that the association has planted near that
> post dies -- no surprise, huh?  Not having anything in that spot would be a
> real eye sore as there's shrubbery lining the rest of the property.
> 
> Question:  Is there any hedge/tree/perennial that would survive the golden
> showers?
> 
> Another question:  If not, what could someone recommend that would deter
> the dogs from using that stone post?  I know of some crystallized products,
> but I don't know if they would be strong enough to mask the odors of that
> stone since you'd have to sprinkle the product on the ground.  Is there a
> spray one could use on stone?  It would have to be stronger than all of the
> years of use (ugh!)
> 
> Val in KY
> zone 6a

 Even if a dog doesn't smell another dog, there is the lure of the stone
pole.
 I think a small sign with a circle around a dog lifting it's leg on the
pole and an X over it might be worth planting near there.
 I own four dogs and I know you just cannot reason with a dog, but the
owners help might be able to be solicited! 
 Rita

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