Although i dont have any poisonous plants or bulbs in the garden - how do i stop pup either eating plants or digging them up ?
Lel

Slab the whole area :D Sorry couldn't resist :)
Tracey

Hi
Annoying isn't it! I think that we have overcome the problem though. The trick is to catch them red-handed, and then give them a good telling-off. Well, it worked for us anyway. Once, Sasha (Collie) sat and watched someone put some bulbs in, and then 10mins after they had finished, dug them up again!! Touch wood, she hasn't been destructive in the garden for sometime now - she doesn't like being told off.

Best Wishes,

Daniel.

Good question!! when we got our OES a few months back I smugly told people how they are not a "digging" breed and my efforts in my garden will not be destroyed!!
Ha! How wrong can you be!!! I think I shold rename him Conan the Destroyer !!
and now I have a LOT of work to do to repair the garden and train him it is not all his play things!

jude

If you go to this site it has sections about poisons in the home or garden.Brilliant I never Knew there wer so many poisonous things around the house and garden until I read Gill Minters site.I cant do a link thingy but tis is the address http://www.takingthelead.co.uk/2/Health/poisonplants.htm

Lel,

Fortunately, most poisonous plants taste awful and/or need to be consumed in such large quantities that serious illness is unlikely. Further, most of the toxins in plants cause nonlethal reactions, like stomach aches. Not that the worst cannot happen, of course, so prevension is always the best approach.

My puppy, for example, likes the taste of bitter spray that the manufacturer claims, "one taste and your dog will not go near whatever you sprayed again". My puppy would drink the entire bottle of the stuff and look for more. She often will rip at leaves in the garden and then spit them out, destruction being her primary motivation. The only plant she has ever eaten are some violas which I deadheaded and tossed on the lawn. Violas are edible. Given her unusual tastes, or lack thereof, I certainly would not trust her to discriminate between edible and poisonous on her own.

Stacey