living with Slovensky Cuvac
By Elisabeth Pisula on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:09:00 GMT
We have a serious problem with our pack of SC in the garden. The areas we wanted to create our rose garden or Butterfly garden ... are the most favorite areas our dogs want to sleep, or dig or.. no chance over weeks than we found our resulution:
Dog fencing options for gardens
Keeping dogs out of the garden is easy enough, it just takes a little planning. Your options can range from complicated and attractive to simple but not particularly aesthetic. Chicken wire is easy to set up and it works to keep puppies out of the garden. All you need to do is unfurl the roll and attach to the stakes placed about one foot apart. If you want to go a step further, you can use wire, or hurricane fencing, it comes in different lengths. Wire fencing is put together in the same way as chicken wire.
Go for the wire fencing if you need a fence right away. In an hour’s time, you can have your entire garden protected. Also, wire fencing can be used to protect plantings in immature garden beds. First, form the fencing into a hoop, and then attach it at either side of the bed. The plants can grown through the wire, yet the puppy cannot reach the plant’s roots. Fencing materials are readily available at any hardware or garden supply store, and putting up any of the wire fencing methods is an easy afternoon job.
However, chicken wire and wire fencing are not attractive, so some gardeners/pet owners decide to go for nicer fencing—all wood or wood/cyclone fencing combination. Some people even splurge for sculptural iron or Grapewood fences. There is a big difference in price and time commitment, but they all work.
Dogs in the garden
Your puppy will have access to lots of areas that are outside of your home. You might have a fenced backyard and an open front yard, if that is the case, make sure you inspect the plants that are growing. Are any of them toxic to animals? If you are not sure, take a sample of the plant to your local nursery. Afterwards, compare it to our list to see if there is a risk for your pet. Remove the plant if it is toxic, or move it to an area that your dog doesn’t have access to, such as the unfenced front yard. Also, you can make a designated fenced in plants-only garden, and dogs will not have access to it. If any of your plants are special to you, you should move them away from adventurous pups, at least until they have learned all the outdoor rules.
Think about your vegetable garden. Many dog owners think that since vegetables are edible, so are the plants. That is not always the case. For example, tomato plants are members of the nightshade family and they are toxic. Of course, we would never taste a tomato vine, but our puppies might do so. There are many other reasons why you should keep your puppy out of the vegetable garden. Their feet can quickly damage the plants. Dogs love to dig up soft earth and to roll around patches of basil. Also, when dogs are in our vegetables, it is not good for us. They don’t realize that vegetables are food and treat them just like they do any other areas of the yard. That means they will urinate or defecate there just like they would anywhere else. Notice the burned spots of grass in your lawn—urine can burn and kill tender plants, and feces will contaminate our food and make it toxic.
Comments
By Dana Hartman
on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:08:19 GMT
I think you should do a Martha Stewart Like Magazine for "Living with a Cuvac" and do your little gardening tips, show tips, breeding tips, recepies, dog treats, Cuvac clothes, sleeping bags, hats. Then we could have Cuvac on the cover of every magazine. Publish a calendar - all the stuff from your site. It would sell, one look at these dogs and you are addicted. I love you - Very excited about the AKC thing. I'm working on a sampa site with dara/sophie fairy "tail" stories .