Keeping my dog out of flower bed

[disneyfanatic60]

I have a 60 lb. lab mix who insists on crawling into my flower bed alongside my driveway. We have about 18-20" between our driveway and our fence. Despite all our efforts to deter him, he still finds his way into the same spot. We added pavers figuring he wouldn't step over them and that did not stop him.

We've planted several shrubs and flowers and some have sharp prickers. It doesn't seem to bother him, he just pushes his way in between the plants. He also urinates in or on the shrubs and he's killing some of them. We also have burnt grass from his urine (he tends to pee in the same areas). I love this dog to death but I dread every summer dealing with this. I believe he lays there because it's "cooler." However, he has 4-5' of grass on the other side of the driveway yet he doesn't lay there. Go figure!

I've learned to deal with the fact that he likes to dig holes in my lawn all summer but it's still annoying. He just doesn't seem to understand what he is doing is wrong. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas I could try?

 

[Snowwark]

Hi disneyfanatic60!

I think you'll find some of the suggestions in the following link, helpful.

~Keeping dogs out of the garden~

Kim

 

[rockyroad]

Well, I don't know about the urine, since he's got to go somewhere, but perhaps you could teach him to use a more appropriate spot, but you would have to be very consistant in monitoring.
However, if you are really upset about him getting into the garden there is always a hotwire. Several years ago, my dogs were tearing up my veggie garden. We put up a hotwire on some little easily movable stakes around the area and the problem was solved. They learn really fast. It usually only takes one zap. Dogs don't need a charger as strong as livestock since they are much smaller.

 

[DebºoºS]

We have a similar problem with my DSs new puppy. He loves rooting around in flower beds.The only thing that's working so far is spraying it with "Dog Off" It's for inside and outside use but I wouldn't use it inside. It smells awfull! As far as urine burn there is a product that is supposed to get rid of it but I've never tried it. I just water the grass & reseed a lot.