Do It Yourself Gardening and Landscape Design

my dogs, two boxer, dig up, tear up and and eat up every plant in our backyard. Landscaping suggestions?

We’ve tried thorny plants, potted plants, ground cover. Ideas for curbing the behavior are welcomed also.

They’re bored – run them when you get home from work and give them toys to play with, bones to chew on, etc. when you’re not home. Crate training might not be a bad idea if they are that destructive.

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6 Responses to “my dogs, two boxer, dig up, tear up and and eat up every plant in our backyard. Landscaping suggestions?”

  1. Flusterated says:

    They’re bored – run them when you get home from work and give them toys to play with, bones to chew on, etc. when you’re not home. Crate training might not be a bad idea if they are that destructive.
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  2. jekin says:

    Smart people have fenced pens for their dogs.
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  3. M-ah Dick says:

    try putting a leash on em
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  4. brian_lempa says:

    buy one of those chains you can attach to something (or one you put in the ground)and then put the plants where they can’t reach
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    i have a dog like that too

  5. sallyz555 says:

    You can try dog repellent.

    Boxers are very exuberant,curious dogs and they can be somewhat stubborn.They really need lots of focused exercise, distraction,and good patient training.
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    http://www.bigedgesports.com/product.asp?pid=2244324&rf=jellyfish&utm_source=Jellyfish&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=02222010

    http://www.5stardog.com/dog-breeds-boxer.asp

  6. Aunty Sue says:

    You will have to have some sort of dog barrier between your plants and your dogs.
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