They dig, they pee, they trample. How to garden when you love both dogs and plants
JESSICA DAMIANO
Associated Press
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Miguel the Havanese sits on a walkway surrounding a densely planted garden on Long Island, N.Y. Such a garden design could help discourage entry by plant-trampling dogs.
Jessica Damiano, Associated Press
Maddie, a pit bull mix, stands in a vacant spot between plants in a Long Island, N.Y, garden. Dense garden-bed designs that don't allow for such unplanted patches discourage entry by plant-trampling dogs who enjoy running laps.
Jessica Damiano, Associated Press
Raised beds often are an effective way to deter plant-trampling by rambunctious dogs.
Jessica Damiano, Associated Press
A lawn exhibits extensive dog-urine damage. Such injury can be minimized by planting somewhat-resistant grass species, flushing the area with water as soon as possible after dog visits and training your dog to use a designated section of the yard.
If you've ever had a dog, you know they don't exactly tiptoe through the tulips. I'm fortunate that none of mine ever had a penchant for digging holes, but my late pit bull, Maddie, used to run through my perennial beds like a weed whacker, leaving horizontal coneflowers and black-eyed Susans in her destructive path.
There's about a week to go before the official start of spring and there's already gardening work to do.
Miguel the Havanese sits on a walkway surrounding a densely planted garden on Long Island, N.Y. Such a garden design could help discourage entry by plant-trampling dogs.
Maddie, a pit bull mix, stands in a vacant spot between plants in a Long Island, N.Y, garden. Dense garden-bed designs that don't allow for such unplanted patches discourage entry by plant-trampling dogs who enjoy running laps.
A lawn exhibits extensive dog-urine damage. Such injury can be minimized by planting somewhat-resistant grass species, flushing the area with water as soon as possible after dog visits and training your dog to use a designated section of the yard.
