How can I stop the dog from destroying my climbing plants wall?

[Daffy D]

So  I have this little corner of the garden where there is a wall that is covered with climbing plants.

 

It took many many months to get the whole wall covered with greenery and normally looks quite nice and gives a cool feel to that corner of the garden. 

 

Recently the neighbor on the other side of the green wall got a new dog. No problem with that except when it come to the wall and winds-up my dog who then gets all exited  and tries to scramble up the wall, ripping off all my nice greenery, to try and get over.

 

Now I've had a serious talk with my dog about this and she does seem remorseful with tail and head down and sad sorrowful eyes looking pleadingly up at me, and I'm sure she means not to do it again, and all is fine - till the next time.

 

I've attempted to repair the damage several times now but just when the plants are recovering the dog does it again. 

 

Any ideas, short of chaining her up,  that would stop her from destroying my green wall every few weeks.

Cheers !

[Momofarang]

Send it to Vietnam and get a cat. Grow up for God's sake.

[petermik]

A swift kick in the nut,s usually works.........

 

just being silly...not advocating cruelty to dogs anyone

[poohy]

Dogs are dogs she is just protecting you from other dogs you can only realistically scold if you catch her doing it otherwise she just think you are angry with but not realise its because of what she did 

Mine do same if anything walks past gate dogs cats people

we had the unfortunate clandestine burial of what was left of neighbours cat after my girls caught it

neighbour still thankfully thinks it just ran away he he he!

 

seriously cover wall in wire netting dogs tend to avoid jumping up or walking on that

 

 

Edited December 16, 2019 by poohy

[VocalNeal]

Chain her up immediately after she does it. It won't take long for her to link the two together. But it has to be immediate. 

 

Hang a few set mouse traps behind the greenery. Her actions will set them off and the noise will scare her away. This is a modification of the mouse traps under newspaper to stop dogs climbing onto the couch at night.

[Tayaout]

 

[Daffy D]

13 minutes ago, petermik said:

A swift kick in the nut,s usually works.........

I don't think SHE has any nuts 

 

Maybe it's a ladyboy dog  

[Daffy D]

6 minutes ago, poohy said:

seriously cover wall in wire netting dogs tend to avoid jumping up or walking on that

Think she will just use that as a climbing aid 

 

7 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Hang a few set mouse traps behind the greenery. Her actions will set them off and the noise will scare her away.

That sounds like a plan - will give that a try 

[Crossy]

How big is the barker?

 

Our two are defeated by an 18" picket fence, they are Chihuahuas mind ????

 

[mauGR1]

Just fix a wire net a few cm. from the wall to protect the stems of the plants, eventually the leaves will grow through the net and hide it.

[Daffy D]

7 minutes ago, Crossy said:

How big is the barker?

Just a regular Thai dog mutt, would easily step over a small fence.

 

For that to work the "warning" fence would have to be at least half he height of the wall.

 

[Dumbastheycome]

1 hour ago, Tayaout said:

 

Small electric fence unit.  Works well  for both cats and dogs without associating with  human cause.

[ThomasThBKK]

Mix black pepper with cayenne pepper, put in water and spray it over, they wont go close and it doesnt damage the plants...

You can even buy premade dog repellents for your garden

Edited December 16, 2019 by ThomasThBKK

[sirineou]

I had a Beagle  who was not allowed on the couch in the house, (get the couch full of dog hair) , the moment I left the room he would jump on the couch, he thought that I did not know , but of course I knew because of the hair. I tried everything to train him and nothing worked until this.

A shock collar. It goes around their neck and when you press the remote it gives them a minor shock. It is very mild mut it startles them, it only has a small watch type battery,I tried it on myself, it does not really hurt them just gets their attention. 

any way i would go to the next room but I had a mirror where I could see him jump on the couch, and the moment he did I would jap them, He did not know what it was, he thought it was the couch that was japping him, after a while he would give the couch a wide berth, even after I took the collar of, he would never go on that couch again.

They have them at Lazada it is called a shock collar,

[Daffy D]

2 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

Small electric fence unit.  Works well  for both cats and dogs without associating with  human cause.

I thought about that but seems a bit of an outlay for just a few square feet of protection 

 

Perhaps put in the "Plan B" folder.

[Daffy D]

2 hours ago, sirineou said:

A shock collar. It goes around their neck and when you press the remote it gives them a minor shock

Thought about that as well. Problem is, sometimes it's weeks between her doing it and I never see it happening.

 

I would need to set up some sort of motion detection gizmo that would catch her in action. A bit like that guy in the earlier video, but I'm not ready to take the car apart just yet. 

[Daffy D]

2 hours ago, ThomasThBKK said:

Mix black pepper with cayenne pepper, put in water and spray it over, they wont go close and it doesnt damage the plants..

When she was a pup she went through this phase of chewing on the lagging of the AC unit that was at ground level at the back of the house.

 

Put Chili and black pepper on the lagging but this seemed to make it more tasty. Only stopped her when I wrapped the pipes in metal  secured with bailing wire. 

[sirineou]

1 hour ago, Daffy D said:

Thought about that as well. Problem is, sometimes it's weeks between her doing it and I never see it happening.

 

I would need to set up some sort of motion detection gizmo that would catch her in action. A bit like that guy in the earlier video, but I'm not ready to take the car apart just yet. 

What you need then is a shock collar with an electric fence

there is a whire you bury in the ground where you don't want the dog to go , the wire activates the colar

  There are a a few of them at Lazada.They might be available elsewhere also.

 

[Dumbastheycome]

4 hours ago, Daffy D said:

I thought about that but seems a bit of an outlay for just a few square feet of protection 

 

Perhaps put in the "Plan B" folder.

Small units can be sourced not  too expensive. Also always available in reserve   for other/future  deterrent use.  Not the  horrible electric  dog collar systems. The simple direct  contact system.

But admit that in a situation where a  dog is  causing accidental damage due to  a reaction to outside of  boundary cause is  not  so easy to resolve. Maybe one of the  products  on Lazada claiming  to deter dogs? Pour/spray  it  over the  fence on  both sides?

[sirineou]

4 minutes ago, Dumbastheycome said:

Small units can be sourced not  too expensive. Also always available in reserve   for other/future  deterrent use.  Not the  horrible electric  dog collar systems. The simple direct  contact system.

But admit that in a situation where a  dog is  causing accidental damage due to  a reaction to outside of  boundary cause is  not  so easy to resolve. Maybe one of the  products  on Lazada claiming  to deter dogs? Pour/spray  it  over the  fence on  both sides?

I am not disputing that other system might be better or even less expensive, I simply don't know, I only know about the electronic dog collar with which I had some experience and a lot of success. (I had even tried a dog trainer).  

It worked like a charm and I only had to use it for a few weeks, after that the dog learned to associate the couch with discomfort and did not want to go anywhere near it. He never wore the collar again. I never even had to change the tiny battery on it, 

  I tried it on myself and it was nothing more than a vibration (of course I am a lot bigger than the dog).

[Gulfsailor]

I think the dog is just excited to see who moved in next door. Try drilling a hole in the wall (somewhere near the side) big enough for the dog to see through. That way he doesn’t need to climb up to look over the wall. 

[Dumbastheycome]

11 minutes ago, Gulfsailor said:

I think the dog is just excited to see who moved in next door. Try drilling a hole in the wall (somewhere near the side) big enough for the dog to see through. That way he doesn’t need to climb up to look over the wall. 

That  actually makes a lot of  practical sense!

[Dumbastheycome]

35 minutes ago, sirineou said:

I am not disputing that other system might be better or even less expensive, I simply don't know, I only know about the electronic dog collar with which I had some experience and a lot of success. (I had even tried a dog trainer).  

It worked like a charm and I only had to use it for a few weeks, after that the dog learned to associate the couch with discomfort and did not want to go anywhere near it. He never wore the collar again. I never even had to change the tiny battery on it, 

  I tried it on myself and it was nothing more than a vibration (of course I am a lot bigger than the dog).

Good  that  you had a successful outcome. Via   friend  who trains dogs told me that many  dogs  who wear such a collar resort  to simply  cringing in a stationary state because they  are  unsure  of where to  go. Perhaps  set  to strong  or whatever?

 

[jesimps]

Get rid of the dog, it isn't compulsory to own one (or several as most dog owners do). You'll be doing the neighbourhood a service. Noisy dogs are the bane of my life in my small community, there are nine of the beggars in next door's garden alone.

[Daffy D]

10 hours ago, Gulfsailor said:

I think the dog is just excited to see who moved in next door. Try drilling a hole in the wall (somewhere near the side) big enough for the dog to see through. That way he doesn’t need to climb up to look over the wall.

It's the neighbors wall  - Don't think that would go down well  

[Daffy D]

18 minutes ago, jesimps said:

Get rid of the dog

Try telling the kids that 

[sunnyboy2018]

Soak the area in chilli pepper powder.  Or low voltage electric fence..or TRAIN IT to behave!

Edited December 17, 2019 by sunnyboy2018

[mfd101]

19 hours ago, Momofarang said:

Send it to Vietnam and get a cat. Grow up for God's sake.

Don't need to go to Vietnam. Just invite my family along for dinner.

[poohy]

19 hours ago, Daffy D said:

19 hours ago, poohy said:

seriously cover wall in wire netting dogs tend to avoid jumping up or walking on that

Think she will just use that as a climbing aid 

 

No their paws are sensitive they will avoid it works on keeping them off  grass as well

[Denim]

When I wanted to stop our four dogs from going on our front lawn ( they were tearing it up ) I bought a container of 100 toothpicks and stuck them all over the lawn so there was only half inch showing above ground. They learned quickly not to play rough and tumble on the lawn and it has come back to life again.