How to Keep Dogs out of Flower Beds

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Fence in your flower beds.. Consider growing barrier plants.. Make your flower beds unappealing by adding tastes and smells that dogs don't like.

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Fence in your flower beds.

Step 1

Fence in your flower beds.

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Consider growing barrier plants.

Step 2

Consider growing barrier plants.

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Make your flower beds unappealing by adding tastes and smells that dogs don't li

Step 3

Make your flower beds unappealing by adding tastes and smells that dogs don't like.

4

Locate flower beds in inaccessible areas.

Step 4

Locate flower beds in inaccessible areas.

5

Switch to container gardening if your flowers are getting repeatedly trampled.

Step 5

Switch to container gardening if your flowers are getting repeatedly trampled.

6

Start training your dog at a young age.

Step 6

Start training your dog at a young age.

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Let your dog know that the flower beds are off limits as soon as you can.

Step 7

Let your dog know that the flower beds are off limits as soon as you can.

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Have a designated area where your dog can play and roam.

Step 8

Have a designated area where your dog can play and roam.

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Don't scold your dog when he or she tries to enter the flower beds.

Step 9

Don't scold your dog when he or she tries to enter the flower beds.

10

Try a commercial dog repellant.

Step 10

Try a commercial dog repellant.

11

Be consistent.

Step 11

Be consistent.

12

Hang in there!

Step 12

Hang in there!

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