Are you a happy owner of not only a summer cottage, but also a four-legged friend? Then you are probably familiar with the situation when, upon returning home, you found dug up flower beds, broken flowers and many other destructions. Let's talk about how you can prevent this.
The best way to avoid this is to allow your pet to fulfill its natural needs without compromising the landscape.
Dog garden
First and foremost, take the time to train your dog in good behavior. Do not play with her next to the flower bed, because toys can get there and then the flowers will inevitably suffer. It is best to equip a special place where the dog can sleep, eat and play. Such a place does not negate the need to walk with her outside the territory of the site. If the dog runs around and gets tired on a walk, the behavior will be much calmer on its playground. Beds and flower beds must be strictly delimited with the help of small fences so that the pet understands where the forbidden territory begins.
Some dog breeds are very fond of digging holes. What can you do about it? As the saying goes, if disorder cannot be prevented, it must be led. Somewhere away from the beds and flower beds, create an artificial depression for it, and then cover it with soft soil. Do not hesitate, the dog will definitely find it and dig it out. There must be a shady area so that the animal does not suffer from overheating.
Cat garden
There is much less damage from cats, they are wayward and freedom-loving, therefore, the functions of the owner are more limited to ensuring their safety. Planting plants that are harmful to them should be avoided. These include tulips, begonias, hyacinths, crocuses, cherries, lupines, maples. If they do decorate your garden, enclose them with fences. By the way, it is better to make fences and fences from a net, so it will be more difficult for a cat to get into the restricted area. To please your pet - plant valerian, mint or thyme. It is known that many cats are partial to these plants. Flower beds can be sprinkled with rubble. Its edges are sharp for cat's feet. Plant garlic, onions, or citrus fruits nearby to scare your cat away from poisonous plants. Strong odors are intolerable to cats.
And also, cats love hills, so build something interesting for them, it can be a homemade house, shelves, ladder, hill, fountain (they like to drink from the jet).
Pets are often part of our family. Give them a part of the garden, especially since it is quite possible to make it a great place to relax both for you and for your pets!
