dogs and palms.......

[trioderob]

do your dogs dig , bite or urinate on the palms

or hurt them in any other way ????...........................................

[Stevetoad]

My dog used to chew them down to a nub. She loved dypsis. Now she lives with our friends

[trioderob]

  On 2/22/2012 at 3:41 AM, Stevetoad said:

My dog used to chew them down to a nub. She loved dypsis. Now she lives with our friends

nothin better than a good Dypsis salad...........

[Jastin]

  On 2/22/2012 at 3:41 AM, Stevetoad said:

My dog used to chew them down to a nub. She loved dypsis. Now she lives with our friends

You got rid of her?

[Jastin]

My dogs dig up gopher holes for me, mostly just in the non palm/plant area. My yard looks like the moon with so many holes. The biggest problem is when the chase eachother, some of my palms are leaning now ( mostly small ones)

[Stevetoad]

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  Stevetoad said:

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My dog used to chew them down to a nub. She loved dypsis. Now she lives with our friends

You got rid of her?

Yeah. With the baby we didn't have the time for her that she deserved. Our friends have a Boston terrier too and they used to play all the time so it was an easy move for her too. We still see her ever now and then. She's way happier with another dog to play with and my palms are happy to have there leaves back.

[trioderob]

what I am talking about is real damage to the palms.

in other words the dog pretty much killed the palm by digging out the roots, killed it with uric acid buildup etc.....

(the extreme example would be a major big money palm like a copernicia killed by the pet dog)

[Justin]

Our dogs have repeatedly urinated on a couple of our Royals, fortunately without any huge problems. When they were smaller, they ate plants, but not the palms. They liked the Giant Birds of Paradise much better. They also go after gophers, unsuccessfully. Dogs and plants are two of my favorite things here at home, and I just understand and appreciate that they aren't a good match, but whatever.

[velutina]

There are certain plants my dogs prefer over the palms, so I have planted extra of those specific plants. Seems to be working. They like the cilantro and dill during the winter and any other herbs I plant during the summer. I just don't eat fresh herbs anymore.

[Bencassa]

I cant even begin to tell you how much stuff I have lost from my dogs trampling through my gardens and shade houses.

Everything from joey's to mapu's to big dypsis sp that had been growing on for 10yrs.

Literally thousands of dollars of sometimes irreplaceable stuff.

One thing is true, when a massive 80kg dog tramples a fragile little palm, it stays trampled.

[Jim in Los Altos]

I really feel for you guys. I had a 112 pound collie (Lassie dog) a few years back that would literally tip toe through the garden and never stepped on anything so when he passed away I got two collie puppies and they're two and a half years old now and have been just as careful in the garden as my first collie. It must be in the breed. They're smaller at 60 and 70 pounds and very energetic and playful but prefer to be on the patio, in the gazebo, or in the garage most of the time. They keep the herons and egrets away from the pond and chase the squirrels and other rodents out too.

[Mark Heath]

The German Shepherd pooch in my avavtar killed a coconut palm that was just starting to trunk. He was upset that i went out of town for a week and dug 3/4 around it and stripped the boots and fronds. It was in the winter and it never recovered.

I was so upset at him but what can you do? I had to deal w/ it.

[Jason Baker Portugal]

I had a dog that shredded 3 trunking howeas and 1 trunking rhopalostylis in one week. I had planted them where the dogs are believing that they would do them no harm because they were so big. The only surviver was a rhopalo that I put a 100€ fence around.

Cheers Jason

[yachtingone]

  On 2/22/2012 at 6:04 AM, Bencassa said:

I cant even begin to tell you how much stuff I have lost from my dogs trampling through my gardens and shade houses.

Everything from joey's to mapu's to big dypsis sp that had been growing on for 10yrs.

Literally thousands of dollars of sometimes irreplaceable stuff.

One thing is true, when a massive 80kg dog tramples a fragile little palm, it stays trampled.

I love animals as pets! I've had many over the years. Some pets are garden friendly but most dogs don't carefully run thru the garden as they are chasing a nieghbours cat! With that said, last year I had some plants stollen from my backyard. Alot of people suggested I get a dog to protect my backyard from thefts.

I had the same responce to all of them, "the cure could be worse than the disease!"

Randy

[Really full garden]

I have been very fortunate to have had no palm fatalities due to my dogs . I feel this is more of a people problem rather than a dog problem.Dogs need lots of attention and stimulation and if not provided alternatives they will make do with what is available.

Using products like bone meal,blood meal and fish emulsion can make plants almost impossible for dogs to ignore.

The time of day I look forward to most is the time I spend in the garden with my dogs.

Edited February 22, 2012 by scottgt

[Bill Schmidt]

  On 2/22/2012 at 2:38 PM, scottgt said:

I have been very fortunate to have had no palm fatalities due to my dogs . I feel this is more of a people problem rather than a dog problem.Dogs need lots of attention and stimulation and if not provided alternatives they will make do with what is available.

Using products like bone meal,blood meal and fish emulsion can make plants almost impossible for dogs to ignore.

The time of day I look forward to most is the time I spend in the garden with my dogs.

Well said Scott.

[Mark Heath]

  On 2/22/2012 at 4:07 PM, Bill Schmidt said:

  On 2/22/2012 at 2:38 PM, scottgt said:

I have been very fortunate to have had no palm fatalities due to my dogs . I feel this is more of a people problem rather than a dog problem.Dogs need lots of attention and stimulation and if not provided alternatives they will make do with what is available.

Using products like bone meal,blood meal and fish emulsion can make plants almost impossible for dogs to ignore.

The time of day I look forward to most is the time I spend in the garden with my dogs.

Well said Scott.

Not that well said IMO. I disagree!

I give my pooch ALOT of attention (too much some would say), he is my son that i never had and he has 3.5 fenced acres to run freely. I cannot help it when i have to go out of town due to work, matter of fact the money puts food in his dish!!

He comes in and out of the house at his will, so he is not a pet being ignored!

Seperation anxiety is what it's called just so you now know.

I do hate to see peoples pets chained up when they're too lazy to fence the front of their yard. I have seen this way too often. But i doubt anybody here does that.

[Jeff Searle]

What do you think when 250 lbs. of dogs(2)run through and over a bed of plants?

[Jeff Searle]

  On 2/22/2012 at 3:34 AM, trioderob said:

do your dogs dig , bite or urinate on the palms

or hurt them in any other way ????...........................................

YES!!! But we do sleep good at night.

[Joe palma]

Well if you keep them busy, certainly they won't have time to chew on things, but if they are chasing something furry, not much is going to stop them (short of a leash, which there is no need for in a fenced yard)!! I have 5 dogs (well 4.5 cause one is a chihuahua) and I have seen them jump up on cynder block raised 4x8 pallets w/ hundreds of liner/1 gallon palms and trample and knock over tons of them (even the chihauhau!...no...just kidding!! )! I used to freak out! You can't risk using poison (nor do I like to) and it can be difficult to trap anything. After putting chicken wire at the bottom of the fence, and even around the pallets, and doing my best to trap these critters, I have managed to reduce them significantly and thus the pallet running escapades. The most destruction, however, has come from the rabbits/rats themselves eating the palms up on the pallets (yes the rabbits will jump up on the pallets and gorge).

At onoe point when the dogs were small and no one was home during the day, they were kept inside and they did eat up a beautiful Lytocaryum weddellianum and a Chamaedorea seifrizii, but that is all that I can think of that they have chewed up.

No kidding about the fish emulsion! They go right after that stuff. I stopped using it in the fenced in area.

I can't think of one palm in the ground that they damaged or dug up, but they do have each other to keep themselves busy.

They must be peeing on the palms from time to time but I don't notice any issues from that. I know for sure an Archontophoenix tuckeri that gets a regulat dosage and it looks great!!

[JungleGina]

My dog prefers bromeliads, despite their spines. I specifically asked before I rescued her if she dug or chewed and, of course, was told no. Fortunately, it didn't last and she discovered the joys of chewing mulch instead. Now my cat, on the other hand, likes to exercise his claws on palms and I'm surprised I haven't lost any to damage on his faves.