Ask DS - And Don't Laugh
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:39 am
Ok, I have a real question, and I bet all of you son of a guns are gonna laugh at it, but I'm actually serious.
How do you make a dog pee on a tree?
Now before the snide comments start, let me explain. In my back yard, I have two pear trees, a maple tree, an elm and a persimmon. The persimmon and one of the pear trees actually produce fruit - a lot of fruit. My neighbor has a garden and a family of squirrels has taken up residence in the ball cypress in his back yard. This gives these pesky critters easy access to his garden, my pears, and my persimmons.
I also have two dogs that, because my Mother-in-Law is so afraid of dogs, are kept in a kennel in the back yard and away from her. Jack and the Lap-Yapper only come out of their kennel (for the most part) to be fed and to run around the yard when she is inside. They have gotten so accustomed to the kennel that they prefer being there than loose in the yard.
While in the yard, they have peed on all the trees but the persimmon. The squirrels have avoided both pear trees, the elm tree, AND the maple tree at all costs. These varmits won't even go near them. However, the persimmon tree is their favorite. Since it is the only place in the yard where the dogs have NOT relieved themselves; The squirrels will bound straight from the ball cypress, over the fence, and straight to the persimmon. And these d@mn critters are eating my persimmons before they even have a chance to fully develop.
I am just before going full urban sniper on their @$$ with a .22 and forcing the entire HOA into lockdown over these pests. So, any and all advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
How do you make a dog pee on a tree?
Now before the snide comments start, let me explain. In my back yard, I have two pear trees, a maple tree, an elm and a persimmon. The persimmon and one of the pear trees actually produce fruit - a lot of fruit. My neighbor has a garden and a family of squirrels has taken up residence in the ball cypress in his back yard. This gives these pesky critters easy access to his garden, my pears, and my persimmons.
I also have two dogs that, because my Mother-in-Law is so afraid of dogs, are kept in a kennel in the back yard and away from her. Jack and the Lap-Yapper only come out of their kennel (for the most part) to be fed and to run around the yard when she is inside. They have gotten so accustomed to the kennel that they prefer being there than loose in the yard.
While in the yard, they have peed on all the trees but the persimmon. The squirrels have avoided both pear trees, the elm tree, AND the maple tree at all costs. These varmits won't even go near them. However, the persimmon tree is their favorite. Since it is the only place in the yard where the dogs have NOT relieved themselves; The squirrels will bound straight from the ball cypress, over the fence, and straight to the persimmon. And these d@mn critters are eating my persimmons before they even have a chance to fully develop.
I am just before going full urban sniper on their @$$ with a .22 and forcing the entire HOA into lockdown over these pests. So, any and all advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
