Reply #1: Dogs? [View All]

[Xithras]

Hehe.

Seriously, there are many ways to do it. Any decent gardening center should carry an organic cat repellent for your beds. Generally, these are powders made with either herbs that the cats find offensive, or dried urine from predator animals that cats fear. If you don't want to buy anything, peels from citrus plants are offensive to cats, but you'll need to replace them regularly. Mothballs work too.

There are a few plants which are offensive to cats too, but they're generally hard to fit into an existing flowerbed (rue works, but the plant gets very large). You may also see ads for a plant called Coleus canina. It's more effective and better looking than rue, but most dealers and nurseries won't mention that it has short range. Like 6"-8".

No matter what you do, make sure you remove their feces from the bed and neutralize any uric odors before bothering. Cat's aren't stupid, and if they smell their own poo from the last visit, they'll assume the spot is safe and poo there again no matter WHAT you put down.

I have dogs.