Dogs vs Pond

My wife and I have two dogs that we love dearly. We just bought a
house that has a pond. Unfortunately, there's a leak in it and the
pump is burnt out so it's been sitting there growing mosquitos for
some time now. Our dogs got in it the other day and decided that the
liner tasted pretty good. They ate several holes into it and tore it
up pretty bad.

My question to my fellow dog-loving pond owners is this: What are my
options? Have you found anything that makes for a good deterrent?
Can I expect this to continue once the pond is full and running? I
need help. Any suggestions, other than shooting the dogs, etc. would
be greatly appreciated.

Thanks much,

John

Hi John,

Most people who have dogs who are too interested in the pond use an electric
shock
Fido Fence to keep the dogs away from
the pond.
There is also a motion activated sprinkler called the Scarecrow that will work
for some animals keeping them away from protected areas.

My labs were pond pests when they were younger but grew out of it and are no
problem now.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

Can't say that we have that problem with our dogs with the pond. We have
golden retrievers (who are known to chew and dig) they never have done that
with the pond. They LOVE being in the pond and up in the Waterfall. Here is
a link of one golden enjoying the waterfall.
http://public.fotki.com/Nikkiekoala/our_garden/
Who knows how your dog will react to it full and running the trick will be
how to keep the dog out! Fortunately, we haven't had to try to keep our dogs
out not sure what we would do if they were distructive in any way.
Good luck.


"John Howard, Jr." wrote in message
om...
My wife and I have two dogs that we love dearly. We just bought a
house that has a pond. Unfortunately, there's a leak in it and the
pump is burnt out so it's been sitting there growing mosquitos for
some time now. Our dogs got in it the other day and decided that the
liner tasted pretty good. They ate several holes into it and tore it
up pretty bad.

My question to my fellow dog-loving pond owners is this: What are my
options? Have you found anything that makes for a good deterrent?
Can I expect this to continue once the pond is full and running? I
need help. Any suggestions, other than shooting the dogs, etc. would
be greatly appreciated.

Thanks much,

John

"John Howard, Jr." wrote in message
om...
My wife and I have two dogs that we love dearly. We just bought a
house that has a pond. Unfortunately, there's a leak in it and the
pump is burnt out so it's been sitting there growing mosquitos for
some time now. Our dogs got in it the other day and decided that the
liner tasted pretty good. They ate several holes into it and tore it
up pretty bad.

My question to my fellow dog-loving pond owners is this: What are my
options? Have you found anything that makes for a good deterrent?

Yes. I fence.

Can I expect this to continue once the pond is full and running? I
need help. Any suggestions, other than shooting the dogs, etc. would
be greatly appreciated.

Thanks much,

John

Great dogs & waterfall....I LOVE the shear drop, how many gph is the pump?

"GoldLexus" wrote in message
...
Can't say that we have that problem with our dogs with the pond. We have
golden retrievers (who are known to chew and dig) they never have done
that
with the pond. They LOVE being in the pond and up in the Waterfall. Here
is
a link of one golden enjoying the waterfall.
http://public.fotki.com/Nikkiekoala/our_garden/
Who knows how your dog will react to it full and running the trick will be
how to keep the dog out! Fortunately, we haven't had to try to keep our
dogs
out not sure what we would do if they were distructive in any way.
Good luck.

Thanks! They are our biggest 'gold'fish
I couldn't tell you how many gph. We inherited the pond when we bought the
house. What I do know is the pond is about 1000 gallons and the pump pushes
the water up a 14 ft incline to the top. We are looking into getting a new
pump the current one is an energy hog, tripling our electric bill. We can
only afford to run it for a few months than we shut it down in the winter in
favor of heating the house.

"Bob H" wrote in message
...
Great dogs & waterfall....I LOVE the shear drop, how many gph is the pump?

"GoldLexus" wrote in message
...
Can't say that we have that problem with our dogs with the pond. We have
golden retrievers (who are known to chew and dig) they never have done
that
with the pond. They LOVE being in the pond and up in the Waterfall. Here
is
a link of one golden enjoying the waterfall.
http://public.fotki.com/Nikkiekoala/our_garden/
Who knows how your dog will react to it full and running the trick will
be
how to keep the dog out! Fortunately, we haven't had to try to keep our
dogs
out not sure what we would do if they were distructive in any way.
Good luck.

On Thu, 20 May 2004 00:36:08 GMT, "GoldLexus"
wrote:

Thanks! They are our biggest 'gold'fish
I couldn't tell you how many gph. We inherited the pond when we bought the
house. What I do know is the pond is about 1000 gallons and the pump pushes
the water up a 14 ft incline to the top. We are looking into getting a new
pump the current one is an energy hog, tripling our electric bill. We can
only afford to run it for a few months than we shut it down in the winter in
favor of heating the house.

I just can't believe how sel-fish some people can be lol.
Great looking waterfall, hope you find a better pump soon.

YP

We too have a Golden. The old pond we had was much too small for him to be
interested in. The new one however is big enough that on a hot day and he's
been chasing his tennis ball he....well he tried to step in. Hubby had to
actually go pick him up and lift him out as he had his front feet in on the
shelf and when I shouted at him he froze, didn't know how to back out. I ran
to the garage and immediately put out his kiddie pool. (So as long as the
kiddie pool is out, full of clean water....he's happy.)
http://www.britsintheus.com/marriedn...aypool.jpg.JPG


Lisa
Monty the Golden
http://www.britsintheus.com/marriednhappy/monty.htm
"GoldLexus" wrote in message
...
Can't say that we have that problem with our dogs with the pond. We have
golden retrievers (who are known to chew and dig) they never have done
that
with the pond. They LOVE being in the pond and up in the Waterfall. Here
is
a link of one golden enjoying the waterfall.
http://public.fotki.com/Nikkiekoala/our_garden/
Who knows how your dog will react to it full and running the trick will be
how to keep the dog out! Fortunately, we haven't had to try to keep our
dogs
out not sure what we would do if they were distructive in any way.
Good luck.

NOW THAT is one happy Monty! The wading pool is a great idea. One could
train a dog to stay out of the pond and play in 'their' own pond/pool.
We don't mind the goldens in the pond so we don't keep them out. They
really enjoy it during the hot summer. Rocky especially loves to lay on the
top of waterfall with the water rushing by him.
We actually have fish in the pond they just hid in the rocks when the
goldens are in the pond. The goldens don't 'play' in the pond they lay in
the pond, nother gets hurt. I think the goldfish have acutally gotten use to
the goldens.


"Steve and Lisa" wrote in message
...
We too have a Golden. The old pond we had was much too small for him to be
interested in. The new one however is big enough that on a hot day and
he's
been chasing his tennis ball he....well he tried to step in. Hubby had to
actually go pick him up and lift him out as he had his front feet in on
the
shelf and when I shouted at him he froze, didn't know how to back out. I
ran
to the garage and immediately put out his kiddie pool. (So as long as the
kiddie pool is out, full of clean water....he's happy.)
http://www.britsintheus.com/marriedn...aypool.jpg.JPG


Lisa
Monty the Golden
http://www.britsintheus.com/marriednhappy/monty.htm
"GoldLexus" wrote in message
...
Can't say that we have that problem with our dogs with the pond. We have
golden retrievers (who are known to chew and dig) they never have done
that
with the pond. They LOVE being in the pond and up in the Waterfall. Here
is
a link of one golden enjoying the waterfall.
http://public.fotki.com/Nikkiekoala/our_garden/
Who knows how your dog will react to it full and running the trick will
be
how to keep the dog out! Fortunately, we haven't had to try to keep our
dogs
out not sure what we would do if they were distructive in any way.
Good luck.

Hi Lisa,
I really enjoyed my visit with you guys, especially
Monty, friends and all! What a Happy family ...
Pretty kitty cat ... and the pond... Oh Yes! The Pond!!

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Steve and Lisa" wrote in message
...
We too have a Golden. The old pond we had was much too small for him to be
interested in. The new one however is big enough that on a hot day and
he's
been chasing his tennis ball he....well he tried to step in. Hubby had to
actually go pick him up and lift him out as he had his front feet in on
the
shelf and when I shouted at him he froze, didn't know how to back out. I
ran
to the garage and immediately put out his kiddie pool. (So as long as the
kiddie pool is out, full of clean water....he's happy.)
http://www.britsintheus.com/marriedn...aypool.jpg.JPG


Lisa
Monty the Golden
http://www.britsintheus.com/marriednhappy/monty.htm
"GoldLexus" wrote in message
...
Can't say that we have that problem with our dogs with the pond. We have
golden retrievers (who are known to chew and dig) they never have done
that
with the pond. They LOVE being in the pond and up in the Waterfall. Here
is
a link of one golden enjoying the waterfall.
http://public.fotki.com/Nikkiekoala/our_garden/
Who knows how your dog will react to it full and running the trick will
be
how to keep the dog out! Fortunately, we haven't had to try to keep our
dogs
out not sure what we would do if they were distructive in any way.
Good luck.