My German Shorthair is devouring the hostas, it's a new behavior. I sprayed them with slightly diluted hot sauce (the hostas, not the dogs) and that took care of the one they ere eating so they just moved to others. The plant is like a drug to them or else they're after the slugs.

I haven't posted at all this spring because of a dog LOL. My husband and I train dogs professionally and have German Shepherd here to train for my sister-in-law. The dog is a doll and is staying in our house instead of at our kennel. I had her out in our backyard a few weeks ago (where she has been left many times during her stay) and apparently the tender baby hostas where to much to resist. She proceded to dig up and eat about 10 of my new additions from last spring. She also managed to totally mix up the markers so I will have to do a bit of research to remember which was where and determine what she got. I do know that she got Devon Green, Elvis Lives and Torchlight, not sure on the rest yet. Needless to say I have banished her to the kennel for a bit. I was so depressed about it that I couldn't even come to Gardenweb to vent. I think I'm getting over it and will have to start a list to replace. Annette

'Why on earth would you allow a breed like that in your home is beyond me. Keep the pit mix and expect more of the same incidents in the future.' Why would you question what type dog a person has if they are a responsible owner, as sarah appears to be. She has realized that there is a problem and working to resolve it. This dominance/jealousy problem could have risen with any breed dog, not only a Pitt. I have been around/worked with dogs all my life; the three times I was bitten was by a Cocker, a Jack Russell and a Sheltie. Pitts are not the top bitters, but as larger dogs they do more damage when they bite. A lot of smaller dog bites are also not reported making their bite statistics lower on the list. I've seen Pitts who were wonderful "people/kid dogs", who were wonderful pets and great with other pets and I've seen Pitts who were wonderful pets but couldn't be trusted around other pets, same as can be found in any breed. I can't say I would never have a Pit because I've had too many rescues to say never but I probably wouldn't go out and intentionally get a Pit due to not knowing bloodlines or how the animal had been raised. At one time there was a guy here in Florida who bred Pitts just for fighting. He took the worst of the worst and bred them over and over. If you got a dog from his bloodlines in error, you could very well have a problem because this IDIOT had bred them to be vicious. I've seen people who want their Pitts to be bad and train/abuse them to be so. Sadly, in cases like these the dogs are the ones who suffer. Personally I think that people of this ilk, people who fight dogs and people such as this breeder need to be put into a cage and forced to fight in the same manner which the dogs are forced to do. Animal abuse laws aren't strict enough in my opinion. People who abuse animals have no respect for any kind of life as far as I am concerned. Bless you sarah for fostering.

My first 2 dogs were Border Collie mixes...smartest dogs ever, never went in the gardens even if the ball they were playing with went into the flowers. Baylee would lay down and look at me and whine until I got her toy out of the garden. Those 2 are gone now and I have three new ones who have no respect for my flowers but I love them anyway. I'm sure some of you have seen the picture of my Siberian Husky and American Eskimo Dog. I adopted another Eskie last fall and he is such a sweetie that I am sure I will forgive him for anything naughty he does outside. I love this little guy so much already and can't believe someone would dump him at the shelter. Here is a picture of my new dog Sammy.