aggressive barn swallow problem
jasper60103
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Comments (30)the first couple wouldn't swallow a house but perhaps one side of a garage 'Crepescule' can grow to be 20 feet tall and more, and unlike many climbers it has excellant re-bloom. It's an apricot-golden color with red at its' base and quite fragrant. The foliage is attractive. If you love yellow roses; 'Marechal Niel' is a marvel to behold and deeply fragrant. It re-bloom well and is in full bloom today on April 5th. I'm growing mine between two purple 'Royal Robes' it blooms more often than an average Hybrid Tea, here. R. gigantea odorata at Berkeley Botanical garden in California blooms in early spring with several hundred charming saucer sized pale golden rose blossoms, , it is climbing a tree with great enthusiasm. I've espaleried a Mermaid to keep her within bounds, against a wooden fence in my back yard. I have an Albertine too, and it has splendid large pink and salmon blooms and c. 33% re-bloom in the autumn on mature plants. For Ramblers, I'm devoted to 'The Garland' with its millions of palest pink, tiny dainty roses with pert squared-off petals that offered a sweet pervasive scent that surrounds the plant like a cloud of bliss. I'd love a 'Silver Moon' but where to plant it? my neighbors backyard on a moonless night? White Lady Banks is one of my 3 favorite white roses, I once lived where the rose garden was surrounded by a low fence where those beautiful white roses bloomed all over it in spring. Oh what joy. there is such a variation between bloom shape and character between white roses, and this one thrills me down to my toes. I was at Berkeley Horticultural nursery today and took a whiff of 'Snowflake', another member of the Banksiae and was pleased with its' sweet and moderately strong scent. I don't know how big this gets. Lux...See MoreAggressive climber questions (zone 7)
Comments (20)Wow wow wow! Thanks everybody for all the suggestions... and the gorgeous pictures! I'll research all the strains mentioned, although just a reminder that I'm in Maryland where BS seems to be extra bad (I havent heard of a few of these before, which makes me wonder whether they do well around here). Btw, in searching this site's archives I did find a list that "Olga" posted a couple of years ago, which included both New Dawn and Awakening as ones which do pretty well around here. I'd welcome further thoughts, though! As to that picket fence, Betty - I wish I could paint it or something but, alas, it's not mine - that's the neighbours house (we're on a hill that direction, thus their grade is about 5-7ft higher than ours). REally, all I can hope to do is grow over it :) Mandi, as for bushy: I realise it will take some time - I'm assuming (hoping?) that over the next 4-5 years the plants I put in now will do their thing and be covering up that fence a little more each year. If the canes want to grow up, what happens if you peg them over as they get long enough, so they spread out and mound a bit more? To add to my questions: what about Mermaid? Another weed-riddled and miserable corner (jungle!) along the back fence is being cleared as we speak (I gave up on that one and got some college lads with chainsaws and better heat tolerance than I have to come and do it for me). A huge mounding mass of something I LIKE and that would hopefully over time compete with the brush that seems to want to grow there would be awesome. I saw some pictures of Mermaid (also on Olga's list as doing quite well in these parts) and it got me to thinking about a way of making that ugly corner prettier but relatively easy to maintain..... :) Thank you everybody SO SO MUCH! Keep those ideas coming!...See MoreBarn Swallows vs. Mockingbirds
Comments (9)I've been fortunate enough to have a pair of mockingbirds in my backyard year around for several years. They are very protective of their territory, especially to other mockingbirds. Every year, they raise two or three offspring, but run them off soon after they fledge. The only other birds they seem to tolerate are a pair of white wing doves that nest in a youpon holly tree. Maybe because the doves don't compete for the same food source. They go nuts in the spring when the flocks of Cedar Waxwings come through and strip off the remaining winter youpon holly berries, which is the mockingbirds main food source in winter. They are overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of Waxwings, but just complain loudly. The most interesting thing is they mate for life, but go through a re-bonding ritual every spring. They face each other on the ground about 2 feet apart, and the male will hop forward and place a youpon berry on the ground, then hop back. The female then hops forward, picks up the berry and hops back. They do this several times a day until they finally go off and build a new nest and lay eggs....See Moreneed help with aggressive jack russell!!
Comments (12)You may have inadvertantly set yourself up in a very difficult situation. We have known, loved, and bred Jack Russells for many years. The breeder whose male we used as a stud warned us about female-on-female aggression with this breed, but we decided to keep a female from one of our litters anyway. We already had an older, non-alpha, neutered female along with the breeding b*tch, and had experienced some fairly intense "disagreements" between the 2 of them, but all h*ll broke loose once the female pup got to be about a year old. The violence escalated steadily and resulted in many increasingly savage attacks against the older dog. Honestly, the pup was trying to kill her, not "show her who's boss"! It was truly horrifying to experience, and resulted in several expensive and traumatic trips to the emergency vet. The worst attack resulted in a throat torn open with blood a-pumpin' everywhere. We tried everything, from various training techniques, to bringing in a trainer who was recommended for his work with aggressive dogs, to medication. We finally had to install baby gates in several key locations, and rotate dogs in and out of crates, just to keep some semblance of order. Any time I forgot for a MOMENT, the pup would take advantage of my lapse and launch another broadside. The attacks just got nastier and more deadly (when the old dog was safe somewhere, the pup would attack her mother instead), and the lightbulb finally went off the day that my boss took me into his office and said, "I'm really disappointed in your performance lately." I started crying, and it all fell into place - the anguish (this was the pup I planned to grow old with), the anger, the guilt, the fear, the disturbed sleep, the arguments and tension with my husband, the constant watchfulness, the grief that it had all gone so wrong... it was something I will never allow to progress to that point ever again. We hashed out all of our options with our wonderful vet, talked to Russell Rescue, and ultimately decided to put her down. We had the appointment scheduled for a Monday morning, tried to give her a good loving last weekend on earth, and had even dug a hole for her. (All UNBELIEVABLY difficult.) That Sunday night, late, we got a call from the Rescue folks with an offer of a temporary placement and a potential experienced JRT home to send her to. We finally decided to give her one last shot as a single dog with people who were experienced with the breed, who could provide a home with no contact with other dogs, and who understood all of our pup's issues. Understand that when this dog wasn't trying to kill my other 2, she was an absolute dream companion. She just couldn't handle the other dogs. We are now back to just the first 2 dogs, we are done with dog breeding (there are more than enough dogs in the world already), several years have passed, everyone (including us) has calmed down, and the darkness seems to be in the past. But our two still took several years to ultimately calm down to where they were before the whole mess started. Obviously not all dogs are the same, and maybe you can work on this one successfully. But I just wanted to warn you that same-sex aggression is well known with this breed, and females are the worst. I hope you can come up with a solution, but you may have to consider that a female Jack is not the right addition to your little pack. I'd have a long talk with your vet and see what he suggests. But just be aware that this situation can escalate very quickly and you may wind up with an injured or dead dog and your stomach in a permanent knot. Your little nutjob might be a fine pet in single-dog household with EXPERIENCED owners. Susan...See Morejasper60103
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