Training male dog to stay out of gardens?

[Mariette]

As a new male dog owner, I have just one question:

Is it possible to train the dog to stay out of my gardens when going pee?

If so, how?

[KYS]

I am not really sure, but I have a male and a vegetable/flower garden.
To my knowledge he does not in pee their.
When he was a puppy, I put a temporary fence up, and
everytime he went in their I scolded him and told him
to get out. Well the fence is down, and he does like
to lay down in the garden, but I have never seen him pee in their.
I guess you could use a can of penny's too,
if your dog goes in their.
I also tried to teach my male as a pup,
to relieve himself around
the perimiter of the yard.
He isn't perfect, but he usually just pees on
trees, bushes and large pots. ;)

Welcome to Pet talk.

[Mariette]

Thank you very much,
We currently have a female pug chihuahua, TJ- she's about 7 and is absolutely perfect. Willie- the Boston Terrier we just got on Saturday and at one and a half- he's a hand full. I'm sure some of it is the fact that we're not used to puppies. TJ plays with him for about 20-30 minutes and then she's had enough.

He wants to play non-stop and never really settles down (even at bed time) I've been crating him during the day because we just don't trust him 100% yet. He still tends to pie in the house when no one is looking. So, we're trying to really train and calm him down. Morning walks for 30 minutes, evening walks and then non-stop playing just trying to get him to sleep throught the nights- even a kong doesn't interest him long enough. Since its only been a few days, we'll just keep trying the same process unless you think there's something that might work better?

Thanks for the advice on the roping off. I'll do that this weekend- its hard to show him the boundries of the gardens as they are covered with 5 inches of snow right now.

Thanks again for the advice!
Mariette

[ownerof3dogs]

I would also suggest getting a small fence to go around the garden. That probably the easiest solution.