Although we are great animal lovers, the presence of urine and feces in our garden is never positive, especially if we spend time caring for and maintaining them. Of course, when it comes to our dog, we must educate him to relieve himself in the street or in an appropriate place in the home, but the problem becomes more complex when it is the neighbor's dog that pees on the door or when various stray dogs used to pee and shit in our garden.
How to prevent dogs from defecating in my garden? If you are also in this situation and are looking for safe alternatives to do that dogs stop urinating and defecating at your door, you have found the ideal page. In this article on our site we will show you some tricks and natural solutions to scare away dogs from your garden, without harming their he alth or well-being, only with non-harmful remedies
Tips to drive away dogs naturally
Logically, we need dogs to stop pooping and peeing in our garden or in the external areas of our home, but we don't want to harm them or harm their he alth. To do this, there are many options and natural tricks that we can use to scare away stray or neighborhood dogs from inappropriate or unwanted places, where they can cause damage to our crops or plants.
1. Physically prevents dog access
A first step we can take into account is to delimit our garden with grilles, protective mesh or fences to prevent or reduce the possibility of dogs enter this space. There are also those who choose to build a kind of natural barrier with bushes or taller plants, to prevent animals from having access to the most delicate plants or decorations and garden accessories.
two. Sanitize the surroundings of the home
It will also be essential to maintain excellent hygiene in the external areas of your home, to eliminate residual odors from urine, which often encourage other dogs continue to pee in this same place to mark territory. Remember that dogs have a much more developed sense of smell than ours, which is why they easily perceive many aromas that go unnoticed by us. Therefore, before applying any homemade or commercial repellent, do not forget to clean this region.
When sanitizing these areas, you may be tempted to use those traditional cleaning products that have a very strong and unpleasant smell, such as creolin, chlorine, pinol or muriatic acid. However, these products are not effective in the long term and will only serve to irritate your mucous membranes while you apply them. In a matter of a few hours, the smell will be gone and the dogs will go back to peeing and pooping in the same place, where you put a lot of effort to clean.
To achieve deep, effective and safe sanitization, we recommend using the enzymatic detergents that are ideal for cleaning theorganic matter and its residual odours Another cheaper option that you can use is, first, to do a complete wash with lukewarm water and neutral soap, always rinsing well after lathering. Next, you should apply baking soda (with a few drops of vinegar or lemon too, if you like) and leave for a few minutes before rinsing again.
Finally, you can spray the entire sanitized region with non-harmful homemade repellents that we will teach you how to prepare next.
Does commercial dog repellant work?
Have you ever wondered what the composition of repellents is and how they really work? The commercial products that we can find on the market act as " aversive stimuli" that is, they cause an unpleasant sensation for the individual who receives it.
To better understand the effect on our dogs we must review operant conditioning methods, which show that the use of repellents is one more form of negative punishment(since they make the dog uncomfortable when it approaches the repellent) and, at the same time, negative reinforcement is used (since when dog walks away discomfort disappears), techniques not recommended in canine education.
In addition, many of these commercial products tend to have an irritating, toxic and even corrosive action, so we do not recommend their use.
Natural repellents to prevent dogs from pooping in your garden
However, if you're tired of homeless dogs or your neighbor's dog pooping in your yard, you can bet on some harmless homemade repellents, as long as you also apply the hygiene and separation techniques that we mentioned at the beginning of the article.
Using natural and non-toxic elements, we can keep dogs away from inappropriate spaces without causing damage to their he alth or to the integrity of plants.
Here's how to make an all-natural dog repellant:
Homemade lemon and citrus repellent to repel dogs
The fragrance of citrus fruits, and especially lemons, is one of the odors that dogs cannot stand, acting as a natural repellentto keep them away from your garden. To make an inexpensive and effective repellent, you can use citrus peels that you would probably throw away.
Just follow these steps to make it:
- Bring 1 liter of water to a boil.
- When it's about to boil, add the citrus peels (you can calculate one cup of peels per liter of water).
- Let the preparation simmer for about 20 minutes over low heat.
- Turn off the heat, cover the preparation and let it concentrate until it reaches room temperature.
- We strain the preparation and transfer it to a sprayer to facilitate its application.
- If we want to make a more intense repellent, we can add the juice of a lemon when the preparation is already strained and at room temperature.
- Spray the outside of your home on a regular basis with this natural, non-toxic household repellent.
