Susan Reynolds

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Stories By Susan Reynolds

  • How To Repel Dogs From Your Lawn

    How to Repel Dogs From Your Lawn. Wandering dogs in the neighborhood tend to "mark" nearby mailboxes, lawns, plants and trees. This can be annoying, because canine urine quickly kills grass and other yard plants. The trick to keeping dogs away from your yard, aside from building a fence, is to make it smell unpleasant to animals. Because dogs use their noses for everything, one whiff of a bad smell will usually keep them away for weeks at a time. You might not keep every dog away from your yard, but you can repel many of them.

    By Susan Reynolds November 4th, 2022 Read More