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» VanceH - Vance Hallman Is this the right forum for a question about Or

Is this the right forum for a question about Orchids and Labrador Retreivers?

My wife is an avid orchid grower. We have quite a few smaller orchids in bark and bandini in our kitchen and living room, about knee high.

Recently our Labrador Retreiver(Sheba) has taken to grabbing the green plastic planter pots and flinging them about the house!! She is only 1 year old(7 in dog years!) and LOVES to PLAY!! She is a prize dog. What do we do to keep her from going after the orchids?

My wife says moving the orchids is definitly not the answer and getting rid of Sheba is definitly not the answer.

What do we do?

Please email me or call my wife at 805-659-0492.
My email is vance@elixir.com

-- posted by VanceH

» Orchidlady - Hello, Yes this is the right place to ask your question. I mu

Yes this is the right place to ask your question. I must say you made me smile! First I would try and train her to leave them alone.. dogs are like children and they will learn what the word "NO" means.
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There are products on the market that you can buy to put on plants out doors to keep dogs away from them. These may work with indoor plants to.
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Move the plants.. many more times of being thrown around the house the plants will end up in the trash can, so why not move the temptation?

Another idea is to place some moth balls around the plants..or some pepper.

You really need to teach her to leave plants alone, there are many house plants that are very poisonous like the common Pothos. It would be a shame if she decided to eat one of them.
Good luck!!!

-- posted by Orchidlady