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[mace]

I have a small flower garden and would really like to enjoy it without the neighbors dog digging it up or running through it destroying it. What are some humane ways to take care of this problem (the neighbors believe their dog is innocent even though I have seen the dog many times). I am not willing to pay for a big fence to go around my flowers (or house for that matter) just because the neighbors are so disrespectful to other people's property that they let the dog run loose. Why can't they get the fence for their yard. I mean they own the dog! Anyway here is what I have tried so far and failed:
*small fence around my flowers
*some stuff you sprinkle around your perimeter that is supposed to keep dogs, cats and other animals out (it does not harm them they just don't like how it smells)

Side note-there is no leash law where I live.

[tupac]

After cleaning the flower bed of grass and weeds, prune back your rose bushes, this is a good time of year to do this, cut the trimmings into six to eight inch pieces and scatter over the bed. The dogs do not like walking on the thorns on the rose bush clippings. The stickery leaves and trimmings from a holly bush will work also.

[cadby]

In a blender, rough chop 20 jalapeno peppers and 10 heads of garlic.
Boil this in a 1/2 gallon of water.
Let it cool and strain.
Pour this into a 1 gallon pump up sprayer and spray all around the area.
Dog, cat, mice, rats ... will hate the smell.
Reapply every 2 weeks.

Now go drink a beer and relax.
Oh, be sure to wash your hands or you will be crying later.