Foxes In The Garden - Driving Dog Mad - Options ?

[redgriff500]

Hi guys,

We have at least one fox making nightly visits through the rear garden and recently at least two are around (mating noises)

This wasn't a problem until we got a dog 6 months ago.

The dog races out and around the shed (where the foxes go) barking furiously (annoying th neighbours) and the garden now resembles the somme along this circuit.

Whilst I am a clay shooter, I'd really rather not shoot them as they don't affect me.

So is there any way to make them avoid our garden ?

I've already erected a 6' fence which they jump.

I'm thinking a noise, smell type solution ?

Cheers

[davemac250]

You'll get suggestions of claymores in under 5 posts.

Try peeing in the garden.

Carpet grips on inside of the fence will deter as well.

[y2blade]

tiger piss on the fence panels

[Pothole]

http://www.wildlifegardener.co.uk/FoxesInTheGarden...

http://www.pest-stop.co.uk/pests-foxes/

[redgriff500]

y2blade said:

tiger piss on the fence panels

I know there are Tigers at the zoo...

But who's going to get them to piss in a bottle ?

[mrdelmonti]

Leave the dog outside?

If you've got understanding neighbours, get some some cartridge bird scarers

[Scraggles]

just shoot the foxes, problem solved

[redgriff500]

mrdelmonti said:

Leave the dog outside?

If you've got understanding neighbours, get some some cartridge bird scarers

Thats pretty much what's happened 4pm - 12pm as she goes mad to get out.

Hence one permanently muddy dog and one destroyed garden.

I have suggested getting rid of the dog but the kids faces suggested that wasn't an option.

[redgriff500]

Scraggles said:

just shoot the foxes, problem solved

I hunted when I was younger, I'm not keen to kill things these days, only as a last resort.

[GTIR]

redgriff500 said:

Hi guys,

This is a sure fire way to deter the foxes. I bet my step-sister on it (yes, she is).
Human poo mixed with lemons and beetroot. Never fails to deter foxes out of the area or town actually.

Just smear it or dump it (ha ha, "dump" ) around the area that is giving you trouble. It'll also work on dogs, cats, gerbils, golfers, meerkats (little fkers) and mice.

A little unorthodox but it works. Honest.

Let us know how you get on.

[mrdelmonti]

redgriff500 said:

mrdelmonti said:

Leave the dog outside?

If you've got understanding neighbours, get some some cartridge bird scarers

Thats pretty much what's happened 4pm - 12pm as she goes mad to get out.

Hence one permanently muddy dog and one destroyed garden.

I have suggested getting rid of the dog but the kids faces suggested that wasn't an option.

Ahh ok, sorry didn't quite read the first post properly, normally a dog would keep foxes away, have you got sprinklers? Set them to go off around the time that the foxes turn up.

[Landlord]

Do you know what's attracting them (if anything particular at all)? If it's those black bin bags - I've got a great tip for you. Spray them (the bags, not the foxes) with Dettol Surface Spray. On the outside. Our bags used to be torn apart EVERY time we put them out. Since hearing this tip - not a rip in sight!

If it's anything else. Sorry. I'm outta ideas.

[HarryW]

redgriff500 said:

y2blade said:

tiger piss on the fence panels

I know there are Tigers at the zoo...

But who's going to get them to piss in a bottle ?

If you know where they come in and out you could try marking the area with man piss, you are top predator. (Hopefully the fox will agree and bugger off)

[y2blade]

redgriff500 said:

y2blade said:

tiger piss on the fence panels

I know there are Tigers at the zoo...

But who's going to get them to piss in a bottle ?

.....you have to hold it really steady

[Beyond Rational]

Paint the dog orange and maybe they will become friends.

[redgriff500]

Our garden is just on their route there is nothing in it to attract them.

When I put the fence up it dug under it.

I blocked the holes and it tried to go through the panels.

Finally it went over them.

I think the problem that as we are the last house in a row that if it doesn't come through our garden it has to massively change its route / territory.

I'm happy to go take a piss down there (it comes in behind the shed) but if you see the headlines "Man exposing himself in his garden" or "Man has penis bitten by fox" its your fault !

Also how the hell does a Fox know what my (or indeed a Tiger's) piss smells of ?

[x 7usc]

mix and spray where the foxes come and go

[Dogwatch]

Fox which frequents this area was quite handsome (for a fox!) but has recently got mange and the bald patch on his back is getting bigger by the day.

Not something you'd want a household pet to contract.

[Simpo Two]

You train the dog not to bark?

Failing that sell the dog and keep the foxes.

[redgriff500]

Dogwatch said:

Fox which frequents this area was quite handsome (for a fox!) but has recently got mange and the bald patch on his back is getting bigger by the day.

Not something you'd want a household pet to contract.

They can pass it to humans too, I know someone who got it - nasty itching but soon cleared up by the Dr.