Reply #10: What treats do you give the deer? My deer and I have a different arrangement, in parts

[uppityperson]

they are welcome to teach me what plants to not grow outside the fenced garden, and I accommodate them. My dog gets to chase any deer he sees to the edge of the woods then come back (for some reason he was well trained when we got the pound puppy at 1 1/2 yrs old. Only poops in tall grass/brush and chases only to woodline) (must say that the tall grass brush bit makes walks in the city a bit challenging though).

I have shocked some City Kids who visit and are sooooo happy to see deer roaming the yard ("Deer!") but the dog doesn't hurt them, merely lets them know it is daytime.

What do you feed them to keep them away from your stuff? A couple summers ago it was so dry here that they were eating every plant they could find, even euphorbias. I've had no luck with dog pee or fur or much of anything. Have had them eat a potted tomato that was on my porch even. Argh.

The raccoons and I have a similar arrangement. They get to stir my compost and as long as I have a (closed) live-trap stuck through the chickenwire into the chicken yard, they leave the chickens alone. I have to be very creative about bird feeders because of them and the rats from the neighbor's unattended travel-trailer complex. However, having the raccoons blenderize my tiny pocket pond is very annoying. For some reason they haven't done this for a yr, maybe one of these days the water lily will actually get to do something.