Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> "cshenk" wrote in message
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> notbob wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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> >On 2016-12-11, cshenk > wrote:
> >
> >> I just rescented the fence. My normally sighted dog doesn't need
> >> that but the blind one gets lost now that the garden is dead,
> >> without that (she triangulates on scent very well).
> >
> > Jes fer my own edification, what did you scent it with?
> >
> > At first, I didn't understand what you meant. Now I get it.
> >
> > Great idea. "Scent that damn fence!"
> >
> > Gotta be so much better than an electric or one of those
> > RC collar boundry/fences .
> >
> > nb
>
> Grin, the back part gets cedar (a 10% mix oil cedar oil and a
> non-flammable). One side gets lavendar, the other gets frangipani.
> The base of the house and shed get 'shakeaway' fox urine (totally safe
> and the fox urine makes rodents avoid my yard).
>
> The fence is lightly sprayed about 3ft up high and every 3ft. Thats
> plenty for a super sniffer Beagle. By scenting the difference and how
> close/far she is from it, she can orient in the yard with no problems.
>
> In summer, growing plants handle it. Now that they are dying off,
> she's still ok finding her way now but we start scenting the fence at
> this time so she's used to it come snowfall.
>
> Basically if she scents fox urine, she knows she's at the house or
> gonna bonk her nose on the shed. If she smells any of the others, she
> knows where she is based on how close it is or how close the other
> scents are.
>
> ABOSULTELY better than electric fences and such since all they would
> tell her is 'oops, wrong way'. This tells her the right way.
>
> Sunning today she could smell the back fence to her left, fox urine to
> her right, and Lavendar to the front. She didnt have any trouble
> finding the door in for treats.
>
> She'll be 15 on 2 July2017.
>
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>
> Lovely) My oldest girl was 17 when she died. I didn't get her
> till she was 11 so we were lucky

Smile, oldest one I've had is problematic to date but as a rescue, the
organization listed her 'older than dirt'. 5 vets at my clinic
assessed her. The more experienced vets went with 18 when we got her.
The others accessed from 16-17. She lived a long golden summer of 2.5
years here before she passed of natural aging related causes.

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