>While I don't have a problem with deer, there are several "feral" dogs >roaming the neighborhood. They are disgusting beasts who >indiscriminately tear through my garden and do their business where it >suits them. They make some of the worst prehistoric sounds you can >imagine while they are digging for who knows what in the pepper patch. I >have a 12 gauge Remington but am afraid of the buckshot becoming >embedded in the rocotos. Any fellow CH's ever had this problem? I have a 17 year old cat that chases the dogs out of our yard, the neighbors yards too, (guess she figures that's her territory too). You could load the Remington with rock salt, but then be ready to adjust the pH in the garden. Scott... KCK