Great suggestion that works! If you go this route, give the groomer a bag to put a couple days worth of DIRTY DOG hair into... fresh squeaky- clean dog hair won't repel pests like the stinky stuff will, plus you don't want residue from flea dips etc to be near your gardens. (who is going HOME for a couple weeks, all you CH's be good and play nice while I'm away :) Deb deForest wrote: > more rain storms. Also effective is the hair, I use dog hair from the > groomers. It also makes great nesting material for birds, they love it. -- Valerie & Misty (woof!) My Lady Jazzmin CD, TT, CGC (waiting at the bridge) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Shores/3983/jazzmin.html aka: Breeze ICQ# 3953329 http://www.Geocities.com/Heartland/Shores/3983/peppers.html