Round Two in my battle with the furry little chompers of my herbs

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76. Our dogs do that duty.

Unfortunately the husky and the catahoula like to dig.

Please note that huskies are cute and intelligent but they are not easy dogs always eager to please their humans. They are a bit like cats in some respects. They will fill your house with hair, overwhelming even bagless vacuum cleaners. Most of our clothes dryer lint is husky hair too.

We got our husky from the animal shelter. He'd suffered people who didn't know what to do with him once he was no longer a cute puppy, so they put him on a chain outside 24/7, which is illegal here. There are too many %$#%$& dog breeders who will jump on the latest fad dog breed, and too many people who will buy the latest fad dog breed not knowing what they are getting into. I think that ought to be illegal.

Catahoulas are another difficult breed, even if you plan to go pig hunting with them.

One of our immediate neighbors has dachshunds, both of them rescued puppy mill rejects. They do the same job repelling rodent garden invaders as our dogs, but are far less damaging to the garden and can't jump over eight foot fences like our anti-rodent dogs can. (Thus our ten foot fences...)