awww.so sorry!!! and best of luck!
put some spikes poking up in ur pond that would teach those dogs a lessons!

Oh Diane, I am so sorry that the puppies got into your pool. Hope you can fix it all up.

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We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart.

I'm usually the one falling into my pond and messing it up, but a few weeks ago my neighbor's dog went in...twice in 2 days. It's 4 feet deep at the deepest, and it's a huge pond. The entire sides are shelved with plants on them. The first time he fell in (trying to eat the fish food) I helped him out. The next time was at night, and he obviously had a hard time getting out. He pulled most of my plants into the pond (you can imagine all the mud in my pond!) and the worst thing was...he pulled my big filter in, spilling all the lava rocks, quilt batting, EVERYTHING in. I'm still trying to get it back in shape.

I feel your pain! Literally!

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Buckle up! It makes it harder for the aliens to suck you out of your car!

I'm sorry.

I guess this is one time I'm glad I don't have any dogs!

Lab pups, huh. Water dogs by nature, pups, hot weather, did what came natural because the owners(ignorant humans) did not have them cared for properly.

The owners owe you an apology, and some labor just to be neighborly.

You could always have the police come and ticket them for not having the dogs properly restrained, did they have registration tags AND vet tags for their shots?, you could make some expensive trouble for them with a simple phone call.

I've had dogs all my life, and have paid some dues to be sure, but what happened was so preventable in so many ways, and will likely happen again.

I know the feeling Buzylady.. you have seen pictures of how small my little pond is. About
3 x 5 x 2.5 deep. Now, imagine a full grown golden retriever frolicking in it! I think he thought he was duck hunting or something... I never did find out who his owners are. I would certainly let the owners of those dogs know what kind of mess their dogs have created. You can't blame them puppy's, they was lookin for a little relief from the heat. If your neighbors are responsible pet owners, they will offer to help clean up after them! In any case, good luck getting it cleaned up! Its amazing to me just how fast a healthy pond will bounce back from something like that! I think it actually promoted new growth on some of my plants when it happened to mine.

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they will offer to help clean up after them!

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yeah right! Nobody sees the attraction or importance of my flowers and pond. To them it's JUST A LITTLE PLANT or they laugh and say AWL ISN"T THAT CUTE HE'S IN YOUR POND. At the time I'm holding myself back from strangling them.

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Oh Buzylady, I have the utmost sympathy for you. My neighbor's dog did the same thing (a huge chocolate lab) and I just wanted to go over there and shoot him!
I know just what you mean, too; people think you're overreacting because "it's just a plant for pete's sake!" I'm sending you a hug too!

One of my other neighbors put up a sort of flimsy fence of chicken wire and small posts around his pond to keep the same dog out. It's not very pretty but it works.

We already had a fence, but we had to start keeping our gate closed to keep him out.

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Real women don't have hot flashes -- we have power surges!

Karrie that is hilarious and a very good idea...about buying the pool...i wonder if i bought a muzzle for my neighbors 20 dogs they would get the hint..i feel for you about the dogs..my little lhasa apso drinks out of my pond..gross

I am sorry, almost the same thing happened to me but it was my dog. I let him outside and walked in the kitchen to put up my glass and when I walked back, there he was in my pond. I was so mad. We usually have him a swimmg pool in the summer to get in to. We did not have one this year, our bad and he thought this was just really neat.
I would say something to the neighbors about it and ask them if they would please keep and eye on their dogs when the let them out. A fence would be the best thing for you because other dogs might and will do the same thing. It is just tempting for a dog to see a hole full of water to just get in and cool off on a hot day or night for that matter.
Good luck to you.

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Please Spay/Neuter your Pets.