Cat In A Pot

My problem isn't my cats. It's my dogs-one in particular. I have been growing small pots of veggies the last few years as having the bigger garden I did for years isn't possible anymore. Between the dogs and the lawn mower gone amok, I have nothing left. I planted strawberries. I planted blue berries. I planted pumpkins. All gone in one way or another. So back to the pots. The dog last summer dug half of the plants up. I admonished, punished, yelled, said bad words, hosed him. He still did it. Ate all the peppers, tomatillos and eggplants. This year I am trying again. Not two hours after planting, he had the pepper plants dug up and a tell tale dirty face. I have tried pepper sprays, too and nothing works. Any ideas?

This is a Great Impressions stamp again. I used corner punches and scraps of stuff (I cleaned up my scrap bins, but nothing else just yet). Coloring was with Prismacolors and Gamsol. I hope that kitty doesn't poop in that pot, tho. I just realized what would have been really cool on the card. Art Institute makes these pots of Elements and I could have made it look like dirt on the ground. Maybe next time.