Armadillo Repellent

• Yard Gard Armadillo repellent is made with two main components:
• The Pellet & the Active Ingredients
• for the effectiveness and
• your easy and simple application to your lawn.
• Yard Gard’s ingredients are placed inside the pellet; while some ingredients are attached to the outside of the pellet;
• the pellet is then encased with a water-soluble coating agent-
• which assures you of fresh repelling ingredients when Yard Gard is applied to your lawn. 
• (Water dissolves the coating agent which then start releasing the ingredients to start repelling animals.)

• Watering your lawn causes the proven and effective ingredients to be slowly released into your lawn as the water-soluble coating shell is dissolved, yielding you the most effective, long lasting results with fresh ingredients each time your lawn is watered.

• The ingredients are absorbed into your lawn over months, therefore effectively protecting your yard from pests for the longest time period.

• Natural ingredients will decay quickly when exposed to the elements

• Yard Gard products are packed with active ingredients – up to 50% more than most other products.

• Yard Gard’s active ingredients are inside the pellet keeping them fresh and from exposure to the elements until they are released into the soil by watering the pellets.

• Yard Gard is comprised of natural/organic food grade oils, spices, and minerals

• Yard Gard is Safe: No harsh man-made chemicals used; it won’t harm the environment and  it’s safe to use around children and household pets.

• Yard Gard has stood the test!  See the double blind test evaluation results below

• Yard Gard test results are based on double-blind studies.
• Simply put: The double-blind study is where… 
• the people applying the products do not know the formulas,
• they only know the product by an ID number.
• As time passes they record the results of the ID number test area daily for a 100 day period,
• After the testing time is completeed and all test area results are recorded;
• the formulas are then revealed to observe the best formulas.
• (This removes any bias toward any formula.)
• The double blind studies (100 days each test asite)
• were performed over a 2 year period and
• the formulas and ingredients  were not revealed until after all studies were completed.
• Yard Gard formulas & the competitor products were applied in equal manner to the different  test lawns. 
• (No distintion made to identify product other than the sequential ID numbering of products.)
• All animal activity results are documented for the evaluation time period. (100 days)
• After the evaluation period ended,
• these animal activity results were plotted on graphs and
• graph samples are displayed here for your consideration.
• After graph were plotted, the different product formulas and names were then revealed.

The “effectiveness rating” ranges from 90% to 100% and were depending on four keys conditions:

• the amount of Yard Gard product applied to the treated area
• the amount of water applied to the treated area.
• the number of animals (armadillos) foraging in the treated area.
• the amount or thickness of dead grass (thatch) in the treated area.

• Burrowing animals have a heightened sense of smell;…
• 100 times greater than humans.
• One third of the armadillo’s brain (Olfactory lobe) is associated with the sense of smell;
• therefore they have a  very keen sense of smell.
• (Example: The armadillo can smell a grub that is located six inches under-ground.)
• Yard Gard ingredients are very potent & irritating to the senses of smell & taste of these burrowing animals.
• As the animals dig for food …
• they are conditioned or trained to associate the smell of your treated yard with discomfort.
• This is “Operant Conditioning“: Made famous by Pavlov when he conditioned dogs to salivate when they heard the food bell ring.
• Animals with higher senses of smell are quickly conditioned or trained to leave the treated area.

Listed Below are the ingredients in our Yard Gard Armadillo Repellent:

• Castor Oil
• Red Pepper
• Organic soap
• Calcium carbonate (limestone granules)
• Calcium lignosulfonate
• Limestone dust (limestone coating)
• Dolomitic lime
• Water