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Digging Dogs

Oh, how doggies love to dig. That’s what doggies will do.  This is simple genetics. There are many reasons for it; to bury toys, to create a cool spot to lie down, and also for the mere pleasure. But we we don’t want them digging up our lawn~However, we still don’t like holes in the yard.

When left to his own devices, a dog will often times default to behaviors that come naturally like barking, chewing, chasing, and of course, digging. Thus, your doggy will have to be supervised at the start to not encourage these behaviors.  Here are some things you can do about digging.

These methods are extremely powerful if done correctly and consistently.

Here They Are:

Hey, let her have her own digging spot. To do it, you must encourage the behavior so you’ll want to take her out there and show this is her digging location. Just take her out to the area and start digging; bury her toys and help her dig it up - if your doggy is a digger, this will be no problem. Every now and then bury something tasty! You’ll want to do this over a period of a couple weeks until she gets it. If you catch her in the act of digging outside of her zone, don’t get mad at her, just guide her to her special spot and follow through with the training.

This technique will surprise you a bit but it works. When you find your doggy’s digging holes, place their feces inside it. He will hate to dig in his own poop and will pick another area. Keep putting his poop in it and eventually he will associate the digging with yucky. If this idea doesn’t appeal to you, just use gravel or rocks - it works just as well and is less sticky.

Say your dog is digging up around the fence; just put down some wire mesh beneath the lawn or ground along the fence. This will quickly deter the fence line digging.

This is another funky but effective technique. If you find a hole dug by your doggy, blow up a balloon and bury it in there. Once your dog digs in one of these holes, he will think twice about doing it again - and if he does, that’ll be the last time for sure.

Keep These Little Things In Mind:

Please don’t just tie your doggy up in the yard and leave him. This causes all kinds of emotional damage to the doggy. And it really encourages bad behavior such as, you guessed it, digging. Don’t be surprised to see hole when you get back from work.

Give your doggy plenty of good exercise so that when he’s on his own. If you do this, he won’t have the energy for digging!

And lastly, running from the last point, spend a lot of quality time with your dog. Just make some time to play a lot with her. If you do, she’ll respect you, love you, and will want to please you more - and that means she’ll respond to your training better.

Consistency is so key it’s not even funny. Don’t expect to half ass-edly train her and wonder why your results are down the tube. To uncover more Great dog training techniques to stop your dog’s behavioral problems, check out this complete dog obedience training manual.

With that said, Happy training all!