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How to stop a dog from digging
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Dogs dig in the yard for a variety of reasons:How to stop a dog from digging?
Useful tips,advice and proven methods to stop your dog from digging,Why Do Dogs Dig? Understand and solve it.
- Dogs often dig in freshly turned dirt
- They dig when they want attention from you
- They dig in order to create a cool place to lie
- They also dig when they are bored or frustrated
- Some dogs even dig as a way to be playful
- If your dog is digging under the fence he may be trying to get out to search for a mate.
- They also dig because your dog is hunting for some little critters that live in your garden
- For food storage purposes.
How to stop a dog from digging? You can help a bored, frustrated or playful dog by providing him with more exercise, regular obedience training and companionship. Provide shade for your dog so that he has a cool place to sleep.
Confine your dog when you can't supervise him. Place him in a crate or kennel run whenever you aren't around to spy on him. You'll need to do this until you have fixed the digging problem.
If your dog has a favorite spot he likes to dig you can bury some chicken wire just under the surface of this area. When your dog starts to dig he won't like the feeling of his paws scraping along the wire.
Popular and most effective way to stop your dog from digging. What you do is fill up the holes your dog has created, adding some of his poop (feces) to the filling. Most dogs are really put off by this and won't attempt to dig again.
Some dogs just copy what they see their owners doing. So if you're working away in the garden, suddenly your dog may be interested in doing the same! Such dogs may need to be confined while you are working in the garden
If none of the above methods work for you and your dogs, you may wish to try a remote electronic training collar or e-collar. This method does work, although I realise many dog owners don't like the sound of using such a device. In reality it works the same way as many of the other techniques in that it provides a negative association to the act of digging.
For the dog that absolutely will not stop digging, you can try burying balloons in the area where he digs. You can also squirt him with water or bang pans together when you catch him in the act. Any loud noise will help, including shaking pebbles or coins in a coffee can. Just be sure you only use these methods when you actually catch him digging.
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04-28-2007, 08:04 AM
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