first timer Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 :p So Bella (11 week lab) has decided that digging is the BEST thing in the world How do I stop her Any tips would be great ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primedogs Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 we have this problem as well I think someone suggest putting their poo into the holes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VJB Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 You could try providing a sandpit and teach her to dig in there. Put some dried liver treats in there for her seek and search for. Also put her poo in the hole and she will be less likely to dig there again..... works with some dogs, and not with others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
first timer Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 I have done the poo thing and she stops for a little while and then just digs around it Cheeky bugger :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Where is she digging- in the lawn, garden beds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 What else does she have to occupy her in the yard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all that glitters Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 My dog went through a digging phase a few weeks back, I curbed it quickly by disgracing her creative digging hole area with her poos, I picked them all up and threw them all over the holes, that stopped her TOTALLY. Poos in holes works.. just also put the poos around the edges where she might try to KEEP digging.. not just @ the bottom of the hole. They are little smarties, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
first timer Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Where is she digging- in the lawn, garden beds? It was the garden beds but now its the lawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I have found a good permanent solution in laying chicken wire, properly pegged under a layer of mulch over the garden beds (with holes cut out for the plants) as well as then proving a sand pit with toys for the dogs in another area in the backyard. You can do this underneath lawn as well but i'd be hesitant to do this with a puppy if you couldn't cover the wire with something so that the puppy couldn't rip it up. Poop in holes din't work for my dogs but has worked for maybe 30% of my clients with simple digging problems. Lots of interactive toys are a must- treat balls, nylabones etc as well as short bursts of training, games and puppy pre school to keep the pup stimulated mentally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjelkier Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I found Mistral (and Alchemy, she has a thing for the carpet :p ) was a real digger as a puppy (it is typical in the breed however) and I really didnt want him to be. We gave him somewhere else to dig (a certain part of the yard) where he didnt get in trouble each time he tried, we would tell him off for digging were he wasnt meant to and then put him were he should, buried treats and such. Worked well, he now only digs in sand thankfully because a samoyed on a digging mission will cause serious damage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegemite_toast Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 (edited) Our puppy loves to dig too. I'm definitely trying the poop in the holes this weekend... and a clamshell pool with sand in it. The chicken wire solution won't work for us as our pup loves to dig in the lawn. Edited August 7, 2009 by vegemite_toast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy_RSR Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 My Sammy is a digging machine !!!! I let her have on digging hole where i throw her toys and treats etc, and any other hole i catch her trying to dig she gets a growl from me and some of her poo in the hole. our garden beds now have a liberal sprinkling of dog poo !!! Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paganman Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 LOL yeah digging my two have grown out of it now but theyd dig craters when they were younger I think its an instinctive kind of behavior in dogs.Poop in the holes helps but usually they go dig somewhere else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APBT Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 she might just grow out of it, my girl dug about 3 holes, each hole i coverd so she couldent dig them anymore and after she jsut forgot about them and that was it, no more holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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