Digging!!!!!!

How the hell do you stop a dog from digging the garden up when you're not there?!

Make a specialist digging pit so there is no reason to dig elsewhere!

Lots of dogs like digging terriers for example are sort of genetically designed to do this.

Some dig from boredom.

And some just love it.

So, take 4 bits of wood, sink into soil, lighten with a bit of sand, bury bones, toys etc in it each day, vary them so the dog is always reinforced for digging THERE rather than elsewhere!

Voila!

I have heard of this...my only problem with doing that is that I stay at other random houses a lot!!! and travel a lot so I guess giving him a sand pit would encourage him to dig in other gardens .....?
I guess I dont wanna encourage it in any way.....
He is only 5 months but wanna knock it on the head before it becomes a learnt habit!
Stef

I have given my dogs places where they are allowed to dig, and have taught them to dig on command. When you catch them digging where you don't want them to, get them to go to the legal digging place and start digging with them. I say 'dig, dig' and off they go. Some people say to bury treats or toys to encourage them to dig in the legal digging patch, but mine haven't needed that.

I don't understand the psychology at work, but somehow it works at stopping them digging where you don't want them too.

By not leaving him unattended in the garden?

ok...I may have to do this legal digging thing, thank you
The garden is his place when I'm at work with access to utility room so have to leave him unnattended in garden

My puppy has began to dig.... I am not too bothered, in fact, I think its cute.

When the garden is finished, I am going to make her a digging pit, after all, the rabbits have one, so why can't she?

I've also been training Jin to "leave it" which encourages her to stop what shes doing, whether digging or approaching a stranded sock.

However, the "leave it" requires you to be there.

Took the words out of my mouth LOL

It's not too difficult to teach no digging in the garden when you are actually present. The problem is it's a different ball game with different rules when you are not there. Is it possible to fence an area of garden with access to shelter to protect other areas in the garden. If left for longer periods of time I don't think a dog will remain in a set area and is likely to wander in other areas and dig.