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Digging to China
We have three dogs in a fenced-in back yard. They enjoy the yard running
and playing fetch. Only problem is their digging particularly near the patio. Anyone have a solution?????????? TIA |
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Dig up about 2 to 3 inches of top soil. Lay down hardware cloth (this is
the fencing that is spaced about 1/4 an inch apart all over) Roll out the fencing, tack it down to the ground tight with metal tent spikes or some other method and recover with the soil. The dogs hate the feel of this under their toenails and will give up digging in this spot. Now they might pick another area so your best bet is to set aside a sand box or dirt box and re-direct them to this area when they get the urge to dig. This way they have a designated place they are allowed to dig in and will soon learn you are happy when they did in this spot only. Celeste "Dixie Sugar" wrote in message ... We have three dogs in a fenced-in back yard. They enjoy the yard running and playing fetch. Only problem is their digging particularly near the patio. Anyone have a solution?????????? TIA |
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Dixie Sugar said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
We have three dogs in a fenced-in back yard. They enjoy the yard running and playing fetch. Only problem is their digging particularly near the patio. Anyone have a solution?????????? The two dogs that I've had with digging issues, I took to an area of my yard where I didn't mind them digging and scratched around with them for a few minutes. That, a few "nuh-uhs!", and immediate redirection to my preferred digging site worked well. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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allow them to dig in an assigned area
punish mildly if off limits "Dixie Sugar" wrote in message ... We have three dogs in a fenced-in back yard. They enjoy the yard running and playing fetch. Only problem is their digging particularly near the patio. Anyone have a solution?????????? TIA |
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"Dixie Sugar" wrote in message ... How? They generally do this at night or when no one is in the yard with them. Well then, looks like you've answered your own question, doesn't it? g Diana |
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Thanks Celeste. The hardware cloth is a good idea. Our cyclone fencing is
done similar to that but it hadn't occurred to me to use the same idea in the yard. Would you suggest (for the digging area) taking up the sod and putting sand on top of it or just taking up the sod? The dogs seem to favor an area where it is not too grassy for their excavating. Actually I think the two younger dogs dig for bugs or something. I don't know whether a sand box would work or not particularly with my 12 yr. old. He's been digging big time for so long that I wonder if he would go for artificial dirt. LOL "Spot" wrote in message news:4s1Ad.13437$152.5563@trndny01... Dig up about 2 to 3 inches of top soil. Lay down hardware cloth (this is the fencing that is spaced about 1/4 an inch apart all over) Roll out the fencing, tack it down to the ground tight with metal tent spikes or some other method and recover with the soil. The dogs hate the feel of this under their toenails and will give up digging in this spot. Now they might pick another area so your best bet is to set aside a sand box or dirt box and re-direct them to this area when they get the urge to dig. This way they have a designated place they are allowed to dig in and will soon learn you are happy when they did in this spot only. Celeste "Dixie Sugar" wrote in message ... We have three dogs in a fenced-in back yard. They enjoy the yard running and playing fetch. Only problem is their digging particularly near the patio. Anyone have a solution?????????? TIA |
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