Dogs everywhere love to dig.
That's what doggies will do.
It is just normal behavior.
There are many reasons for it; to bury bones, 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 and we don't like holes in the yard.
When left to his own devices, a dog will often times resort to behaviors that come naturally like barking, chewing, chasing, and of course, digging.
Thus, your doggy will have to be supervised at the beginning to deter these behaviors.
Continue for some very successful strategies.
These techniques are extremely powerful if done correctly and consistently.
Here They Are: Hey, let her have her own digging spot.
In order to do this, you must encourage the behavior so you'll want to take her out there and show this is her digging spot.
To get this done, dig there yourself and bury her toys for her to dig up.
Every now and then bury something tasty! You gotta do this for a week or two so the select area digging behavior sets in.
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 continue the training.
This technique will surprise you a bit but it works.
When you find your dog's digging holes, place their feces inside it.
He will hate to dig in his own poop and will choose another area.
Keep putting his poo in it and eventually he will associate the digging with yucky.
If you don't want to use poo, you can use gravel - dogs don't like digging in this.
Say your dog is digging up around the fence; just put down some wire mesh under the lawn or ground along the fence.
This will quickly deter the fence line digging.
Here is another wild one.
If you find a hole dug by your dog, blow up a balloon and bury it in there.
When your doggy comes around to dig, the balloon will pop, immediately correcting the dog.
Keep These Little Things In Mind: Never tie your dog up all day long.
This causes all kinds of emotional damage to the doggy.
And not to mention REALLY encouraging 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! Spend as much time as possible 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 the training better.
Oh ya and one last thing about training your dog not to dig, if you want good results, you'll have to be consistent.
Don't let it slip for a week and wonder why your doggy still digs everything up in the garden.
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