Is your dog digging holes in your lawn-or perhaps digging up your garden? Digging is a common problem many dog owners have to face and figure out how to stop. There could be a variety of reasons why your dog may be digging up your yard. Some of the reasons for digging are boredom, an attempt to escape the yard, trying to dig down to cooler soil in times of hot weather, or because your breed of dog may have a predisposition for digging. I often see my own dogs scratch away the top soil around a recently watered palm tree to get at the cooler sand after I give them a good watering.
I have a friend who has a whole pack of unruly dogs that do all sorts of crazy stuff. One of their specialties is digging holes in his driveway. We live at the beach, and the driveway is really just packed sand, so it's pretty easy for the dogs to dig big holes. He showed me a giant hole in front of his gate, that prevented him from driving his truck through. The dogs had done their excavating during his shopping trip to town. It seemed pretty obvious that his dogs had dug the big hole in an aborted escape attempt. They really didn't like being left behind and often dig up his driveway in an effort to follow his truck.
Sometimes his dogs will dig out of boredom or to get at the cooler soil next to a tree that has been recently watered. On other occasions his dogs have dug their monster holes in different areas away from a gate. It's a good thing his yard is mostly sand. those dogs would have proved disastrous to a lawn. Still, the driveway problem was reason enough to stop his dogs from continuing their digging ways.
My neighbor asked if I had any ideas. Actually, I did. I then told him about an idea I had read in one of my dog training books. The idea was simple but turned out to be super-effective.
We built his dogs their own area where they were free to dig without it being a problem.Since we live at the beach, my friend's yard is all sand, so it was only necessary to enclose an appropriate area with fencing to make the acceptable digging area. The area should have shade to protect it form the sun, so if you can't put it under a tree, you can install a shade cloth for protection instead. It should always have some drinking water and play toys too. My neighbor's dogs even get to enjoy a little wading pool that he put in for them. They have a pretty nice set up, so they don't mind staying there while he is away in town.
Why not try this technique in you own yard to prevent your dog from digging holes in your lawn or garden area. Just pick a suitable well shaded area for the enclosure somewhere in your yard. To make your dog's digging spot, it is a great idea to install a sandbox, which you should fill with a mix of loose soil and sand so it'll be easy to dig in. By giving him this alternative place to do his digging it will spare your nice lawn from his efforts to destroy it.
Give this method a try and you should have solved the problem of your dog digging up the yard problem.Not only will this advice prevent your dog from ruining your yard with his digging, but he will be really comfortable and happy in his own play area.
I hope you can use this helpful tip to stop your dog's digging problems. For more advice to stop dog digging problems and for other dog obedience training tips, please check out my website-just click here to visit. BehaveDoggy.com
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