How to Stop Dogs Digging
If you have a dog who loves to dig in your yard then you know just how frustrating it can be. Digging isn’t an easy behavior to stop, especially is you have a terrier or a Dachshund. However, there are some effective ways to stop dogs digging. Here are some tips.
Why Dogs Dig
Digging is a natural behavior for dogs. Left on their own, wolves and dogs dig to create dens, to bury food, to roll in the dirt, and to make cool spots. They can even dig to find some kinds of prey. This is instinctual behavior that goes back hundreds of thousands of years. So, when your dog digs in your yard, he knows what he’s doing and how to do it. That’s why it’s so hard to discourage this behavior.
When your dog digs in your yard it may not always make sense to you but it probably does to your dog. If he digs a nice big hole in the middle of your lawn for no reason that you can see, chances are that your dog, with his superior nose, may have smelled a mole underground. Or he could have heard something Read more…