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You will never train your dog to quit digging. I have done a significant amount of research on this subject. They dig for recreation, to keep cool, to chase little rodents, because they are bored, because they can. My suggestion is to learn to live with it and have a digging place for her.
Love the dog! and create a dog friendly area. The love received from a pet can not be replaced with landscaping. When was the last time a flower cocked their head sideways and wagged it's tail when you talked to it?
That one is easy. I'd keep the dog. If the landscaping was that important to me, I'd keep the dog out of that area, if possible. If not, then I'd just do whatever I could to minimize the damage and live with it. A dog can give back so much more than any landscaping ever can.
Pat and I use the little cheap garden pickets to contain George & Gracie's digging. It at least allows the grass to grow back. As their backyard becomes covered with more and more pickets, they have fewer and fewer places to dig. But they love dodging in and out of the pickets just the same as they chase each other. Quite humorous.
I know I'll bring the wrath of the group down on my head, but after being a lifelong dog owner: Waldo, Cleo, Buster, Gretel, Falstaff, Magic, and Whisper, I'd say to find the dog a new home. I'd find a home for the dog where she can run and dig and do whatever dogs love to do. If she was small, you could keep her in the house, but she's not. She needs room to run and dig, and ideally, a companion dog. I'm not a big gardener, and is proven by my yard, but I do appreciate what I have, and I'd hate to see it messed up by an animal, especially one of my pets.
Sorry folks, I'm a converted cat person now.
We can have the dog for 10+ years - and she will get calmer as she gets older. We will have the landscaping only as long as we have the house - which will probably only be a couple of years - so the dog stays and we will try to minimize the damage she does.
THIS IS AN EASY-WEASY. LIVE IN AN APARTMENT....THE LANDLORD DOES THE GARDENING AND NO PETS ALLOWED. [THOUGH ONE WOMAN CHEATS AND HAS A BOWL OF FISH].
Got the same problem. You have two, maybe three alternatives. 1. If you get a veterinarian that will sign off on this appraoch, have the vet amputate the dogs paws. Coincidentally - studies done show dogs with one leg DO NOT DIG. 2. Shot the dog. 3. Learn to accept the dog digging in the backyard.
I have tried negative reinforcement for more than one dog that digs. They have been a) You now have to LIVE in your hole. Didn't like it, didn't stop them. b) Shovel their manure into the hole and cover. They moved to another spot. c) Time-out in your cage, didn't like it, didn't stop them. The book 'Why good dogs do bad things' addresses this subject. I have tried them all. In short it is my belief only that the dog would need constant observation because with that they will dig.
Sorry - last sentence should read
In short it is my belief only that the dog would need constant observation because without that they will dig.
Heck, bring Lexi out to run and play with George and Gracie. They like to dig up the roots on weeds and then play keep away from each other. I am trying to encourage this behavior so that I can get them to do the weeding. Would love Lexi's help on an acre.
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