Problems with digging - HELP!!

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LauraandJoe

Problems with digging - HELP!!

Post by LauraandJoe »

Hi everyone

Please can you help at all. Oscar has developed a habit for digging our garden which is gravel and a patio - he has almost destroyed the lining under the gravel and has started to dig the soil underneath. It's a daily occurence.

He's getting either 2 40 min walks or a long walk each day. He's never left alone for more than a couple of hours and he's played with several times a day as Joe doesn't work.

What is the best course of action to nip this in the bud - is he just testing our patience or is he bored??

Thanks

L&J
Ruseell Lumb

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Post by Ruseell Lumb »

hi

we have jasper who is 5 in january if he could go down to the woods with a garden spade he would last week he was in a hole front first with just his bum sticking out waited until he came up for air and then managed to get his lead on. our lawn used to look like the somme
very clever dig and hole and lie on top and pretend nothing has happend walk away and look in total surprise when someone asks have you been digging who me no must be the dog next door. when on the beach make sure you are not coated in sand. they just love digging and with them eyes how can we tell them off. sorry no answer to this one it is in the genes we have had three all loved digging. wont be without a golden though life would be ever so dull
just luv putting the turf back and when you turn roaund another hole in another spot

regards

russell
milo's mum

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Post by milo's mum »

OH THE MEMORIES!! milo used to love digging. the mud used to be thick in his paws. it used to drive us mad. if we were on a field he would actually dig a trench and then lie in it and start snorting into it. we did tell him off a couple of times but NO! definately did not work for us so i can't help you on any cure i'm afraid but milo was digging up to a couple of weeks before he died. he also had regular walks and i was at home with young children.
the only thing i will say is that i found that as he got older i found it really cute when he lifted his head up from one of his holes and it was covered in bits of mud because you knew it was something that just made him really happy and he actually had a puppiness about him. i know it won't help you at the moment but one day you might find it endearing.
good luck
Hel_Pen

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Post by Hel_Pen »

Hi.
I have never had a serious problem with digging, but I can recommend a way to limit the damage by allowing him to dig in a certain place. Do you have a patch of the garden he could dig and you wouldn't mind or somwhere you could set up an enclosed area and fill with sand or play bark? My dogs have a toileting area which is covered with bark and my youngest sometimes digs in that. Good luck!
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Re: Problems with digging - HELP!!

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Hi Laura, my first rescue dog a German Shepherd (Max) enjoyed digging, especially one area of the garden, where there was an old lining, once we removed that he was fine, some linings do appeal to dogs more than others, especially the "aromatic type". Good luck, :s26: steve.
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