Digging

Dogs love to dig. This article will tell you the reasons dogs dig, and give you a few tips to decrease your dogs´digging.

How to Teach Your Dog to Stop Digging: Learn the reasons why dog digs a hole, and discover the steps you can take to prevent digging habits before they begin.

It's frustrating when your pup constantly digs in your otherwise pristine yard. Pet Adviser has a solution: put their poop in the holes they dig before you refill it, which will deter them from coming back to it.

If I had a dollar for every time a training client said they wanted their dog to stop digging, well, you know the rest. Suffice to say it involves yours truly, white sandy beaches and tropical drinks. This is clearly a problem that plagues many a dog lover. Really, it’s not so much that we want our dogs to stop digging; we just want them to stop digging in inconvenient places, like that lovely bed of roses we worked so hard to grow.

Ask anyone in America (or the world for that matter) if they’ve ever had a dog or knew one that turned the back yard into a makeshift graveyard and they’ll undoubtedly say yes. Most people simply go outside with a shovel and fill in the holes the dog has made. This is teaching the dog nothing but you’ll clean up their mess after they make one.

How can you stop a dog from digging? Why do dogs dig holes and what can you do to make your dog stop?

Looking at some of the potential reasons for your puppy or dog digging holes in your backyard, and what you can do to stop my dog digging.

Check out these ideas to help you and your dog agree on landscaping decisions.

The Dog Trainer’s take on what to do if your dog is digging holes. Learn why dogs dig and how to stop your dog from tearing up your yard.

Digging habits can make for an unsightly garden, but can also be dangerous and expensive. Learn how to stop a dog from digging in our easy to follow guide.

Find out what motivates your puppy to dig, why your puppy digs where she does, how to stop her from digging, and how to distract her with new games.

Learn why your dog loves to dig and the best solutions on how you can prevent them from digging up the yard.

It can be infuriating to look out the window and see your dog digging up another hole in the yard. Read about why dogs do this, and how to stop it.

At first you may think that you’ve got to do whatever you can to stop your dog from digging holes in the yard. But as it turns out, the dog may be doing this for an important reason. Instead of getting upset at your pup, consider why he or she might be making a mine field out of your back yard. Here are some common reasons your dog might dig holes in your yard.

Dogs dig for a number of reasons, and while not harmful it can leave the garden looking less than spectacular.

WebMD discusses the reasons why dogs dig, what you can do if it is creating problems, and what you shouldn’t do.

Your once-gorgeous lawn, garden, or fence-line now looks like a mini war zone, pockmarked with holes, savaged turf, and devastated vegetables. You know who’s to blame: your dog! Why does your dog keep digging up the yard? What can you do about it? Here are our top seven solutions to help stop your dog’s digging behavior.

How to Stop a Dog from Digging. If you have a dog, odds are your canine friend has dug his share of holes in your yard. Dogs dig for many reasons — boredom, hunting, comfort, attention-seeking, and simple instinct, among others.

Cesar Millan teaches how to stop your dog from digging.

Is your dog digging up your yard or garden? Our veterinary behaviorist shares expert advice on stopping this unwanted instinctual behavior. Learn more here.

Has your dog turned your lawn into a moonscape, with craters everywhere? He's not doing this out of spite or a desire to destroy your landscaping. More likely he’s seeking entertainment, attention, comfort, escape, prey or protection.

One of the biggest frustrations that comes with dog ownership is trying to establish how to stop dogs from digging. Our dogs bring lots of joy into our lives, but excessive digging problems can certainly put a strain on the owner-dog relationship.