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From: marauder@fluke.UUCP (Bill Landsborough)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: teaching dogs not to dig?
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Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 14:37:41 EDT
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In article <487@tektools.UUCP> lizv@tektools.UUCP (Liz Vaughan) writes:
>Any ideas for getting dogs not to dig?  My 2-year-old spayed Great Pyrenees
>has suddenly opted for a career in excavation.  In the past she's had
>"special" spots in the yard where she flattened out a place to lie down, but
>nothing like the 3-foot deep pits she's creating now. 
>
Any ideas?
>

I have had the same problem with my Black Labrador Retrievers.  They (one at
a time) were in a large fenced yard and would dig massive holes under the fence.
Nothing I did as far as training worked.  What I did which did work was buying
two foot high chicken wire and stapling it to the fence about three inches up
and then the rest lays out on the grass with tent anchors holding it down.
  The dog would try to dig, hurt its paws, and that would be that.  No more
digging, no more holes, no more problem.
  Another solution which city people aren't too accustomed to is electric 
fence.  With creativity, you can train any animal to not go near anything
you want. (Maybe furniture isn't on my list though.  Hot wire through your
living room doesn't really match the decor....)

Bill Landsborough
 

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