Stop my dogs from digging

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My dad would take out his horse hoof nippers and cut our dogs nails really short

Whacha gotta do is git you a nice tater peeler. Then git you sum of that thar Irish Spring bars o soap.

Go around the entire perimeter putting slices of that thar soap into the soils..

Ifins its good enough to stop them varmints like Hares, Moles, Ground hogers and Deers amongst a few from digging or crossing into the garden. It's bound to stop them Hounds.

If it don't your welcome for the advice on stopping the other critters anyhoo...

torture.

They just want to be dogs.

Ask your vet if it's safe to cut their nails way back or remove them.

lightly bury some set mouse traps, it won't hurt them but they will not like the surprise.

P.s.- I do NOT recommend Rat traps!!! those could actually break a toe!!!!

Dogs won't dig inside the house.
If they do it's time to put them up for adoption.

Tried that with our Lab and it worked after trying lots of different ideas.

My dog digs sometimes too. He is only a year old.

I get a rake and smooth the ground back over as he watches and then tell him no, bad! As I stomp at him. I even filled one with gravel.

I am the type of individual who would put them on CCTV and when I saw them at it, I would go out there with a slingshot and some clay beads and hit them with it in the backside until they learned to stop. Gotta catch them in the act!

Hope you figure it out.

I still need to figure out how to stop my dog from dropping large chunks of firewood in front of my front door steps. I have enough to fill a wood stove laying out there right now. It's more of an annoyance than anything. It's not really hurting much heh...

He is part black lab/great dane. I put him out on a chain during the day and let him off if I am outside to run, but he chews on everything within reach when left out there unattended! (But thankfully this happens only outside.)

This past winter I watched it all emerge from the ice as it thawed. It was like finding dinosaur bones in the Siberian permafrost after it melts. I hauled off a whole pickup truck load of stuff he chewed up after spring melt. Torn tarp, 2x3 pieces of osb, 2x4's, #10 tin cans with scrap in them, shelf brackets, cinder block chunks and of course firewood and other odd wood scrap.

I had to shorten the chain after he chewed the phone line box on the utility pole.

It's no wonder my granddaughter calls him a monster. That's a 55 inch television box he is on in the pic below. He is about 80-100lb and twice that size in that pic now.

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I like your style


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Yeah I have that too, There are chunks of wood the size of my arm they drag in, cow bones, kids toys anything crunchy.

It is an annoyance but something minor to the digging.

lol. I don't know how, but mine carts around nearly 14 inch diameter pieces! Mostly the small ones, but the big chunks leave me scratching my head.

I bought a 5 pack of mini flashlight. The delivery driver left them on my front step. I never did find 3 of them..... Didn't even know they were delivered until I found a small scrap of one of the boxes they come in and the bubble wrap.

Yes, they are bored. You don't need to give them away but you did need to take them for a walk and train them to do stuff. They're just taking that energy and anxiety out on your yard.

I'm not going to give them away as much as this aggravates me. They do not want to come inside my house. They will gladly run you over to get in when it's freezing cold, but it has to be really cold for them before THEY want to come in.

They have shelter from everything, they have a heated house, they have my barn with beds, they have a cave I dug, they have raised mesh beds, they have a mister. It's quite impressive the lengths I have gone to for these guys. I want them to be happy and comfy because they are my buddies.

When I make them come inside and they don't want to be here It gets expensive quick.

I just want them to be normal dogs, I don't care if a hole got dug on occasion, that would be fine. My yard would look like a motocross track within a week if I let them be.

I'm just tired of stringing wire once a week and then putting it down for them to dig right beside the wire.

They are very active with me during they day, they are not bored to my knowledge, they have toys, they have cool, warmth, water and chewy things.

Here in an hour we'll do our morning mouse rounds and start the day. I just need lot's of coffee so I can cover a few more holes today.

This is the true answer.

you should put THEIR OWN poop in the places they dig. ( cannot be random manure or anything--they must smell their own.)
they will avoid it

It worked for me.

Get a cat

Get a heavy rope, like rope swing rope.

Tie it to a metal pole like a tether ball pole that is inset in the ground. Attach playthings to it that are nearly indestructible, using para-cord.

Throw out several medium to large size balls they can kick around and maul. Football, soccer ball, basket ball.....

Several people are correct. They are likely just bored.

I have taken Gatorade bottles and punched small random holes in them, put some dog food in them and cinched the cap down tight.

My dogs loved kicking them around, to get the food that fall out from one of the holes in the bottle. They really have to work to get it out and the bottles themselves can take a lot of abuse.

Fill up the holes with their poo and dirt...

It works. I have done it.

Same way you teach a kid to stop shitting their diaper..... They don't like it rubbed in their face.

Thank you all for the advice but as I can see I have tried most everything short of cutting off their feet, or burying them up to their head

I have a nail grinder so If they'll sit still long enough I will give that a try. They hate that sumbitch though.

I just ordered some ghost pepper puree for 50 bucks and will make a spray to try again.

I got a second load of tree mulch yesterday from some guys trimming trees around here and the previous load I spread around my barn has no dig holes as of yet, but that was not a dig spot they messed with much, and I cant use it on my grass.



Thanks to all the Morans who replied, I had some laughs and a few of you prolly need to see a psychiatrist.


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SUPERVISE THEM.




Duh!

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I’ve done this. It worked.

Put in a raised shed they can go underneath.

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Not sure on the power levels.
But learn how to use these types of products.

I learned from our trainers. Our device goes to 100. The highest we’ve used on our puppy ( 5 months of age and older) is #3. Now the buzzer is plenty. At 6 months - the pup is learning to go off lead. Doing good.

WARNING- some dogs have to have the collar on 100% while awake. They figure out, they won’t get corrected when the collar isn’t on, and misbehave.

HONESTLY - it takes time. Lots of time. Daily active training periods. And of course - thru out the day.

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cananne pepper, , ,they learn quick.

With all that wire, just make them a long kennel run and be done with it