Ways to get your dog to stop digging
It takes hours of hard work to maintain a pristine lawn, but seconds for a dog to destroy. How do you get a dog to stop digging holes in your yard?
Though you may think that your dog is doing the work on purpose, you dog really isn’t. You should always try not to physically harm your dog for doing wrong.
If you do physically harm your dog you will turn the matter into an even worse situation.
Good smells in the ground can be the reason why your dog wants to dig. If your dog doesn’t find the smell of the ground appealing, the dog wouldn’t want to dig. It would make sense if the dog smelled something he really didn’t like, he would stop.
Dogs are different. Notice what kind of smells your particular dog isn’t a fan of. For example some dogs don’t like mouthwash. If that’s the case with your dog, dabble a little mouthwash around the lawn.
A technique as simple as this may be enough to put an end to your problem completely.
You can also prevent your dog’s digging habits in certain holes by placing foul smells such as your dogs poop inside of the hole. That’s a real sneaky way to do it.
Seeing as most dogs dislike fecal matter, it is only natural that they will not want it on their feet, thus putting an end to the digging.
dog training | Craig Vic | 21 March 2009 |
