Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2.fluke 9/24/84; site vax4.fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!fluke!marauder From: marauder@fluke.UUCP (Bill Landsborough) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: teaching dogs not to dig? Message-ID: <2676@vax4.fluke.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 14:37:41 EDT Article-I.D.: vax4.2676 Posted: Thu Sep 19 14:37:41 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 06:08:18 EDT References: <487@tektools.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 29 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 -- "Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude... Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com