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From: ayers@convexs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: teaching dogs not to dig?
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Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 13:03:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 25 13:03:00 1985
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>The people next door to me swear by the method of putting dog droppings
>in the holes. This definitely discourages the dog from digging the same
>hole over and over...


Well, my wife is a breeder, and we've tried about everything. Presently, 
we use this method (and others), and it definitely works for a while.
However, over a period of weeks (after digging elsewhere and having 
those holes filled) the dogs come back to their first (favorite?) spots
and start over.  Of course, we may have special dogs.  I've seen them dig 
through 3 ft. of packed whiterock that was nearly as hard as concrete (it
had been a driveway for 25 years).  Considering that they are kept in a 
fenced yard that is approx. 70 ft. by 100 ft., and have their own houses,
but access to each other to play, and do it summer (to cool off?) and 
winter (why?) -- I don't think it's boredom.  But I sure don't know why 
they do it so often...When we used the monk's of New Skete (sp?) method 
on a daily basis, they stopped digging for awhile.  But our laziness has 
allowed them the chance to start up again.  Guess it's about time...



			Well, that's one mystery less...

				blues, II


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