Monday, April 25, 2011

Young Puppies Who Dig and The Way To Stop Them

By Wendon Lee


Just like puppies who bark excessively do so for all sorts of reasons, so too you'll find numerous motivations behind the behavior of puppies who engage in one more potentially disruptive behavior: constant digging. Understanding just why your puppy is gradually transforming your beautiful back yard into a lunar landscape is the critical for ending the need to do so.

For instance, dogs possess a harder time cooling off than human beings do. Your puppy may well be digging mainly because the soil just below the surface is cool and moist and makes a nice refuge from the summer sun. You are able to give her a modest kid's pool to cool off in, or offer a shaded area of the yard with sand where digging won't be destructive. You may also supply her with a cool outdoor refuge, like a doghouse or just a space under the porch or the stairs. That would also address yet another reason why some puppies dig, which will be the sense of protection a puppy-sized space inside the ground gives them.

Some puppies dig since they've picked up the scent of something that smells edible. That you can remedy by making positive your puppy's properly fed. Also, once you see her start off to dig, firmly give her command to quit (like "Stop!" or "No!") and feed her a treat when she stops digging.

Some puppies dig just for the fun of it. Once again, the remedy in this case is to give her a command to stop whenever you see her dig and reward her by tossing her a ball or playing some other game. In the event you do not pay attention to your puppy for lengthy stretches of time, you can't blame her if she seeks some other form of amusement.

Digging under a fence can also be your puppy's way of trying to get out of your yard to get something much more enticing. If that happens to be a mate, spaying or neutering your pup will be the cure. If it is food from a kind-hearted neighbor, kindly tell the neighbor to quit. The most convenient answer of all is to ensure the fence runs deeper than your puppy can dig.

Lastly, your puppy may well be digging under the fence for emotional requirements, like wanting to locate you or from fear of thunder or something else that terrifies her. If that is the dilemma, then you ought to dig up a veterinarian or an animal behaviorist who can get to the bottom of your puppy's digging mania.




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