“How do I stop my dog from digging?” This is a popularproblem I see many dog owners deal with atsome stage, it can be quitefrustrating to come home to find your garden looking like a minefield due of your dog’s activities, the only way you can really stop your dog digging is toobserve him in the act in order to figure out the reason why he does this.
One of the most frequent causes I’veviewed is that the dog is over-stimulated, he’s developed so much energy in the course of the day that he is means that are natural to him to consume it, an obvious technique to rectify thismight be to take him on extra frequent orlonger walks, or even take him down to the park and play fetch with him, any activity you can think of which may keep him up and moving will beuseful to both your dog and your plants!
Your dog may simply be bored and searching for  meansto fill his time through the destruction of your garden, this is most typical if your dog spends a considerable amount of time alone, you must try to remember that digging is an satisfyinghobby for your dog and if no one is playing with him and he has absolutely nothing better to do, he will seek outhis own amusement. A clear indication of boredom digging is commonly accompanied with barking. If this is the explanation, a advised way to stop your dog digging is to pay him more attention, play with him, take him on walks or supply him withvarious toys for when you are not there, these littleactions may help to make alarge change in your dog’s behaviour.
If the digging is a periodic activity, generally taking place in the summer months, then your dog maybe digging this holes for a cooling pit for himself as he is toowarm, if this is the case then you should supply a cool shaded area for him in your garden, if you lack trees or other large objects that offer shade after thatthink about buying a small child size paddling pool to relieve your dog, thiscould be the best way to stop your dog digging.
One reason that is generallyunnoticed by dog owners is that their dog may be digging in order to hidebones, this course of action is innate in them and may feel as if they have to, this can bechallenging practice for the dog to break free from as it is anatural course of action for them. It isimportant that you correct his behaviour whilsthe is still in the act rather than after as he won’tbe aware of why he’s being shouted at, utilize assertivephrases that he can become accustom to for instance ‘bad dog’ or even arm yourself with a water pistol and squirt him in the face as the digging is happening, it may well take some time, but this iscertainly a well-knownmethod to stop your dog digging.
If you have tried all of the activities described above and none of them have done the trick, then it may be that your dog has a lot of of astrong link with digging for you to fix,purchasing a sandbox as a chosen area for your dog to dig may be mostuseful to you, for additionaleffectiveness, bury ‘treasures’ and ‘treats’ for your dog to find in the sandbox and reward him for finding them, if yourealize that your dog still strays back to digging in locations heshould not you could use methods like burying water bombs or even the dogs own excrement to give him a not very pleasant past experiences of digging there.

Hope this aids your stop dog digging needs, thanks for reading

by Ruchi Vasishta