Digging
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Roy B
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Birddude she gets exercised everyday weather permitting. I always thought if she was exercised daily she wouldn't dig.
birddude
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Hummm, do you have moles? I use that stuff you spread to kill the grubs. At least they don't dig much in the yard. I hate to do it but also don't want a broken ankle! I have about a 1/2-acre yard and another 1/2 around that that I bushhog. This spring while patterning a gun in the bush hogged area, after rain, I stepped in a dug-out mole hole. Sprained an ankle and fell in another full of water. My wife thought it was funny. I was about ready to take trip to the pound. I keep a pile of dirt on hand but had missed those. I've heard guys say that their dog is to high strung. That's a broad term. It could be excitement, high energy level, Or a touch crazy. If so she'll get over it. When she's about 10!
Powderhorn Jim
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We are on our 6th generation of yellow labs. Four of the six (including the current pup) were diggers. The only thing I've found that comes close to working is a shock collar set on "stun" and catch them in the act. Don't say a word. Don't let them see you. Light them up. They think the hole bit them. On the pup we have now that lasts a couple of weeks then she's back at it. Its frustrating but at least she's not digging to get out of her run and I don't have to trim her front toe nails often.
The last digger before this pup was still digging at 10 years old. She never gave up. That said, she was a great bird dog and my best friend, so I just filled the holes in and went on about my business.
The last digger before this pup was still digging at 10 years old. She never gave up. That said, she was a great bird dog and my best friend, so I just filled the holes in and went on about my business.
Roy B
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I will try the hard shock on her but the problem is catching her at it.
Powderhorn Jim
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PairOfLabs
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This Spring my 3 yr old yellow lab Tucker picked up the middle name of "excavator". I think it started where some of my neighbors rabbits were
burrowing under my fence to eat my "greener" grass. So now I have to sections of temporary fencing surrounding those 5 holes which I filled in
and covered with Scott's EZ Seed. He also loves to eat grass and sticks. It is what it is. Maybe he will grow out of it. He also may turn out to be my best hunter of our 8 yellow labs.
burrowing under my fence to eat my "greener" grass. So now I have to sections of temporary fencing surrounding those 5 holes which I filled in
and covered with Scott's EZ Seed. He also loves to eat grass and sticks. It is what it is. Maybe he will grow out of it. He also may turn out to be my best hunter of our 8 yellow labs.
BrownDogsCan2
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You can throw a some of their 
in the hole before you fill it in. It’s supposed to work, I did it once a few years ago and it did.
I’ve got a lot of holes in my yard right now. My dogs are indoor dogs but we are leaving for a couple of weeks this summer I’ve been conditioning them, they will have to be kenneled with someone outside.
in the hole before you fill it in. It’s supposed to work, I did it once a few years ago and it did.I’ve got a lot of holes in my yard right now. My dogs are indoor dogs but we are leaving for a couple of weeks this summer I’ve been conditioning them, they will have to be kenneled with someone outside.
westksbowhunter
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I have never had a dog dig in 50 years of owning dogs. But my dogs have always been on concrete and I would never leave my dogs unattended outside of the kennel. So my advice would be to keep the dog kenneled on concrete. I never liked the idea of using a shock collar for something that the dog doesn't already know. The collar is a re-enforcing tool for things that you have taught. Barking and digging are usually man created problems.
Tomahawker
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Multi floral rose stems/locust tree branch placed where you don’t want digging.