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i have a six month old pup that when i leave him alone for 5 minutes or when i am doing something and have my back toward him he will dig or try to take chunks out of the lawn to eat it i have tried to spray bitter apple on the spots of grass that he already tore out but the little bugger will go to the same spot a few days later and try again...any ideas before i call in a cement truck lol

Trying burying some of his stool in the holes, assuming he's not a stool eater LOL. In my experience some dogs just love to dig holes and many of them eat the grass and dirt as well. When I had my kennel, many of the runs had holes big enough for a 90 lb dog to lie in unseen except for the tips of the ears. It's just the nature of the beast. He might outgrow it, but I wouldn't count on that if I were you. The cement truck might be the best idea yet LOL.

call the cement truck. Or put it in a concrete floored kennel part time. I have two sable females 1 year old do the same hole and it has gotten in 1 hour as deep as I could plant a new tree in. Same hole over and over . I started tetering her and she doesnt dig around where she is so I can solve this one.

thtas what i thought i would love to leave loose in the yard and not confined to his run but that does not look like it is going to happen my breeder told me to try paprika on the spots abd he was convinced that would deter him from going back but that backfired he thought that it tasted good and decided to lick the holes instead

I have a female that likes holes too. This is why kennels or runs are needed. She knows she can dig in the run with out getting in trouble. She likes to burry bones and lay in a nice cool hole in summer. They have a long ago dug hole, on a inside corner of my house, in the back yard, to lay in when loose. This I just leave because it will only be redug time and time again. It is in a cool shady spot the dogs like to lounge in, when we are all out back relaxing. My adults know there is no digging in the grass. We have fields they can dig squirle and gophers up all day long around here. I let them do that sometimes when we go for walks. If you don't want an area dug up, don't leave the dog loose in that area if you are not righ there watching. Nothing else can be done.

what I do for diggers is the following. I purchae deer fencing which is plastic, apply it over the hole, and push it down. then cover it up. When the dogs nails hit the fencing they do not like it. they can get theri nail pulled and(without getting hurt) and they seem to walk away (to the next spot ) LOL I haveused this on several dogs and hade great success. any kind of pliable garden fencing will work

All of mine are diggers to some extent-it's just a canine thing. I am convinced that some have no reason or purpose to dig but do it because it is a "dog thing." My guess is that it is a nest-building instinct, and perhaps done out of boredom. I have two (2) who could appropriately be called trenchers, and one (1) who you absolutely do not want around if you are digging a hole to plant a tree, etc. She goes nuts and decides that she must help; the only problem being that she tosses the dirt the wrong way. I have seen her leading the pack in a massive excavation project to the end that withing minutes the back yard has several ditches and craters. I have seen her dig a den in a mound of earth that had been delivered and be very happy to lie inside with just her nose visible. I think the concrete truck is possibly the best solution. Bob-O

mine would haul the wire mesh right out of the hole and destroy it along with anything else u put in it. Nothing stops a pup that has the determination not mine anyway. a 40lb tree limb is lying across one of the hole dug and I watched the male move it like it was a pretzel,

I have tried the stool deal, and for me it worked. Just place their stool in the holes and cover it up. When they go to dig the trench, they touch their stool which my dog hates, and I have no more problems. Best of Luck!!

If your problem is in a "lawn" area, the best thing we ever did was to lay down the larger mesh chain link fencing. Cut your grass real short, lay it down and eventually the grass grows through it. You can then mow over it with no problems. I have never had a dog able to pull up sections of chain link fence. It works wonderful. If the dog is digging in flower/shrub beds I find the best thing to do is make it hot with a fence charger. It doesn't take long for the dog to learn and they leave it alone. Birdy...