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HOW TO STOP YOUR PUPPY DIGGING

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Page 1: How To Stop Your Puppy Digging

HOW TO STOP YOUR PUPPY

DIGGING

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How To Stop Your Puppy DiggingHave you found your puppy digging holes all around your garden? 

If you have a backyard filled with beautiful flowers and plants, you know it is going to be a problem soon. 

Digging, however, is a totally natural behavior for dogs.

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How To Stop Your Puppy DiggingOne of the common mistakes that dog owners do is trying really hard to stop puppy digging completely.

Remember that dogs are natural diggers and it would be unwise and unnecessary to discourage it.

Instead, what you can do is to redirect this behavior and have them do something other than digging.

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Protect Your Garden From Puppy Digging

While training your puppy to stop digging, it is important to look after your dog when he is outside.

Another thing you can do is to put up a fence or a border to protect your garden

Dogs are also known to less likely dig in raised garden beds. You can put your delicate flowers and vegetables on these raised beds.

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Protect Your Garden From Puppy Digging

A firm ‘no’ from you when you catch your puppy digging in the yard could also help. This tells your dog that you do not approve of what he is doing. You can also lead your dog away from the part of the yard he is digging into.When getting the attention of your dog, startle him if necessary. This will immediately stop your dog from whatever he is doing.

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Redirect Puppy DiggingYour dog will almost always have that urge to dig.

To satisfy this behavior, offer him a portion of your yard where he can dig like crazy.

This way, your puppy’s behavior is redirected and is not taken entirely against him.

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Redirect Puppy DiggingTo make this more fun, you can also try to bury some of your puppy’s toys in the area. This will make it more interesting for him to dig around on that particular area.

To reinforce your dog’s good behaviour, give him rewards.This technique also works in training your puppy for other good behaviors, like peeing and pooping in the right places.

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How To Stop Your Puppy Digging

Remember, digging is a normal and natural behavior for all dogs.

It is impossible for them to totally stop this behaviour.

Instead of helplessly chasing them off your garden, you can redirect them to a more appropriate outlet.

Do this by simply assigning an area where they can dig freely.

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