Diggin Dog

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Earl Thigpen":hr2xqgyx said:
J. T.":hr2xqgyx said:
My wife has a Walker Coonhound that has three legs. He's missing the left front. He doesn't dig at all!
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He's also blind, can't hear, no teeth, been fixed and answers to "Lucky". :D
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No, but since she's got two three legged dogs, I bought her a shirt with that description! :D
 
Pepper,...or lime the area then wet the ground around it. It will make the pads of his feet a little sore if that lime reacts... ;-)
 
As you can see this is an old post and the stupid dog is still digging up the world. I have tried moth balls, dog turds, cayenne pepper, dog away, black pepper, whippings, threats, wire mesh, chicken wire, rat traps(this was hilarious) confinement and she still digs. I must find a way to make her understand that digging craters by the front door isn't cool. Pulled out a Parmak Mark 7 fence charger with a 30 mile range and rigged this to some 6-strand irrigation wire. Bared the insulation on the last foot or so and burried the wire in the craters by the door. Dang cong would be impressed with this little octopus with teeth. Now I listen and wait.
 
Sounds like it is time to get rid of the dog.
You may try putting in a rock garden (big rock).
Off subject a little, but these holes will fill with water in a good rain. In certain types of soil that water soaking into the ground can cause damage to your foundation.
 
:lol: :lol: Well, did you hear any yelping in the middle of the night? Remember the groundskeeper in the movie Caddyshack? You're starting to remind me of Bill Murray. A lot. "Think like the gopher - I mean dog." :lol: :lol:
 
novatech":257wiwfp said:
Sounds like it is time to get rid of the dog.
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I made arrangements for this. Was going to donate her to the hunting lodge where she could lay on the porch and get petted by the visitors. She would have lived the life of royalty here but my daughter vetoed this idea with her tears. In my mind, I have gotten rid of her 1000 other ways that weren't so nice.

She is a smart dog. That is why I can't use a shock collar cause I can't catch her in the hole. When she hears me coming she gets out of the hole. She knows. But she now also knows there is something wrong with her craters cause she didn't get in them last night. Maybe this is all it will take but most likely she will begin her strip mining operations when I go back to work. I just wish I could be here when it happens.
 
Throw a piece of fence panel down for a few days to break the habit. Then, find the area that you want the dog to dig.... Dig you a small hole and start filling it up with water every day. The dog is looking for cool dirt.
 
Put a pair of those dog booties on it. You might have to put some pepper on the booties to keep the dog from chewing them off. It's funny watchin' a dog high step like a saddlebred.
 
cowboy44":3i30pu9g said:
The garden shows say to sprinkle cheyenne pepper where he is digging, I tried it where the dog kept getting on porch it worked for a while then he got used to it, you might try it won't cost much.Also you can bury chicken wire just under the place where he is digging when he hits it he will stop.
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Cheyenne pepper? Is that some sort of injun powder?
 
baxter78-2":3ft868pp said:
cowboy44":3ft868pp said:
The garden shows say to sprinkle cheyenne pepper where he is digging, I tried it where the dog kept getting on porch it worked for a while then he got used to it, you might try it won't cost much.Also you can bury chicken wire just under the place where he is digging when he hits it he will stop.
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Cheyenne pepper? Is that some sort of injun powder?
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:lol2: Two days now and no hole. :banana: I'm telling you she is a smart dog she knows something is waiting for her. Just wonder if she is smart enough to understand circuitry. Thinking I can leave the wires in place and remove the box.
 
Angus/Brangus":1fhhf456 said:
novatech":1fhhf456 said:
Sounds like it is time to get rid of the dog.
You may try putting in a rock garden (big rock).
Off subject a little, but these holes will fill with water in a good rain. In certain types of soil that water soaking into the ground can cause damage to your foundation.
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That's real nice Novatech. :nod: But, what if someone's wife is in love with that dog? Or, what if that dog is a breeder and puts $1600 a year in someones pocket?
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She is no breeder. She is full blooded but been spayed. I like the dog but I give her away in a minute. But wife and daughter love the dog. That is why I have been trying for two years to get her to stop digging by the front door. Heck, she's got acres and acres she can dig in just not by the front door. She kicks dirt all on the walkway and this ultimately gets tracked in the house. Her Sweetnessty gets ill. Makes me ill then I go and kick a cow and they kick me back - only harder and I can't take much more of it.

Good news! Three days and no hole! I might have found something that works. :banana:
 
Jo I have a chronic digger, I also raise dogs, have 9 of em here. anyway, I used a shock collar , poop in the hole, sticking her in the hole and whipping her behind, rocks, you name it. they are smart as you know what and dont dig when you are around to shock them. mine kept digging under the barn and coming up under my hay, was hoping the hay bales would fall on her but no such luck. so I hot wired off my pasture fence around the side of the barn about 8 inches off the ground. got all done, turned on the fence, dog walked over and licked the wire...they heard her screeching 8 miles up the road. BUT not 30 minutes later that stupid dog went to the other end and tried to pull the fence insulator off the wall and got a mouthful of wire, they heard her screeching 10 miles away that time. she hasnt dug anymore holes next to the barn since then, she has attempted one more time to get in there to dig and got fried again, burn marks on top her nose. the hotwire is about the only thing I have found other than burying welded wire that will work. its always on, you dont need to be there to make it work and the dog doesnt know that. good luck and let us know if yours hits the wire.
 
I have lost track of the days but she has not dug again. I don't know when or if she got fried. I wish I would have been home when she did cause I would get some warped satisfaction from hearing this lesson being taught. I have unplugged the charger for now and still no digging. Lesson learned I hope.
 
Sage":29s7srao said:
Gather up some dog droppings from your yard, when you fill the hole scatter the droppings throught the top couple inches. You dog wil start to dig at their favorite sopt until they get to the droppings. Have used this many times with great results.
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Now that is worth trying !

Two things come to mind

Feed him some viagara and he will spend his time humping
Cut a front toe nail a little too short -but thats a bit cruel ,the dog would probably prefer the viagara.
 
My mom got my dog on the butt with a switch, when digging a hole by the cabin, he thought the hole did it. :lol: But now he digs holes up by his house, I can't break him of that, I caught him this morning and yelled at him from the house and he put his tail between his legs and went to his house.

Finally finding this post has given me ideas. I think I'm gonna put him in the hole and put a water trough over him for a couple minutes and make him stay in the hole. Hopefully that will teach him that digging holes is a bad idea.
 

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