Re: (ot) Help Needed -- Digging Dog

On May 27, 9:44 am, Me <adl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm very serious here. Think outside of the box. What can I do?

One of our dogs likes to dig up our irrigation system, but only when
it's running. She can hear the sound of the water underground. She
likes our pool plumbing, too. She goes after burrowing insects, in our
case, ground wasps. Getting stung doesn't dampen her enthusiasm.

Is the dog chasing tunneling rodents or even insects? They can be
dealt with, or better yet, confined to a back corner of the yard where
the dog can dig without danger to friends and intruders.

Alternately, drive a pipe into the ground and remove a thin tube of
earth. Then drop an old mechanical ticking watch or some cheap chinese
electronic noise maker in the hole. (I'm thinking of those tiny toy
birds that chirp every few seconds for months. You could get them at
Archie McPhee.) Then drop a wood dowel in the hole. The dog will go
insane trying to get at the noise maker and leave the rest of the yard
alone.

A piece of dead meat sometimes works, too, but the danger is the dog
will actually dig it up and get sick. A neighbor once vomited in our
yard on a cold New Year's Eve, and the dog dined on it for weeks.

Don't dig a hole to bury decoys. The earth will be loose and the dog
will have it up in minutes.

Be sure to keep the claws short. It will slow the digging. Some dogs
dig because their long claws bother them.

Dangerous Bill



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