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Zeiks-Dad
Young Weim
Joined: 28 Jul 2008
Posts: 189
Location: Central Indiana
Fur Kids: Zeik 7mo. old Weimaraner
Jasmine 2yr old Weimaraner
Scotch is our big fat cat!
Blaze is My 16 hand 3yr old Paint |
 Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:07 pm Post subject: I have a Digger |
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Please anyone, HELP!
Zeik Loves to dig all over the lawn. Big holes, little holes, grass shedding holes... He is 6mo old is this something that will go away? |
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JacksMommy
Champion Weim
Joined: 04 Mar 2008
Posts: 730
Location: Gages Lake, IL
Fur Kids: Jack ~ Weimaraner |
| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm not sure if it depends on the Weim ~ but for Jack this was a brief phase that he has since outgrown. |
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chainedlightning
Puppy
Joined: 24 Jul 2008
Posts: 15
Location: Newark, DE
Fur Kids: tesla - black lab
gracie - blue weim
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah, gracie did this for about 3 months early on, and stopped when the ground froze in the winter. she never picked the habit back up in the spring, thankfully. i got tired of filling holes each week! |
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versatilek9s
Champion Weim
Joined: 27 May 2008
Posts: 740
Location: VA
Fur Kids: Maya, Sage & Macy--all weims |
| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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I think it's a stage, too. But still correct him if you don't want him doing it. It's all a test when they are puppies! 
The only thing I know about digging is either use a shock collar (something I've not tried) or give the dog their own digging spot. Especially in the summer they dig to try and find a cool spot. I have on corner of my yard that someone started an excavation in, and that's their digging spot. Sometimes they just need to dig--they are dogs, despite what they think! My dogs go through a digging thing every few months where they do it with reckless abandon for a few days. I've heard building a sandbox for them to dig in is a good thing. What's better than digging in sand!
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DukesMom
Wise Old Weim
Joined: 23 Dec 2007
Posts: 1398
Location: California
Fur Kids: Duke - Weim
Bailey - Pug
Gracie - Weim |
| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Fill the holes with poop! Yep that's right, it works. |
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versatilek9s
Champion Weim
Joined: 27 May 2008
Posts: 740
Location: VA
Fur Kids: Maya, Sage & Macy--all weims |
| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| DukesMom wrote: | | Fill the holes with poop! Yep that's right, it works. |
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aly
Adult Weim
Joined: 19 Apr 2008
Posts: 311
Fur Kids: Bailey 7 year old male Weimaraner and Bo 9 month old (rescue) female Weimaraner. |
| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Bo likes to have a good dig now and then, we just correct her every time and like you hope that she grows out of it!! |
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LunaBrown
Wise Old Weim
Joined: 21 Jul 2007
Posts: 2035
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Fur Kids: Luna, Weimaraner
Murphy, Kittycat
Paige, Kittycat |
| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| DukesMom wrote: | | Fill the holes with poop! Yep that's right, it works. |
That works until they dig a new hole, then you have 2 holes full of poop, until they dig a new hole, then you have 3 holes full of poop, until they dig a hole, then you have 4 holes full of poop....
I know Luna only does it when we leave her out unsupervised, so we try to avoid that when possible... otherwise we just live with holes. In our world, the backyard is for the dogs... the front yard is for being pretty! |
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Zeiks-Dad
Young Weim
Joined: 28 Jul 2008
Posts: 189
Location: Central Indiana
Fur Kids: Zeik 7mo. old Weimaraner
Jasmine 2yr old Weimaraner
Scotch is our big fat cat!
Blaze is My 16 hand 3yr old Paint |
| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you all for your insights...
seems this forum is going to be GREAT!
I like it already  |
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DukesMom
Wise Old Weim
Joined: 23 Dec 2007
Posts: 1398
Location: California
Fur Kids: Duke - Weim
Bailey - Pug
Gracie - Weim |
| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| After about the 6th hole our dogs stopped digging in the lawn completely They do continue to dig on the side of the house and I told my husband to just let them dig. There's nothing on the side of the house for them to harm and I'd rather they dig there than the lawn. |
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weimarmom
Young Weim
Joined: 12 Aug 2008
Posts: 147
Location: El Paso, Texas
Fur Kids: Fooky- silver weimaraner
Miley- blue weimaraner
Spotty- white & orange tabby cat
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| i think Miley is trying to dig to China. I keep telling her she might not come back if she makes it all the way through. Fooky was a digger but has since slowed down. he really only digs when Miley gets it started. We tried filling the holes with poop but now we have like 6 poop holes. =) when they dig in the dirt i just let them do it. Better then destroying the grass. we can buy new dirt anyways and just fill it when we move. we live in government quarters......military housing. |
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