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You recently got a puppy and now the puppy will not stop digging and you want to know how to get your puppy to stop digging. Now this can be a challenging problem that people can encounter from time to time. Several reasons could be causing him to constantly want to dig. Some of them are he came from a large litter, he is trying to exercise, he doesn't know better, or he just flat out wants to dig. All of these habits can be broken before they get worse.
Now one of the reasons that I found why my puppy would dig a lot is the litter size and she had to fight for every last morsel of food. If she was to full she would try to bury it if she was able to. She even did that once I got her home and still from time to time today she will try to bury her food, but not as often. To break her of this habit though I had to basically assure her that she could eat all that she wanted without worry of her food being stolen.
Paragraph.The exercise portion was the hardest one to figure out in my case. I thought she was getting enough exercise because she would play for about an hour to two hours each day outside. While I would think this would be enough exercise she still wanted to dig on everything she could get her paws on
Not knowing better comes from the age of the dog. She outgrew this when she went thru obedience school and was taught good and bad behavior. Once she learned that digging was not an acceptable habit to get into she was actually behaving very well!
Some dogs though might want to dig no matter what you do to them or try to do to them. These types of dogs will require some more hands on obedience training. I did not run into this issue with my dog, but she was fully trained and passed her school with flying colors! I guess you can say she done graduated!
So if your dog is digging and you want to teach them to stop digging all the time be sure to try the tips I gave above. They could work out in your favor if you are able to get your dog to stop digging without the hassle of spending a ton of money on replacement carpet or flooring.