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Digging

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Why it happens

Digging is hardwired: cooling off, burying, hunting ground smells, or plain fun. Terriers doubly so.

What works

  1. Give a legal dig zone: a sandbox corner with buried toys, pay digging there.
  2. More sniffing and chew outlets, digging often drains surplus energy.
  3. Supervise garden time until the legal zone habit sticks.

What makes it worse

  • Do not punish after the fact, holes are hours old in dog memory.
  • Do not leave a digger unsupervised near prize flowerbeds during retraining.

Keep this in mind

You cannot delete digging, you can relocate it. A 1 square meter sacrifice zone saves the rest of the garden.

What owners usually need for this

  • Sandpit or dig box
  • Burial toys

All of these are in the Pawty Marketplace, filtered to retailers that deliver to your country.

When to get help in person

Pawty is educational content, not veterinary or behavioural advice. See a veterinarian for any sudden behaviour change or sign of pain, and a qualified behaviourist in person if your dog has bitten, guards with snapping, or panics when left alone. Read our approach.

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