How To Stop A Border Collie Digging

Of all the dog breeds the Border Collie could be one of the most destructive dogs when it comes to digging. They can make your back yard look like the Grand Canyon in one day. Breaking a Border Collie of digging completely has been compared to pulling teeth. This breed is very intelligent and energetic. So, in this case a lot of owners have succumbed to the phrase, ” If you can’t beat them, join them.”. This not saying let them destroy your entire yard, but let them have a small piece to themselves. This will allow your Border Collie to do something that it really wants and enjoys, as well as provide lots of exercise.

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The first thing you will need to do is decide what part of your yard you would like to donate for the purpose. Once that is complete, you will need to dig out an area no smaller then four feet, by four feet and about one foot in depth. Then lay out boards around the perimeter, fill with a mixture of soft dirt and soil. If you like you can even plant grass or even just through out bird seed. This is basically a doggy sand box. Once you have it set up, go out and bury your Border Collies favorite toys as well as, so dog treats. Then take your Border Collie out and start to dig, act very excited and playful. Once you have dug up one of the treasures show it off, soon your Border Collie will be finding treasures on its own. Keep hiding things there every day for about a week or so, or until your Border Collie seems to be very interested in digging in that one spot. Then you can hide treats randomly to keep him guessing. Also until you are sure that it has worked you want to make sure that you don’t let you Border Collie out unsupervised. That way you can see when he is digging in a inappropriate place. When you catch him in the act, sternly say “NO” and take them to their “sand box.” If you try and scold them after the fact they will not know what they did wrong and it will just confuse them.

Although you can’t prevent digging throughout the entire yard. There are measures you can take to discourage unwanted digging. Such as, placing rocks in the garden area and around the fences. You can also, attach hardware cloth or chicken wire around your plants and at the base of the fence line. These will feel unpleasant on the pads of their paws.

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If that does work you can spread ground pepper in the areas you do not with for your Border Collie to dig and it with be unpleasant for them and they will not go back to those areas. With these techniques your Border Collie will be broken from digging in unwanted spaces and you will not have to fear for your garden.