hi everyone, i have a bad problem with digging with my 11 month-old girl. now she has
a GREAT, fun-filled life, she is out all the time with me and her family of
dogs--hiking, playing, etc, so it's not from boredom. i don't have a yard, but
sometimes we leaves her with her 3 sisters at my girlfriend's house with their front
back yard when we go out. well, the front yard was just dirt and she dug major holes
throughout the past few months--we'd catch her at the last second or not at all, but
know it was her. once even to a pipe. now, her backyard, that the dogs had never
been in until today, has grass, and some dirt but not like the front yard so we
thought we wouldn't have to worry about digging. we were gone for 3 hours and called
her mom and come to find out, her mom looked out the back window and there is hudson
digging down to the sprinkler. she gets yelled at and hides all the time AFTERWARDS
because she's NOT stupid, she knows it's bad, and we think she's cured, but no, she'll
do it again when we don't expect it, like today. and it was HOT out today and usually
she'll sleep on the concrete. nope, out in the hot sun digging as fast and hard as
she can to a pipe. now i'm so embarrassed to leave her there and it's sad because she
loves it but i have NO idea how to stop her from doing it without remodeling their
backyard or having them dread her visits. what can i do? no one wants to put poop in
the holes back there, and she's the only one who digs, i feel so bad. please help!
danielle hudson
