Dyna disconnected my house phone...and cheated death for the second time

LOL Your dog certainly does crazy things. My dog really doesn't dig much. He has this one place that he digs at from time to time. He will dig down about 4 inches and lay in the dirt.

I have had two Rottweilers that were horrendous diggers! Rocky, the oldest of the Rotts, dug a hole in the back yard that we swore that was going to China! It took a couple of days for me to fill it back in. Hannibal, the youngest of the Rotts dug holes in the mud. He loved rain because he could go out and make mud holes...then he would find rocks to roll in the mud digging at them with his front feet. Fortunately none of my dogs have been attracted to chewing a lot. Kitty, one of the Rotts, did chew the phone line and got a bit of a zap which cured her of chewing any cords. I guess it is just the nature of dogs (and cats) to dig or find other trouble to get into. One of the big causes is that dogs that are very intelligent get bored very easily. We started making sure that the dogs had plenty of toys and bones to stimulate their thinking. Hannibal loved old shoes, the stinkier the better. He would "KILL" the shoe, shaking it with all his might. He would spend hours chewing the shoe and tossing it. He never chewed any of my good shoes. The neighbors even contributed to his collection. There was only one pair of sandals that he wouldn't touch... a pair of my old smelly sandals that were horrible. I finally bought myself new sandals and offered the old ones to him and he wrinkled his nose and walked away. I left them for him in case he changed his mind and caught him later burying them! He had chewed other shoes I had worn out and given him, but the sandals were just too smelly for his tastes!

An ornery little sucker!

Mine have not been diggers- but I have had a few that have been destructive. But the only one who came close to losing his life due to his behavior was my Ka'vik (ka-veek) who used to shred whatever he could get his paws and teeth on in our studio apartment. (which since it was small, was easy to do :) ) Anyway after going through, 2 stuffed chairs, a mattress, chewing all the bottom drawers on my dresser, eating my jewelry box (if you haven't guessed he liked wood) Destroying a hassock I had for less than 24 hours a strewing the straw stuffing all over the entire apartment. Somehow, and I have yet to figure out how- removing my wicker baskets from the wall OVER the folding dining table and eating them. Also, a few cassette tapes and 6 pairs of sneakers (always the left one!) The item that almost could have killed him though was my roommates Crossbow. He gnawed through the metal strings, and there were only one or two left intact- had he managed to finish those- they would have snapped and the intense pressure in the bow would have probably either broke his jaw or worse crushed his whole face.. It was scary realizing who close he came to being mortally injured. and all this he did because he was bored and had separation anxiety. when we moved out of there into a bigger place and got him a puppy- YES, him - we enjoyed her too- but she was his girl! He never chewed another thing- Unless he was mad at me for leaving them home TOO long- and it was usually a wicker basket. (I stopped buying them). And then _ I felt too guilty for leaving them- so I never yelled at him. :) Good luck with Dyna- I hope she doesn't use up any more of her lives.. I don't know how many dogs have.. do you think it's the same as cats?

i should probably knock on wood when I say this but we have been fortunate enough not to have a dog that digs or chews on anything. We found our dog running on the side of a road one day and after no one claimed her we kept her, the vet said that she was about 9 months old or so when we took her in, so I am not sure if we got her after those digging and chewing stages or if we were just lucky enough to find a dog that doesn't care to do that sort of doggy stuff.

My little one (she is not little any more- she is two years old) gave us a hard time bringing her up. She would chew and destroy anything and everything that she could lay her tiny paws on and we had to keep a constant vigil especially the electric wires that are at a low level around the house. But now she had sobered down immensely and is an asset around.When she sees a reptile she will warn us but never go near it. Yes she does dig a bit but that every dog I know does.

Oh yes, Cookie is a digger as I'm sure you might remember from last week. She apparently dug into a spider's den and I thought I would lose her despite taking her to the vet. She's back to her old self now, thank God! Dyna, as big as she is, must dig some really deep and big holes! Too bad we can't direct their efforts to potential garden areas and flower beds. I'm glad she's alright, that really could have killed her. Some people swear that cayenne pepper is a great deterrent. It's cheap, so why not try it? Sprinkle it around places you don't want dug up.

Oh dear, naughty Dyna! Maybe she has nine lives like cats do! She sure sounds mischievous like a young cat! Our dog likes to dig and we have holes pretty much all over the yard; she has wrecked some of my husband’s plants but aside from that she hasn’t done any big damage or injured herself. We asked the trainer when we were taking her for dog training about digging and he said there is no way to stop canines from doing it but they can be taught to only dig in certain areas which we clearly haven’t done! I hope Dyna behaves herself from now on...Thank goodness you have a husband that is handy and could repair the phone lines!

My dog is a Jack Russell Terrier mixed with something else and yes, she's a digger, too! I don't know how many holes she has dug in my yard. As far as I know, she's never dug any holes around the phone line or gotten into anything dangerous. She has dug holes deep enough for me to stumble in, though! She is bad to run out in front of cars. She's also bad to chase my horse whenever I go out to feed him. I have to keep her on a leash whenever I walk to the mailbox and sometimes I keep her on one when I go feed the horse. My house is set back quite a ways from the road and my mailbox is close to the road, which means I have a long driveway. It's a pretty good walk and Prissy (my dog) likes to go with me. Kathy.