Guest Izzy2 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 So just wondering does anyone else have a grey that just has to dig holes in the grass or is it just my nutnut lol!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeofNE Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 This is just a dog thing. Dogs love to dig. Some dogs dig for fun, some because they're bored, some just want a nice cool hole to lay in. Not really greyhound specific at all. Some people have success training their dogs to only did in one place so they don't ruin the entire yard! Quote Susan, Hamish, Mister Bigglesworth and Nikita Stanislav. Missing Ming, George, and Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighsayer Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 My dogs have had their own spot for years. The current four and former five all used this spot. I fill it in when it gets deep so nobody gets hurt. My thirteen year old tripod digs as deep as the others. In the spring, they do dig in other places trying to catch moles. I discourage this and fill those in. Those are narrow and deep, so pretty dangerous. It's a dog thing, they love it, so I let them do it. Make them a sandbox and treat them when they dig there. If you catch them digging elsewhere, bring them to the area where it is ok. If they are digging for critters this probably won't work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnF Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Unfortunately.... and even with a wrist that's no longer ideal for cornering fast... and even with a huge sandpit in the park (where not really allowed), Peggy will dig whenever the urge overcomes her. It's often as displacement activity for not getting her own way, or just to wind me up! I end up having to re-seed parts of the lawn and fence her out of them with green wire until it's grown in well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramonaghan Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Sweep has a special spot in the yard that she digs in, then pees in, then covers back up with her snoot. Quote Rachel with Doolin Doodle Dooooo, boss cat Tootie, and feline squatters Crumpet and Fezziwig. Missing gentlemen kitties Mud, Henry, and Richard and our gorgeous, gutsy girlhounds Sweep and Willa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket57 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Mulligan mostly digs in a corner in the back - no grass, just dirt. But every now & then she'll dig one spot in the middle of the yard. I keep trying to fill it in (so she & her sister won't hurt themselves running around the yard), but she manages to return to the same spot and dig again. Cricket Quote Cricket, mom to Mulligan (Kycera) and Xena (Kebo Tina Turner ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerilyn Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Lila loves to dig! She likes to lay in the cool dirt when it's warm out. Her excavation project is in a corner of the yard where nothing grows so I don't really care. I try to re-fill it when it gets to deep, but she just re-digs it. Quote Jerilyn, missing Lila (Good Looking), new Mistress to Wiki (PJ Wicked). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveRoooooers Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Seamie was an excellent landskraper. I've put his workman's sign in front of his memorial daylily, it reads: OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Digger. Quote Old Dogs are the Best Dogs. Thank you, campers. Current enrollees: Punkin. AnnIE Oooh M, Ebbie, Holly. Angels: Pal . Segugio. Sorella (TPGIT). LadyBug. Zeke-aroni. MiMi Sizzle Pants. Gracie. Seamie . (Foster)Sweet. Andy. PaddyALVIN!Mayhem. Bosco. Bruno. Dottie B. Trevor Double-Heart. Bea. Cletus, KLTO. Aiden 1-4. Upon reflection, our lives are often referenced in parts defined by the all-too-short lives of our dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmettobug Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Johnny will get the urge to dig in our little dog park, a few quick strokes, a big sniff, then he's done. Occasionally he'll continue the work another dog started. He does like to scrape away the mulch from another dogs pee spot, then (mostly) pee on top of it. Quote Current Crew: Gino-Gene-Eugene! (Eastnor Rebel: Makeshift x Celtic Dream); Fuzzy the Goo-Goo Girl (BGR Fuzzy Navel: Boc's Blast Off x Superior Peace); Roman the Giant Galoot! (Imark Roman: Crossfire Clyde x Shana Wookie); Kitties Archie and Dixie Forever Missed: K9 Sasha (2001-2015); Johnny (John Reese--Gable Dodge x O'Jays) (2011-19); the kitties Terry and Bibbi; and all the others I've had the privilege to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greysmom Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Pick a spot and redirect him to it when he starts digging in a place you don't want. You can reinforce the positive by adding a treat when he's in the "allowed" space. We've had 8 greyhounds of our own and two fosters and they've all loved to dig! Our first greyhound would even dog on command! I would show her a spot and say "Dig here, Libby!" and within a few seconds I would have a perfect planting hole! She also loved to dig after the critters in the yard and would catch them quite frequently. She always left them for us to find, just like a cat would do. Quote Chris - Mom to: Felicity (DeLand), and Andi (Braska Pandora) siggy by Chris Harper, on Flickr Angels: Libby (Everlast), Dorie (Dog Gone Holly), Dude (TNJ VooDoo), Copper (Kid's Copper), Cash (GSI Payncash), Toni (LPH Cry Baby), Whiskey (KT's Phys Ed), Atom, Lilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Izzy2 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Hi guys wow glad it's not just Lily ....she just gets mad moments and starts digging looks like I have mole hills !!! I will try her with a dirt box seems a great idea...makes me laugh Lily digs then Biffo goes up and licks the dirt hole she's made as if to go it's ok I'll fix it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Izzy2 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Oh meant to say thanks for sharing your great photos 😁😁😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenEveBaz Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 If this house ever needs foundation repair, Nutmeg completed the preliminary excavation work everywhere she had access She never dug at our first house, maybe because it was packed clay. But this place has loamier soil, so she'd be out there, 12 and 13 years old with advanced lumbar stenosis, having a blast digging away. Then lying in her trench, looking adorable. I have no clue what happened to all the dirt she displaced. There were never any noticeable mounds. Sweep has a special spot in the yard that she digs in, then pees in, then covers back up with her snoot Obviously she's a cat in a greyhound suit. Quote Ellen, with brindle Milo and the blonde ballerina, Gelsey remembering Eve, Baz, Scout, Romie, Nutmeg, and Jeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobesmom Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 My Diana had 2 dig spots in our fenced lawn. I tried to stop her, tried to redirect her, but then I just gave up. It gave her joy, and honestly, what do I care about 2 holes in my lawn? She was the only grey we had that was a digger. She's gone now, and her holes are filling in, but I still think of her and smile when I see the dents. Lord how she LOVED to dig! LOL! If it's not a problem, let it go..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitycake Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Monty only likes to dig in nicely loose soil (a freshly tilled garden is the best!) and sends up a huge arc of soil behind him before getting that wild look in his eye and taking off in a dash around the yard. Our nongrey digs herself a little hole to lie in and makes small adjustments as needed later on. Both are in my friend's yard, who luckily doesn't mind...unless Monty digs and throws dirt at us when we're working in the garden ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleptogrey Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 we too have a digger. at Dewey last year the vendor next to us was hysterical as annie rototilled the soil next to our booth. the vendor next to us was hysterical laughing,"you got a digger!!" she has been banned from the back yard(we grew grass since the house is going on the market)- so, our front yard now looks like the craters on the moon. once a digger....always a digger. they just can't help it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Izzy2 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Lol to all your messages Lily just goes beserk has a digging frenzy like EllenEveBaz I have no idea where the dirt goes!!! I rent a house now so have to be careful to the amount of destruction she causes. Wldnt mind planted some flowers in a pot turned round to water them and she'd already dug some out !!!! My solution has been to buy patch repair grass seeds lmao. It was curiosity that made me ask initially 😁😁😁😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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