RSS FeedHow can I break my 5 year old Border Collie of digging up my grass in my yard?
I put in an underground fence which keeps him out of the flower beds. I bought a remote shock training collar and he will not dig in the grass as long as we are in sight. But as soon as we turn our back on him and are out of line of sight he is back to digging again. We correct him with the training collar when we see him digging but the dog is smart enough to know that when we can't see him he can do what ever he wants to do even with the training collar on.
We make sure he gets lots of exercise and plenty of attention but nothing works as far as digging up the grass goes. Some folks have suggested neutering him but I don't want to neuter a Regristered male Border Collie.
About the only solution left is put in a kennel and keep him penned up or get rid of an otherwise wonderful companion.
Any ideas or references will be greatly appreciated.
Welcome to the club! Our border collie also dug. No mater what I did, she continued to dig. Your right, their sneaky,they wait till your gone, or out of sight, than away they go. Finally,I had to compromise with her. We had a little talk and I showed her what area she could dig in(about a 4x4 area) what do you know,we got along great after that. She stuck to her area to dig. I figured she was more important to me than a little bit of grass. And she was, she lived happy for thirteen years.
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