I have a beagle pup, indoors. She is a good hunter and house dog. However, I have a fenced in back yard and just recently she has begun to dig up holes in a few areas. She is only out for maybe 5 minutes at a time, lately she is focused on the one spot. Any ideas on what to do so she stops.

Yes, your dog' s own place (i.e. Fenced Kennel Run).

Give her more exercise. Apply pet repellent to areas that she has been digging.

Dan O.

Thanks, I' ll try the repellant. Any other ideas would be great.

If your dog is collar conditioned, usually a " no, nick, no" will disuade them from digging.

I' ve always had labs, but have found that when they dig it' s because there' s something under the ground they' re looking to find, i.e. a wooden and decaying hammer handle, an occasional tulip bulb (oops), a screwdriver and various other things. I once got a shovel and finished digging a hole that one of my labs started and when I got down about 12" I found what appeared to be a coyote carcass. I transplanted that off my property, far away.
Maybe your dog keeps digging in the same spot because there' s something decaying under there. Maybe a dead body...cool.
Just joking with you, but it is possible. Beagles too, have good noses. Good luck with your dog.


critch

Jimmy Hoffa?

I have found that if you scoop up some of the dog' s droppings and place it in the hole, the dog will stop digging " there" . This gets messy if the dog moves on to another hole though. Good luck, this has worked with both of my Labs.

Thanks for all the great tips! I actually dug up the spot and found a bunch of pea gravel pellets under the soil in that spot, I think they may have been what she was digging for. I put some fresh sod over the filled-in hole after I took out the pea gravel and she has quit digging there so far.