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Hi guys, I'm wondering if anyone has some advice on digging.
My husband just layed some new sod in our backyard a week ago and Paco is obsessed with digging up this one patch of it. We have the new section roped off, but of course he can just jump right over the ropes. I have been going out with him to supervise but 2 days ago I had to leave him alone in backyard for 10 minutes and he dug up a 2 X 2 size patch of grass. We were able to kind of fix it up, (though my husband was livid) but this morning he did it again in the same exact spot. I was out with him and the phone rang, I went inside for about 5 minutes. I came back and caught him in the act, he looked so guilty before I even said anything, and I told him bad boy and made him go inside and straight to his bed. He never dug in the grass before we layed the sod and he is only interested in this one spot. I'll be going to Home Depot to by more sod to patch it up but I really don't want to keep doing this. He isn't outside a whole lot(he's a house baby), but the weather here is so nice, 70 degrees, and I would like him to be able to go out and get some sun once in a while without me having to babysit every second. He has the whole other side of the yard to play in and a ton of fun toys out there. If anyone has any sugestions about how to stop this behavior I would be thrilled. Thanks.
My husband just layed some new sod in our backyard a week ago and Paco is obsessed with digging up this one patch of it. We have the new section roped off, but of course he can just jump right over the ropes. I have been going out with him to supervise but 2 days ago I had to leave him alone in backyard for 10 minutes and he dug up a 2 X 2 size patch of grass. We were able to kind of fix it up, (though my husband was livid) but this morning he did it again in the same exact spot. I was out with him and the phone rang, I went inside for about 5 minutes. I came back and caught him in the act, he looked so guilty before I even said anything, and I told him bad boy and made him go inside and straight to his bed. He never dug in the grass before we layed the sod and he is only interested in this one spot. I'll be going to Home Depot to by more sod to patch it up but I really don't want to keep doing this. He isn't outside a whole lot(he's a house baby), but the weather here is so nice, 70 degrees, and I would like him to be able to go out and get some sun once in a while without me having to babysit every second. He has the whole other side of the yard to play in and a ton of fun toys out there. If anyone has any sugestions about how to stop this behavior I would be thrilled. Thanks.