stampy wrote:Spargo wrote:amber_fluid wrote:Spargo wrote:Our long haired border collie pup, 8 months old.
He got walked twice yesterday. First was 2km along the beach then later let off the lead at the dog park where he ran around for a good hour.
Kids come home from school & play with him for ages, really try & wear him out. Wife goes out & spends more time with him. I get home, feed him and sit out there keeping him company whilst I have a beer. Get up this morning & the little f#cker has dug everywhere. Made a real mess of the garden, lawn & potted plants.
He has plenty of toys to play with & chew on & gets unlimited attention. People say they dig when they’re bored, not sure what else we could’ve done as a family yesterday to keep him entertained.
Went through this about 12 months ago.
Got expert opinions from everywhere.
Bought different chew toys, tried sprays on furniture and plants etc and other stuff but nothing worked.
He grew out of it eventually thankfully.
Chews the occasional shoe if you leave it lying around still but nothing else.
He’s dug a whole in the middle of the lawn, I’m not kidding, it’s 50cm wide & 70cm deep.
It looks like a f#cking meteorite landed in our front yard.
Our BC pup is the same age. He dug a hole to China under the trampoline. We leave that one alone which seems to stop him digging in other spots. My wife cracks the shits because he eats all her plants and anything left laying around. We walk him at least once a day and my wife takes him on runs. Was talking to an expert who said wearing them out mentally with training (30mins a day) is the way to go. If you keep exercising them all you'll get is a super-fit-digging-machine! Hopefully, ours grows out of it too!