This is the puppy training podcast episode number 55, digging.

This podcast is designed to help you on your journey of becoming best friends through love and learning as you train your own dog from home.

And I'm here to help you every step of the way.

This is the puppy training podcast podcast and I'm your host,

Amy Jensen. Hey everybody. How are you today? I hope you're doing great. I hope your dogs are great.

I hope you are wonderful. We're starting to come out of this a little bit. It seems like we're

able to get out of our houses a little bit more. Hopefully you're staying safe where you are.

I know we're in all different areas and it looks maybe a little differently depending on where each of us live. So I hope you're staying safe and

I hope you're doing well. Today I want to talk about digging. This is a question that I get asked

every once in a while. Hey, I've got this puppy. They're digging in my yard. What can I do about it? What do you recommend? And I thought, you know what? Let's do a podcast on it. So let's talk about digging. All right. So how many of you have a puppy who just loves the dirt?

They love to go out in the yard. And if you're not out there with them, that's the first thing that

they go for. You know, they could even be digging in their dog beds or they're just scratching at things and why are they doing this and what is it all about?

So first of all, recognize that digging is a natural dog behavior. It's very common when dogs have pent up energy. Maybe they're lacking in some exercise and they need an outlet for that energy.

They do it a lot of times out of boredom. So if they don't have a structured activity to do or to think about, then they

might turn to digging. It also helps them cool down. So you'll notice before they lay down at night,

they might dig in their bed and turn and circle and scratch at their bed, trying to get down to a

cooler surface. Or if they're outside, you'll notice that

they dig through the grass to get to the dirt because the dirt is cooler and they want to get

to a nice, cool spot. Dogs also dig to bury their things. Maybe they're prized possessions that

they don't want other animals to find. So they might bury their bones or their favorite toys. Dogs could also be

digging to alleviate stress and as a way to help them relax and settle down. So there's many

reasons why dogs dig. What do we do about it? If we don't like our dog digging up our backyard

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