Digging E-Book

Kim Campbell Thornton

• Herausgeber: CompanionHouse Books
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Serie: Simple Solutions Series
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 23

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Beschreibung

If there's more dirt on your dog than in the garden, then chances are you've got a doggy digging problem. The publisher of Dog Fancy magazine and Kim Campbell Thornton, an expert on dog behavior and former Dog Fancy editor, have written a book of solutions on how to keep your pets paws out of the dirt. Humorously written and illustrated, this easy-to-read book is packed with real information about why dogs dig and provides valuable solutions to all your dog's digging problems.

Leseprobe

Ruth Strother, Project Manager

Nick Clemente, Special Consultant

Michelle Martinez, Karla Austin, Editors

Michael Vincent Capozzi, Designer

Copyright © 2002 by I-5 Press™

Illustrations copyright © 2002 by Buck Jones

The dogs in this book are referred to as he and she in alternating chapters.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of I-5 Press™, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Thornton, Kim Campbell

Digging / by Kim Campbell Thornton ; illustrations by Buck Jones.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-889540-95-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)

eISBN: 9781620080672

1. Dogs--Behavior. 2. Dogs--Training. I. Title

SF433 .T53 2002

636.7'0887--dc21

2002004410

I-5 Press™

A Division of I-5 Publishing, LLC™

3 Burroughs

Irvine, California 92618

Printed and Bound in Singapore

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Contents

Why Do Dogs Dig?

Digging for Fun

Digging for Prey

Digging for Shelter

Digging for Attention

Digging out of Anxiety

Digging to Escape

More Ways to Prevent Digging

How to Deter Digging

Correcting Digging Behavior

Why Do Dogs Dig?

Are they digging to China? Looking for buried treasure? Conducting an archaeological excavation? Preparing a foundation for a new doghouse? As obsessively as some dogs dig, it certainly seems as if they must have some higher purpose for digging.

Digging is a perfectly normal behavior for dogs. Your rottweiler, Scottie, or husky isn’t digging to make you angry, he’s just doing what comes naturally. Some dogs are born to dig, especially the terriers, who were bred to seek out underground prey such as moles, foxes, and badgers, and the Nordic breeds, whose ancestors dug snow caves to keep warm in the frozen wastes of their homeland. Digging is a remnant of the survival skills needed by ancient dogs. Before dogs became domesticated, they dug to store or find food and to create shelter for themselves and their pups. When you see your dog dig, you’re watching heredity in action.

When not given other activities to occupy their minds, terriers and herding, working, or sporting dogs will dig. After all, these are dogs who were bred to have a mission, whether that was to go on rodent search-and-destroy missions, seek out and retrieve game, pull sleds or carts, herd livestock, or stand guard. They need to have a job, and if they aren’t given one, well, digging will have to do.