No, not that groundhog with a camera that Fox Sports has at all of the NASCAR tracks… Does your dog like to dig either inside or outside of your home? I want to start off with a few reasons that we dig, and then I will delve a little further into each of them.
Several reasons that for digging:
- Out of boredom or due to anxiety
- To form a den in which to give birth
- To create a cool place to lay
- To seek out prey, like rats, rabbits, and bugs.
- To “help” the pack leader-you. Dogs see their people dig and plant in their gardens and yards. Some dogs use that observation, coupled with a strong desire to offer assistance, to dig things for you. Read the rest of this entry »
A reader from Canada sent me an e-mail asking for help with his two Yorkshire Terriers, who have begun fighting recently. Both dogs are intact males, and the reader figured out the first step to addressing the problem on his own. Even with one intact male dog, there is a lot of testosterone in the room, but TWO?!
