How to Stop a Yorkie from Digging Where You Don’t Want Them to Dig
If you want to prevent your Yorkie from digging where you don’t want to, the following steps may help:
Give your Yorkie plenty of exercise
Giving your dog plenty of exercise reduces the excess energy that Yorkies often have. They dig to release this pent-up energy. The more exercise your dog gets, the less likely he is to want to dig. If his pet is digging because she’s bored, exercise can prevent that, too.
Limit your Yorkie’s access to certain areas
Prevention is often better than cure and limiting your dogs access to certain areas is the most obvious and effective way to prevent Yorkies from digging. If your dog is not allowed near the garden or similar places, he cannot dig and damage the gardens or lawns.
Plant flowers, vegetables and robust plants
Some plants, flowers, and vegetables can resist the threat of burrowing. You can start planting this type of flowers, vegetables and plants. Planting roses is one way to do this because these flowers can defend themselves with their thorns and make your Yorkie think twice before approaching them.
Use buried chicken wire
This is a great way to keep Yorkshire Terriers from digging. Simply roll up the top layer of grass in your garden. Next, lay chicken wire under the lawn. The chicken wire won’t be visible, and once your Yorkie tries to dig and fails, he’ll soon give up and won’t try to dig there again.
Assign a place to dig.
In some situations, it is advisable to let your Yorkshire Terrier carry on with this activity. Assigning a spot to dig is probably the best solution if your dog will be spending a lot of time in the yard or garden. When this digging area has been established, you need to make sure that your Yorkie will only dig in this area and not elsewhere. Sandboxes can also be used as a dedicated digging area. Monitor your Yorkies’ behavior and make sure they are only digging in the litter box. Praise your pet if he is using the litter box and correct him if he tries to dig in other areas. You can reinforce this by giving your dog a treat.
Digging and burrowing is a natural trait of Yorkshire Terriers due to the way they were originally bred in the past. It is difficult to stop this behavior. The above methods are some simple ways to solve the problem of how to stop your Yorkie from digging and prevent frequent damage to your yard, lawn and garden.