25
July
2007

Do Puggles Dig?7

Ours sure do. Not bad and not often, but let me show you what can happen over time.

puggle damage in yard

This is a picture of a portion of our backyard after our puggles got their “paws” on it. Now I’ve filled the holes with topsoil and seeded again but the damage has been done and new grass takes a while to fill in nicely. Especially when your dogs continue to play and kick up dirt. Not to mention when they relieve themselves it adds acidity to the soil making it even harder to grow new grass.

So what can we do to prevent our puggles from digging? That is the question. I used to only let them out in the yard under my supervision and make their naughty noise everytime I thought they might start digging. Well that worked, but who wants to supervise their dogs everytime they go out in the yard? Not me! So I did a little research. Read the rest of this entry »