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Friday, October 5, 2012

Why should dogs still be digging holes?


Why Dogs Dig and What You Can Do
This is an ongoing dispute in our household and I am sure in many others.
She thinks that it is a dogs god given right to dig, (we have an Airedale) because their ancestors had to dig to survive.
Some wild dog relatives, like foxes and wolves, dig dens to raise their young. Sleeping in a den protects the young pups from extreme temperatures (both hot and cold) and from predators.
Why should dogs still be digging holes?
My answer is, “ if you want her to keep digging like her ancestors did centuries ago, go build us a cave like your ancestors did centuries ago, set up housekeeping in it and she can dig just like her ancestors did”?

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