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dogs getting under the porch
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:06 am
by mountaindogs
The dogs are getting under the porch. I have had this porch about 8 years and until recently my dogs had only wanted to be ON it. But the lab figured out digging under it is fun and he is coming in filthy and leaving huge yawning holes under it. Also the GSP puppy has followed him in and is learning the skills :roll: I hate lattice. Any other ideas for cheaply skirting this or at least keeping the mud out. If it was higher I'd love to just put 2" gravel under it but getting it down there would be a chore!
Re: dogs getting under the porch
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:53 am
by ruffbritt4
Maybe use the ecollar and a verbal "NO DIG!"?
Re: dogs getting under the porch
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:50 am
by Mountaineer
Somewhat like Barney and Aunt Bee's pickles...learn to love lattice.
Re: dogs getting under the porch
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:51 am
by rinker
If your front porch collapses and more than two dogs are killed, 'you might be a redneck'.
Re: dogs getting under the porch
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 1:04 pm
by RoostersMom
I am not loving Aunt Bea's pickles - they taste like kerosene.
Re: dogs getting under the porch
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:44 am
by roaniecowpony
Pave it, put chain-link around it and call it your kennel.
I had my two dogs tunnel out under a fence a few months back. I put 12" stepstones along the fence.
Re: dogs getting under the porch
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:50 pm
by mountaindogs
Stepping stones hmmmm... might work after I relevel the holes and dirt piles.
thanks
Re: dogs getting under the porch
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:53 pm
by Georgia Boy
Hot wire
Re: dogs getting under the porch
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:07 am
by fishvik
We live right at the edge of a major lava flow. When my dogs started digging under their doghouse and the family deck, I filled in the holes and around the deck with 20-30 lbs lava rocks. They don't dig anymore. A big lab however may just find those rocks a challenge.
Re: dogs getting under the porch
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:12 am
by Double Shot Banks
first think i would do is correct with the e-collar, or maybe show them it's not as fun as they think
Isaac and Banks
Re: dogs getting under the porch
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:33 pm
by roaniecowpony
Sounds like the dogs are just tryin to get out of the heat. Maybe put some pavers up under the porch and at the entrance to make it clean and easy for them to get in there to cool down.
Re: dogs getting under the porch
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:11 pm
by Munster
roaniecowpony wrote:Sounds like the dogs are just tryin to get out of the heat. Maybe put some pavers up under the porch and at the entrance to make it clean and easy for them to get in there to cool down.
Now thats what I call opening the door instead of beating your head against it!
Re: dogs getting under the porch
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 8:18 am
by markj
Go to TSC or yer local farm supply store, by a fencer an e fencer and run the wire along the bottom of the thing. It will keep them out.