From: jo-wolf@webtv.net   
      
   Part of the problem is probably age-related... has been in most of my   
   dogs.  Extinguishing the behavior is probably going to drive one or the   
   other of you nuts....    
      
   I'd give him his own digging pit, AND I'd do a terrier job on the fence   
   line.  Having lived with terriers, the professional miners of the dog   
   world, for over 20 years, the best fence-line solution I've met up with   
   is the following.....   
      
   Using wire fencing (around here it's called hog wire) for a 4 foot tall   
   fence...  It's laid flat on the ground, then slid up 6-10 inches on the   
   existing fencing and wired there or stapled, depending on the fence   
   material.  Wire or staple at the top of the wire and at the botton of   
   the fencing, bending the wire so the rest lays flat on the ground.  Use   
   landscape staples to anchor the fencing to the ground, at the fence line   
   and at the edges with a few staples in the center.  The turf will grow   
   up around, it and as you have laid it flat, you can mow right over i, no   
   problem.   
      
   One friend of mine, who moved around a bit over several years, simply   
   pulled the wire up with each move, rolled it, and it went from house to   
   house with her.   
      
   The dog can't dig through it... and it's right down quickly   
   uncomfortable to try....  When this has been used  for terrier-proofing   
   there have been no reported under-the-fence escapes.  It does not cure   
   over-the-fence escapes, however....     
      
   Jo Wolf   
   Martinez, Georgia   
      
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