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It was actually a suitcase I used so now it looks a bit strange with it lying in the corner of the dining room but at least it is hiding the hole in the carpet lol. Will definitely leave it for 3 to 4 weeks and then leave it for another few weeks before replacing the carpet just in case. I am...

Well just an update. I covered the area of carpet that Skye had been digging and I also took her out of that room around the time she normally does it and played a couple of games with her for a while. Then I let her wander back into the room. She did not even look at the corner where she had...

Eingana, thanks for that. She does only dig in the one place and normally at about the same time. I will try tonight keeping her away from that room and see what she does. At the moment I am not sure I have enough for a behaviourist. I have cured the fact she would not come in the back door...

Can anyone give me any advice? My collie cross who is nearly four has suddenly started trying to dig through one corner of my dining room carpet. Nothing has changed in her routine but she started this about four weeks ago. And before anyone suggests she is bored she is walked with other dogs...

Well we are well on our way to having this problem sorted. Five short training sessions so far and I can now shout from the living room"in the house" and she comes running in. It hasn't advanced to her going in of her own accord yet but I think it might over time so thank you for the advice. It...

Thanks for your response which was really helpful. The two options of why that you have come up with are the same as I thought. I do like to try to understand why Skye reacts in a certain way before trying to adapt the behaviour if I need to. I feel if you understand you can come up with a much...

I have a four year old collie cross (bearded/border). In general well behaved in the house. My problem is that whilst she loves to be out in the garden, she will not put one foot back into the house until I physically go to the back door. I suppose it maybe does not sound like too much of a...