Joined
·
10 Posts
Hello. We have a female JRT puppy, 9 weeks old. Despite the common warnings of getting a JRT, we decided to bring one home last week because we find them very adorable. We are aware of the time dedication and the training required and ready to take on the challenge.
As expected, she is a handful but overall things are going well. One question I have is regarding JRT’s proclivity to digging.
I don’t want to dampen her natural instinct to dig. When I take her out to my yard, she likes to dig at chipmunk holes and pull on the grass. I don’t mind her digging up my yard at all. I want her to do all those things outside. But when inside, she likes to do the same thing to my carpet. Is there a way to discourage carpet digging while not discouraging her natural instinct?
Could I approach it much like potty training? That is, when I see her trying to dig my carpet, give a stern “ah ah” and take her outside, as well as continue to give her much outside time as to preempt her desire to dig on my carpet. And hopefully over time she will be house broken on carpet digging?
Here she is going at it in my yard! She found a chipmunk hole is trying to dig her face into it.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
As expected, she is a handful but overall things are going well. One question I have is regarding JRT’s proclivity to digging.
I don’t want to dampen her natural instinct to dig. When I take her out to my yard, she likes to dig at chipmunk holes and pull on the grass. I don’t mind her digging up my yard at all. I want her to do all those things outside. But when inside, she likes to do the same thing to my carpet. Is there a way to discourage carpet digging while not discouraging her natural instinct?
Could I approach it much like potty training? That is, when I see her trying to dig my carpet, give a stern “ah ah” and take her outside, as well as continue to give her much outside time as to preempt her desire to dig on my carpet. And hopefully over time she will be house broken on carpet digging?
Here she is going at it in my yard! She found a chipmunk hole is trying to dig her face into it.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk