Originally posted by StarValleyWy"Bible Thumpers" is a fairly decent person vs. computer DOS tank game I wrote, in which one flings any of 8 different biblical objects at the forces of a tank riding Satan. mostly I am proud of a few cool graphics routines (burning text, flying crucifixes), but on the whole it's pretty stupid. And it runs too fast on a modern machine (got a new computer in November, stopped writing stuff in QuickBasic.)
You call it "Bible" huh? Well i've heard of stranger than that... 😲 maybe.
Originally posted by Black LungWhat's your reaction when you find your dog has dug? This is important (or so I've been told). It is possible he knows it's bad & is looking for attention. If yu give it to him, even bad attention like shouting & hiting will still encourage him to do it again.
obstreperous \ub-STREP-ur-us; ob-\, adjective:
1. Noisily and stubbornly defiant; unruly.
2. Noisy, clamorous, or boisterous.
How do i stop my dog from digging in my garden??
p.s. Violence does and any form of psychological intimidation, to date, has not worked.
It is also important if your reaction is upon finding your dog in the act of digging or having found that he has been digging but has stopped. If the dog has stopped digging, even only moments before, it will be incapable of assosiating the punishment with the crime and won't know why it is being punished.
A possible solution is aversion therapy where you make him assosiate digging with something unpleasant happening. This unpleasant thing MUST happen at the same time as the digging or the dog won't link the 2 together. Passive aversions can be bad smells or water sprays to the face. These can be automated in a collar for growling/barking, but I can't think of an automated system against digging at the moment. (maybe electrified chicken wire just under the surface - kidding!!)
As a last idea, putting orange peel down stops dogs & cats deficating in certain areas - maybe it could make him not want to get it on his paws while digging if ou spread some around, or something else that smells bad to him (that won't kill your grass).
Please bear in mind that this has been written aftr a night on the town <hic> so may not make sense. Hope it helps, feel free to ask questions