Dog Digging Carpet When Left Alone

If you noticed this behavior when you give your dog a bone or a favorite toy this is most likely the root.

Dog digging carpet when left alone. This can be a displacement behavior meaning that when your dog cannot perform a behavior he wants to do he instead performs another. Digging in the carpet can also be to your puppy s desire to bury or conceal a beloved item. If your dog doesn t normally dig year round but then he starts digging at the carpet when the dog days of summer are in full swing there are chances your dog may be digging out of instinct to keep cool. When he isn t digging to retrieve food your dog may be digging to put away a tasty morsel like that leftover bone for a midnight snack.

Yes dogs dig when they re hot too. Even though potty problems pup is only urinating when he is left alone it is possible that he is not able to control his bladder very well due to an infection or incontinence. In the wild dog ancestors would have dug out rodents or other prey possibly grubs or even tubers to eat. Lots of tasty things live underground so digging is the natural way to get to them.

Certain dogs however may dig in the carpet when they are excited or anxious. Sometimes we don t think much about it but our dogs are able to access the outdoors more readily when we are with them and we may be curtailing obvious signs of a. Dogs are emotional creatures that follow some instincts based on their emotions.