Where does the earth go?

[rustylady]

Dog (normally quite well behaved) has just decided to excavate a bit of the lawn. However, having gone out to repair the damage, there is just nowhere near enough spare soil to refill the hole. Where did it go?

[Creemteez]

Little B@gger, eh Rustylady? Chances are the soil was scattered out pretty thinly across the grass - though it might be worth checking his paws to see how much is caught in his claws! Have to nick a bit from a flower bed. Bad boy!

[Glutton4...]

It has powdered, and disappeared in the surrounding grass. I read recently (Oscar looooooves excavating! ) that the best way to stop them, is to dig the hole a little deeper, put one of her fresh poos in, and sprinkle a thin layer of soil over the top. Add some grass seed and water in!

[rustylady]

Bad girl actually Creemteez, but you weren't to know. Reminded me a bit of many years ago when a previous dog of mine excavated an entire strawberry bed trying to get to a hedgehog. Said hedgehog was curled up in the bottom of a pit at least two feet deep, and strawberry plants and earth were scattered all over the lawn. Never did manage to find enough earth to fill that hole either!!

[rustylady]

It has powdered, and disappeared in the surrounding grass. I read recently (Oscar looooooves excavating! ) that the best way to stop them, is to dig the hole a little deeper, put one of her fresh poos in, and sprinkle a thin layer of soil over the top. Add some grass seed and water in!

Thanks G4, I would need a lot of poo to fill that hole.

[Florence Fennel]

Strange phenomena that RL. Chester dug a hole in my lawn (my GSs never dug holes) and no matter how many times I fill it in, it still seems to be a hole. Strange.

[Glutton4...]

An old fella once told me; If there's not enough spoil to fill the hole - dig a bigger hole! It works! (That is, until it compacts down again...)

[BroadRipple]

rustylady (or shadylady as you will always be to me), I love your question. It reminds me of my son's firm belief that 'mud' is excreted by, er, plants. Refuses to believe that this is wrong. So maybe the answer is to buy a plant, feed it some, hmm, air, and it'll fill the hole?
Ish?