Last week we adopted Astro, a 9-month-old male. (Our very first Husky   ) We have 2 girls (7 & 10). They and their friends are always running around the backyard so we decided to make a potty patch for Astro to avoid poo on the shoe incidents with the kids. (We're diligent about scooping but it's still happened twice!) My husband began digging out the potty area and it looked like so much fun Astro has started digging too - all over the yard!

We're talking about building Astro his very own digging sandbox but I'm curious if anyone has had success with it. (I looked at older posts about digging and saw that a digging area had been recommended a few times but never saw many follow-ups on the outcome.)

I can't talk from experience, but I'm going to do this for my dog in a year or two when I rebuild the deck. My new design plan has a spot for a doggie digging box.

I plan to dig a large hole, drop in a large plastic container (heavy duty plastic like a feed container or something). Nothing too big, 4 to 5 feet on a side. Then I plan to line the outside of it (on two sides as the other 2 sides will be against the deck) with large paving stones.

I plan to fill the thing with regular ole dirt. He'll be able to dig holes and what not, a lot of the dirt will be contained on the pavers so it can easily be pushed back in. I also plan to bury toys in it every time I refill it.

The reason for the container is that I don't want him burrowing under my deck, or out under the yard and causing problems.