Good Morning All, My prayers and thoughts to all sick and homeless fuzzbutts, and to those whom have recently lost a beloved animal or fuzzbutt. On the first subject couch / carpet digging. My babies use to do that and it would drive me crazy I solved the problem with the same training I used to teach them not to bite when they were babies. It takes allot of time and patience but it worked for me and all of my Terrible Two's Gang. I do have digging boxes for them and I did have them when they were digging in the carpet and couch so you see these things don't always work for everyone. What I did was every time they would start digging I would pick them up, scruff them, and look into there eye's and tell them NO!!!! It took them approximatley 2 weeks to understand that the couch and carpeting was off limits, and guess what? They don't even climb up on the couch anymore. Another thing I did was remove the legs of the couch and it sits flat on the floor, thus they can't get under to do damage . So there are ways of teaching them not to dig where they are not suppose to. I also put pieces of plywood under the doors to the rooms they are not allowed in. Th at stopped them from trying to dig their way into the room. Also I fill the bathtub with plastic easter eggs and I have a ramp I made so they can climb into the bath tub and dig their way to China, they just LOVE those easter eggs!!!! Fuzzie's are very trainable and if you have the time and patience they can be trained on what they can do and what they can't do. So good luck in doing so . Dawn and the Terrible Two's Gang, Trouble, Rosy, and Fat Boy Joey :-) [Posted in FML issue 3765]