I have something digging under my garage. I’m guessing a rabbit although it could certainly be a skunk or maybe even a rat. I’d like to think it’s not either of those; I don’t smell skunk in the backyard and it’s bigger than what I think a rat would dig. The area has some raised stone work and a rabbit dug under there last winter and left his poop all over the garden.
We now also have a dog that I let loose in the backyard that wants to go after any critters it comes near so I would like to assume that it would chase away anything hanging out back there.
I did cover the hole back up once but the animal just dig it out again. I didn’t think that would work but you gotta start somewhere. I’ve read several different things to try: moth balls, wire fencing, fox urine, and three sticks. I was thinking of sweeping up the dog hair in the house and putting that in the hole. I don’t want to use fox urine or moth balls if it’s going to affect my dog. My mom suggested peeing in the hole so I may do that too. 
Any other suggestions?
Groundhog? Live trap and release is probably your best bet.
A groundhog was what burrowed under my shed for awhile.
I used to harass it by letting the lawn mower run on the shed floor to create undesirable vibrations (not sure if that was what got it to eventually move out).
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My mom suggested peeing in the hole so I may do that too.
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While this gives you a kinda good (yet evil) feeling, it has no effect. I have wizzed into numerous chipmunk holes to absolutely no effect.
If it’s a big, deep hole, I would worry about groundhogs. They can dig tunnels up to seven feet deep, I hear. Very destructive. My house suffered serious structural damage from groundhogs tunneling under it.
They can be trapped; supposedly they like cantaloupe. But if you trap now, you might not catch anything until spring, because they hibernate in the winter.
If it’s hibernating in its burrow, and the ground gets cold enough:
Use a hose to flood the burrow? Even if it doesn’t freeze all the way down (their chamber will be below frost line), a large plug or the resultant liquid water would slow them down?
After looking at the hole this morning I think this varmint is a rat, which makes me less inclined to avoid killing it. It had a crust of bread shoved up against the hole when I looked which makes me wonder what else would be such an a-hole about its food. Rat traps may be the answer but I’d have to lay them out in a way so my dog won’t get to them.