How to stop animals from digging holes in my lawn at night

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   Installing motion-sensitive lights
2. 2
   Using motion-activated water sprinklers
3. 3
   Treating the lawn to control grubs
4. 4
   Calling Animal Control to trap and relocate the animals
5. 5
   Grinding down stumps, bringing in topsoil or dirt to level the ruts, and adding grass seed
6. 6
   Renting a sod stripper to remove damaged sod, leveling the dirt beneath, and laying the sod back down
7. 7
   Pokings holes or aerating to relieve soil compaction before raking, leveling, and seeding
8. 8
   Using pellet guns and firearms
9. 9
   Setting traps and relocating the animals
10. 10
    Using hunting dogs
11. 11
    Setting up traps with bait
12. 12
    Identifying the animal based on the specific type of damage
13. 13
    Treating the lawn for grubs to stop animals from digging
14. 14
    guessing based on local wildlife known to eat grubs or insects
15. 15
    walk the dog more
16. 16
    wait it out until the dog's energy reduces
17. 17
    put in a run path with mulch
18. 18
    hose down the urine afterward to dilute it
19. 19
    grow clover or other lawn alternatives that handle shade
20. 20
    fence off parts of the backyard and re-seed heavily with fescue
21. 21
    Applying grub killer products like Sevin or 24 hr grub killer
22. 22
    Using beneficial nematodes

In their words

Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.