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Location: Missouri | Needing some ideas here bc we're at our wits end with one of our dogs...catahoula/bull dog mix. Anyway, we have a large completely fenced in back yard, he has a boxer he runs with. We've checked and made sure there's no holes under the fence. The dog will NOT stop jumping out. He started this about 4-6 mos ago. He's fixed, so it's not like he smells a female and is wandering for that reason. I don't get it.
Anyone else ever have a dog that would not stop taking off? If so, was there anything that made them quit? Or are we just going to be dealing with this forever? DH doesn't want to keep him chained up all the time, but this is getting old. He always comes back, but we live close to a busy road and I'm concerned he'll end up getting hit. :(
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Location: Kansas | underground electric fence with the collar. |
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Location: N Texas | Run a hotwire along the whole inside perimeter of the yard. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Hotwire. |
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Location: Alabama | Hotwire. My JRT would climb out of anything and the pit would either push or dig under anything. Hotwire fixed them both and now they respect most all fencing.  |
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Location: N Texas | If you're not keen on an electric fence, there are a couple of other options. Google "dog anti jump fence" and you'll see lots of options. If you're REALLY desperate, you can get him an anti jumping harness, LOL.
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Location: Missouri | Thanks all. DH doesn't want to tie him out all day this time of yr bc even if we put him in the shade with water, (they also have a dog pool to cool off in) he'll manage to get tangled in a sunny spot away from his water (insert eye roll here...lol). We do tie him when we leave most of the time though. Looks like DH has a project this weekend and will be getting Hotwire put on the top. When he jumped out last night and DH was out driving at 11:30 pm hoping he'd hear the the truck and come home, that was it for me. >:( |
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Location: Missouri | Gunner11 - 2016-06-09 12:45 PM
If you're not keen on an electric fence, there are a couple of other options. Google "dog anti jump fence" and you'll see lots of options. If you're REALLY desperate, you can get him an anti jumping harness, LOL.
Gunner11, we must've been typing at the same time. Thanks for these suggestions too. I like the idea of the anti jump fence too. Heck at this point I'd even try the harness until my husband has time to fix the fence. Lol. |
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Location: N Texas | Here's another one. I prefer having a physical barrier in case the electric fence fails, but it usually only takes them getting shocked once or twice to learn to avoid the fence.
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Location: The edge of no where | Hot fence is quick & easy to put up. He'll hit it once or twice and you won't need it anymore. |
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Location: Missouri | That's a great idea with the pvc pipe...so it rolls! This dog is a freak of nature, DH says he's seen him scale the fence without even touching it/using it to get out. Grah! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Hotwire running along the top of fence. |
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Location: Never in one place long | hoofs_in_motion - 2016-06-09 12:25 PM
underground electric fence with the collar.
This ^^^^ YES! we have a 4ft fence and an underground about 4 ft in front of it! once they learn if they get near the fence they get shocked, they quit trying, I have not had any dog get out and I foster dogs constantly. :) It's WORTH it and then the dog won't have to be tied. |
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Location: Missouri | DLV - 2016-06-09 3:47 PM
hoofs_in_motion - 2016-06-09 12:25 PM
underground electric fence with the collar.
This ^^^^ YES! we have a 4ft fence and an underground about 4 ft in front of it! once they learn if they get near the fence they get shocked, they quit trying, I have not had any dog get out and I foster dogs constantly. : ) It's WORTH it and then the dog won't have to be tied.
Those who've done this...do you mind me asking...is it very expensive? |
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Location: LaBelle, Florida | Gunner11 - 2016-06-09 1:57 PM Here's another one. I prefer having a physical barrier in case the electric fence fails, but it usually only takes them getting shocked once or twice to learn to avoid the fence. I second the the pvc on top idea.
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Location: Upstate New York | I had a rott and a heeler who would not stay inside the fence for anything. The heeler would dig under and the rott climbed over. I used those temp fencing posts, ran them around inside of fence about 1 foot off of fence and head high for the heeler, and ran one strand electric fence. Fixed them both. After a couple times, I could leave the fence off and they still wouldn't bother it. Nothing worse than looking for a dog and worrying. |
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Location: Montana | MOGirl07 - 2016-06-09 3:18 PM DLV - 2016-06-09 3:47 PM hoofs_in_motion - 2016-06-09 12:25 PM underground electric fence with the collar. This ^^^^ YES! we have a 4ft fence and an underground about 4 ft in front of it! once they learn if they get near the fence they get shocked, they quit trying, I have not had any dog get out and I foster dogs constantly. : ) It's WORTH it and then the dog won't have to be tied. Those who've done this...do you mind me asking...is it very expensive?
Don't know the cost, but where I keep my horses, there is a German shepherd that will go through an invisible fence, and yip the whole way, but still go through it. |
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