help please I have a pit bull that as soon as I let him get out side for a while he jumps the fence and goes to my neighbor's, then at night he get out side the fence and roams around with other dogs, last morning the police was out side my house with a complain from a neighbor, telling me that my dogs goes to other houses as messes up the garbage. I have tried the buried electric fence, I have tried walking him everyday but he keeps climbing the fence. I do not know what to do , I do not want to chain him or keep him in a crate. I do not know what to do pleas help with any suggestions. thank you

A dog on a leash has a surprising habit of not roaming.

The bottom line is that if your dog is climbing the fence you need to make it un breachable by putting in a quality fence system of a type he can't climb or hop, keep your dog on a leash when outdoors, or put in a quality dog run with a topper and a concrete floor.

If you can't handle containing your dog you need to find somewhere else for it to go.

Have you tried running a hot wire at the top of the fence?

We had to go outside with the husky every single time he went until we put in a new fence.

It was a serious pain in the butt, but we had no choice, I was not willing to loose him to a car or a pissed off neighbor.

I would suggest running hotwire in three spots on the fence, a line on the bottom, one in the middle and another along the top.
We also used a wire run through PVC pipe on our gate to make rollers so that he couldn't get any grip.

When we put the new fence in we buried it nearly a foot underground with a line cinderblocks buried at the base as well. Poured concrete would accomplish the same thing. We also have a stash of cinder blocks to fill any gaps, and do a perimeter check once a week at least.

Hot wire may not be legal in some cities. It isn't in mine.

Containment (leash or escape proof physical fencing - NOT invisible fencing) is the only answer. Otherwise, it would be better to re-home the dog to someone willing to keep it safe and under control. A pit bull allowed to run at large is not a joke, this breed has enough trouble as it is.

It is not easy to find a new good home that will take a grown pit bull, and honestly I do not think that he will be better in an animal shelter. I will literally have to rebuild the whole fence of my house to build a better one. I need you honest opinion , what do you guys think about putting him in a chain, at least for the time I am not home. I can not put a hot wire because of the kids in the neighborhood. I am afraid that if I put him in a chain he will become aggressive.

Having been a country kid that touched a lot of hot wires I can tell you that although it's unpleasant it doesn't really do any permanent damage and the kids will learn not to touch it. but if you don't want to do that, I would just confine the dog inside (crate would be best) in a dog-proofed area.

Some reason you couldn't put in a dog run? They aren't usually too expensive, you can often get a rather inexpensive one from a source like craigslist or free cycle along with the patio blocks if you don't feel like pouring a cement slab.

The PC answer on chaining is that it should not be done. The humane society frowns upon it, many cities have banned it. I am not quite a strict person on the matter. I do chain my dog when I hunt and camp. I had a dog as a kid who was chained on a trolley cable with no ill effects while we were at school. The point is that when done right and in reasonable time frames there aren't really any problems with it, when done wrong or in the wrong environment you can create an issue. If you need to chain your dog as a TEMPORARY solution to your dog running loose go ahead, so long as your dog is protected behind that fence from neighbors and wildlife and that it's not on that chain 24/7. Better chained 8 hrs a day for two months while you work on your fence or a dog run than road pizza or worse.

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I need you honest opinion

My honest opinion is this. Your options for safely containing your dog when you are not home are:

1. Keep the dog in the house (in a crate, his own room or roaming in the house if he is good with it). He will be fine in a crate all day as long as he gets appropriate exercise in the evenings or mornings.
2. Put him in a secure kennel run with a floor and a top if necessary.

I do not think dogs should be left to roam in a yard unsupervised, especially when you are not even home. They are open to teasing, tormenting, some idiot throwing poison in your yard, etc, not to mention the problem you have already encountered: getting loose into the street.

If you really want to have the dog loose and unsupervised in your yard while you are away (bad idea!), build a kennel and keep him in it until your fence is fixed. And even if you do fix your fence, remember that once a dog has learned it can escape, it will likely try to continue and do so. I have a dog that can climb any height of chain link fence and another who can get through the tiniest gaps in a fence (gaps I didn't know were even there).

I hate it when people have the mistaken idea that crating a dog is torture. Crates are not torture chambers.

Chaining a dog outdoors is, IMO, a much worse idea.