Thank you all for the input. Chuck & Lauren, I particularly like the idea of the mesh, although I'm not sure I'm envisioning it. Would you mind explaining it to me in more detail, like "Securing Fences for Idiots". <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Thanks!
I read this in one of my dog books- can't remember which one now. What was suggested there is that you get a lot of empty tins, beer cans or whatever and string them up along the top of the fence - it said in the book it would deter fence jumpers.
Don't know if it works but it would be a cheap fix. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
To mount the additional "mesh fence" on wood fence you need large "L" type brackets that look similar to brackets you use to mount shelves with. If you have chainlink fence; there are top "L" posts that can be mounted on the metal posts to add the barrier. Most fencing companies can sell and/or install the brackets and mesh.
If you choose to use the electric hot wire; use extender insulators to mount the hotwire. Don't put the insulator directly ontop of the fence. Mount them on the flat panel with the extenders protruding into the yard about an inch from the top. Grounding the unit occurs at the charger by burying the grounding rod into the earth. Make sure you get a unit that has a lightening supressor; otherwise, if you have a severe storm and lightening hits the wire; the charger will blow. (Been there; done that)
Everybody has given very good suggestions but I would add one more - put a hot wire lower down at the bottom of the fence as when some dogs are thwarted from the aerial route they remember that they can mine their way out. I have seen dogs dig their way out even when the fence was buried a good ways down.
Same thing that you see on top of fences around lumber yards, only you want mesh instead of razorwire <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> .
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My yard has a six foot fence around it. I also have a 6 ft high X 25ft X 40ft kennel, that I keep my dogs in when I am not home.
in your case, I would build a slightly taller kennel, approximately 6'5 X 10 X 20 and have a top built for it. I happened to be 6'4 so I would not want to duck.
I did not teach my dogs to jump. I only taugh my dog to "up" into the rear of my SUV or onto a table. My GSD's are protection dogs not event dogs, so there is no reason for them to jump over a wall.
How about this?? My 5 foot chain link fence has an 'invisible fence' attached around the top poles all the way around. The dog wears the collar and has a perimeter of say 5 or 6 feet from the 'real' fence. You can just use zip cable ties to attach the wire to the top of the fence and if the dog can't get close enough to the fence without a correction, he can't climb. This works better than a regular ecollar because with the ecollar you have to be watching all the time.
you need to train this just like if you installed an underground invisible fence in your yard but it works and is also good in case someone accidently leaves a gate open.
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