I've just about completed a kennel for my dog, and a guest.
Total area 20'*30'. It is built on a base of 2' square patio blocks over sand. 6' fence height. fence is 2"*4" welded wire. A shelter has been built for dog houses to sit inside out of weather.
My own dog is content to stay within a 6' fence (although she could effortlessly leave if she chose.
A potential visitor dog is a working lines 3 year old male GSD who likewise could easily jump this height.
I am considering running a piece of electric fence tape around the top of the fence on the inside to discourage escape.
I presume I would use the lowest power unit.
My own dogs are "electric fence wise" and when hitting an electric fence don't seem to have been overly traumatized.
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It's individualized by the dog. For some it's super effective and they do their best to avoid the magic demon wire and are usually very wise about the whole process.
Others choose to exercise the demon and in the case of one manchester terrier burned the crud out of his mouth biting the wire after he got zapped and for lack of a better term got mad.
Finally there are the dogs who are sensitive to noise and can't stand hearing the pulse along the line. They will go into avoidance in it's presence.
Kapvik is looking forward to visiting Hotel May-LeDrew. Can't wait to see the outcome of all of your hard work. I'm currenlty feeling grateful that I had a brief moment of common sense when I decided never to ask K to jump a fence of any sort...though I've asked to jump many other things. So far he has always respected fences, though I suppose a saucy cat, fatalistic squirrel or curious moose might put that to the test...
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We've run an electric wire around the inside top of our fencing for dogs and it worked great to keep the 'jumpers' in.
For diggers and tunnelers in grassy yards, running an invisible fence around the inside of the fence works better.
We've never heard any kind of pulse on either kind of fence unless it was grounding out somewhere.
Just because you don't hear doesn't necessarily mean your dogs don't. My hearing is in a much higher range than normal for humans. This has caused me problems at times. I can hear the electricity running through the walls in a house or, even more so in an apartment. When I was in college I planned on going into animal research. I did some lab rotations, but in each lab but one, I immediately grew nauseated by the high pitched squealing hum that no one else heard. This came from a common piece of lab equiptment. I visited over a dozen labs and had the same problem in all but a lab that experimented on growing plants that could metabolize PCPs. So I changed my major.
Even growing up I would say things that caused people to look at me sideways. Like mentioning the almost constant chatter from rabbits, which others thought were being silent.
Our electric fence charger ticks about once a second. It also measures the charge built up in the fence. If a short, it doesn't build up a full charge. It is a sound that doesn't cause distress to our horses or dogs. It does inform the animals that the fence is on.
We'll see if necessary. the good thing about the 2"*4" mesh is that it is an unappealing surface for a dog to climb with rear legs, even if front paws went over top.
I now recall that in the past when my dog jumped 6' fence it was a solid wood portion of the fence. She chose not to leap the welded metal section of fence.
She is quite happy to go to kennel as she gets a cosmos ball with treats inside.
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Ours had the 'tick' too, but the fencers were all in the house or barn so we couldn't hear it in the yards or pastures. Very innocuous sound anyway, like you said.
We had a little female that would jump ANYTHING up to six feet. She's the one that led us to putting up the wire Until we saw her leap over the fence like it was nothing to get a squirrel, we hadn't had any problems at all with escapes, even without the wire. You may never need to worry about it.
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Until we saw her leap over the fence like it was nothing to get a squirrel, we hadn't had any problems at all with escapes, even without the wire. You may never need to worry about it.
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