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I’m completely frustrated right now. Gunner has escaped the yard three times now, each time we had thought we had fixed the area in which he escaped.

The first time, we leave the back door open for the pups to run in and out. If they bark, I go outside and check on them. No barking, but a ring on the door saying our black pit bull was out. Husband and I go outside and he sees us and comes running back. He was off playing with some white boxer that is always loose. We checked the fence, couldn’t really find anything except the gate was a little loose. So we added an extra chain on the bottom.

Two days later, I’m out back with the dogs. I go inside for a second to grab a glass of water, and I hear the neighbors saying the pit bull is loose again. So I run outside and catch him. Neighbor was really nice and pointed me to where he got loose. We stood there and talked for a while. She told me that the people who lived here before us, their dogs got loose the same way. Told me that it’s something to just get used too, happens to everyone especially with all the stray dogs running around. We went out there with 9 gauge wire and some posts and tried to fix the problem.

Yesterday, I refuse to let the dogs out by themselves anymore. So I’m outside while they are playing. They see something that gets them riled up. So I go and peak over the fence and see another stray dog. Gunner bolts, hit’s the fence hard and low and goes right on under. I’m pretty much standing over him while he’s doing this and I drop to the ground and pin him. To bad his heads already through and I can’t push him back. So I reach my hands through the fence and hold unto his collar and work him like this till we reach the gate and I get the bike chain off the top and attach him to the gate. I run around front with his leash and drag his butt inside.

Now he is cabled outside no matter what. Whether we are outside or not. And I hate it. I hate having a yard and a dog that can’t play in it since the fence is too weak. I can’t trust him alone or while I’m outside. He hates loose dogs while he is confined.

Husband doesn’t want a new fence. I do. A nice wooden privacy fence so we can get rid of the damned bushes. Obviously we’d need to quote the price of a new fence, but what are average costs? We can’t drop 4 grand on a new fence.

I thought about buying those wood boards and cutting them in half or thirds, drilling holes and using the 9 gauge wire to attach to the fence. Since he is an under and not an over dog.

Husband just wants to weave the 9 gauge through the fence bottom and attach. Plus stake in the bottom to the ground. We did this on the other side, but I don’t know how long that would hold up to Gunner force attacks.


I know, you probably think we are idiots for letting our dog get out three times. But each time we would check the fence for any weak points and not finding any, or what we would find we would fix and there wouldn’t be a problem there again. It’s frustrating for me because I am trying. I know a lot of people would say just chain him up. And we will if nothing else will work. He was always cabled until we thought we fixed the problem. Husband thinks I’m trying to make our yard like Fort Knox.

Pictures of the yard: Please excuse the fluffy bushes, we’re buying hedge trimmers this weekend. I want the bushes to die since I get to spray them with flea and tick killer once a month, but I love the privacy.



The green cable was there before, but I guess he snapped it when he hit it. This one we wired the top and sides, and anchored the bottom down with the yellow stakes.



This is the board I’m talking about. This one is painted and cut as its our beer pong table. But they’re pretty cheap, and big.


And sorry for writing an essay. I just wanted to make it as clear as possible.