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**UvjqTVVC** · 12-16-2009, 06:57 AM

Thanks for the advice, right now I do watch them %100 of the time. I just really want them to be able to play in the yard because they break all my crap in the house (3 lamps, 2 tables, computer, etc) and I want to set up a spring pole for them. As we all know no matter how much you walk your dog the second they are around their old friend its like they have been sitting around all day! I really really dont want to do an electric fence coupled with our current fence because if they did get over they would be shocked the whole time and I dont want them afraid of outside the fence. I just need to determine the height of fence/type that works best. I have never had a fence for them to jump before, my fosters I will ALWAYS watch, and my other pittie never jumped anything!

The Only fence Lily wasn't able to get out of was a 9 foot chainlink with 2 feet of chicken wire angled in at the top (on the same kind of attachments they have at jails....not sure what they're called.) And Harlem took longer but he eventually jumped high enough that he got his front two feet over the edge of the chicken wire and got out. I set up an electric fence this summer out at the farm to put the dogs in while I worked horses but my 2 escape artists would just push through...and that wire was HOT!!!! You could see when it got them but they both had the mindset that once they started they'd go till they were out. All the other dogs wouldnt go NEAR that fence if you tried to make them because they had touched it once. I think that dogs that learn how to get out just find it a challenge if they're left long enough to figure out the fastest route.

12-16-2009, 06:57 AM	#6
UvjqTVVC Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	Thanks for the advice, right now I do watch them %100 of the time. I just really want them to be able to play in the yard because they break all my crap in the house (3 lamps, 2 tables, computer, etc) and I want to set up a spring pole for them. As we all know no matter how much you walk your dog the second they are around their old friend its like they have been sitting around all day! I really really dont want to do an electric fence coupled with our current fence because if they did get over they would be shocked the whole time and I dont want them afraid of outside the fence. I just need to determine the height of fence/type that works best. I have never had a fence for them to jump before, my fosters I will ALWAYS watch, and my other pittie never jumped anything! The Only fence Lily wasn't able to get out of was a 9 foot chainlink with 2 feet of chicken wire angled in at the top (on the same kind of attachments they have at jails....not sure what they're called.) And Harlem took longer but he eventually jumped high enough that he got his front two feet over the edge of the chicken wire and got out. I set up an electric fence this summer out at the farm to put the dogs in while I worked horses but my 2 escape artists would just push through...and that wire was HOT!!!! You could see when it got them but they both had the mindset that once they started they'd go till they were out. All the other dogs wouldnt go NEAR that fence if you tried to make them because they had touched it once. I think that dogs that learn how to get out just find it a challenge if they're left long enough to figure out the fastest route.
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