OT: Dog Climbing Fence

[Pufferpunk]

Hubby let Kalvin out the other day & he couldn't find him. He went out front to look for him & my next-door neighbor came over with him--he was in her yard. We went along the fence to see where he was crawling under the fence & didn't really see anywhere he could crawl under. Today I heard a lot of commotion out on the side of the house & he was leaping at a squirel up on the grape vine trellace. All of a sudden I see him climbing higher & higher up the fence, until he was in Dorothy's yard. He turned around & easily climbed up the 5' fence again & was on top of the trellace. Whatta dog! I'm not sure what we're going to do now...

Edit: I just came back from combing the entire neighborhood for Kalvin. I only let him out for a minute & he was gone. After an hour of myself & a neighbor looking & calling him, he was back in the yard asking for dinner. :rolleye1:

 

[Musho3210]

Barbed wire

Actually, im guessing its a chain fence probably, so if you get all the necessary approval, couldn't you change the fence into something that Kalvin can't sink his paws into and climb over? I guess you could go with one of those invisible electric fence or something, but i wouldnt...

 

[Pufferpunk]

We have a HUGE yard, so fencing the whole thing with wood will be very time-consuming & expensive. Hubby is retired now, so maybe some day... In the meantime, electric/invisible fence is the best I think I can do for him. I know barbed wire wouldn't stop this Krazydog. I've been wondering why he's always bruised & cut up as it is.

 

[bpkenn]

I bought an invisible fence for my boxer, it has worked great. Since then 4 other boxers have been trained with it and I never see them test its limits.

after training, you can take the delay off the collar, and even increase the area in which the dog receives a warning/correction (i think mine has a 12' range. 6 feet in each side of the wire.

 

[JPSKI25]

The good thing about electric fences is after a few good zaps even without the collar on my dog wouldn't go near the thing. The bad thing is we had to get rid of our toaster oven because it made the same beeps the collar made to let the dog know it was to close to the fence. Everytime we used the toaster oven she would cry and go hide.

 

[Pufferpunk]

What about an insane Jack Russell Terrier? He's so bullheaded & tenacious, I wonder if it would stop him. Do you recommend one over another?

 

[bpkenn]

lol. Another thing about the electric fence, you can put it in the house if you want to keep your dog out of certain rooms. Once they see the training flags, it doesnt take much more for them to realize not to go in.

 

[bpkenn]

once he learns the warning beeps, and the perimeter of the yard, you can remove the correction delay from the collar, at that point it would be a good 12' he would have to run through while getting a correction.

Check out invisible fence, thats what my parents have. They had a trainer come out during the training process to monitor and correct issues.

 

[JPSKI25]

My dog is a psychotic shitzu so I think it would work. She was actually my sisters dog when she was trained with the fence 6 years ago, we got her 4 years ago when my sister got divorced because her husband hated her and my sister didn't have a fence in her new yard. To this day if she hears anything that remotely sounds like that beep she hides.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I don't want Kalvin to become a fearful dog. My last one was severly noise phobic & it killed her.

 

[JPSKI25]

I don't think it makes them fearful in general because freckles isn't afraid of any other noises just that beep. (oh and the vaccum)

 

[Pufferpunk]

Yeah, Kal hides under the bed at vaccuming time. I'm definately gonna have to get that "fence".

 

[JPSKI25]

Whats nice to is after they learn just having the collar on will keep him away from it even if the powers off.

 

[Brian1980]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13631195#post13631195 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pufferpunk
What about an insane Jack Russell Terrier? He's so bullheaded & tenacious, I wonder if it would stop him. Do you recommend one over another?

worked with my minpins and you know their personality.

 

[bpkenn]

The thing is, you have to train them what the beeping means, and how to respond. They get fearful and anxious if you just put a collar on them and all of the sudden they get corrected.

You flag your yard, then walk up to each flag with the dog on a lead. When you hear the beep, tell the dog "lets go" and run back into the yard. reward the dog and repeat this for 2-4 weeks, alternate flags and spots in the yard, and keep the training fun, and limit to 15 minutes or so.

None of my dogs are fearful of the yard, and they all respect the boundaries. I have not had issues with them bolting through the fence. I keep the delay on it, because occaisionally they will inch forward to get a toy when it is too close to the perimeter.

If the dog knows what to do when they get a beep, you will be fine. It's about acclimation

 

[Pufferpunk]

They get shocked, right?

 

[bpkenn]

not sure if its a true shock or what. Ive done it to myself plenty of times. It doesn't hurt or sting, but its more startling than anything.

 

[cas]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13631324#post13631324 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pufferpunk
Yeah, Kal hides under the bed at vaccuming time. I'm definately gonna have to get that "fence".

Just put the vaacum by the fence. My Australian Cattle Dog climbed two 10 foot fences at a boarding place to try to get home. One was chain link and one was wrought iron. The owner caught him eyeing another wrought iron fence both times.

 

[flamron]

I have a doberman that used to clear a 6' privacy fence with ease. He would kick off with his back feet just for fun....

I tried the shock collar - he just ran really fast through it, and traumatized him to the beep (our smoke detectors beep occasionally and scare the bejesus out of him).

What we finally did was put him on a chain. After he learned the chain, I unhooked it from the pole, but left him on it. You have to supervise him/her during this time, as you don't want them jumping and hanging themselves. I eventually just started hooking the eye hook with a small piece of chain on him. I then just took it off. It took a few months, but was a lot more effective than the electric "fence" was.

Good luck - dogs are fun, but only when they listen! LOL

Ron

 

[flamron]

Oh ya, the electric shock is like sticking a 9v on your tongue times 10....