Fences And Escaping Dogs

[dlmckay]

At least it is a reasoned better thought out reason than some of te objections you hear

Believe you me, a lot of thought goes into this dog! Because of her issues and her fears, I could make a situation a whole lot worse by approaching it the wrong way! I like to get lots of opinions and viewpoints, discuss it a while and then go with a plan of action. I've come a very, very long way with this dog and I'm not about to undo all my hard work by kneejerking!

All the help and advice is very much appreciated by all parties

Diana x

[Koza]

Looking at picture... if you put Innotek there, he probably won't come to this part of backyard at all, as you would need about 50-70 sm radius zone for a reliable signal, and that's about half of the run... There are interferences in the corners, too, the signal may disappear or double, so you would look at organizing them another space to run.

Another though... it was on a Dr Harry's segment recently. The dog may feel better if he can see what's happening on the other side of the fence. Maybe it could make sense to make a few "vieing holes" in the solid fence? I remember that he advised in another programm to make a whole "viewing platform" for a BC, so he could sit there and watch the surroundings far and about... and that stopped all jumping and digging.

Edited May 16, 2005 by Koza

[dlmckay]

Well, that's strange news to me! The only fence she can't see through is the unpainted one, but they can see around either side of it - the dogs can get under the deck and see over the retaining wall, but not fit through the gap and where it abuts the brown fence, there's a gap there too. The brown fence is made up of vertical slats with gaps between, so that's fully see-throughable too!

Notwithstanding any of that, they only have to go to the gate on the deck to see what's happening all around!

I think Dr Harry may have been stumped with my dog!

Diana