My dog can jump over my 4ft. chain link fence. What can I do to keep her contained?
By kim from Nashville, TN
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Raise the fence 2 feet. It isn't that hard or expensive to do. The dog also shouldn't be left outside alone so long they're interested in running away. It's a poor life to be that lonely.
If you exercised the dog for 1-2 hours a day by jogging and walking fast with them; they'd happily be too tired to want to jump and run away. The dog would also get enough mental stimulation from all the sights, sounds and smells of a walk they'd be even less interested in running.
Excercise doesn't make the least but if difference for an adventurous dog. We walk a mile to the dog park, play for 2 hours, walk a mile back home, and dog will still have the urge to jump.
Not necessarily. Mine jumped the fence for the first time last night. Ive had her for a year. Shes about 3 years old and shes spayed. I can remember when she was afraid of everything and could not imagine her jumping the fence. You can give some dogs all the attention in the world and walk them for miles and they will STILL jump the fence. Mine also did not jump back over the fence. She scratched on the front door. She also will not go to people and hasnt been around many dogs because she acts frightened when she is around them. Shes just curious is all. Im just afraid she is going to get herself into something she cannot get out of. I walk her but she spooks easily and have had her get away on our walk to find her at home in the front yard.
I watch a show called the Dog Whisper and one family had the same problem and he used a plastic mat by the fence that gave off a small charge when he stepped on it, just enough to startle them. The mat was about 20-30 feet long and maybe a foot wide. He did say that someone other than you lay the mat down, so there is none of your scent on it.
Make a small extension of the fence that slants toward the yard and that will keep the dog from climbing or jumping over.
Extend the fence.
My dog can be put in the back yard for a few minutes and she goes directly to the area of the fence that she can climb over. I have since fixed the fence, but it does not stop her from trying. No matter how much excercise she gets, she still wants to be out on her own.
Karyn
RE: Keeping Dogs from Jumping Fence
Raise the fence 2 feet. It isn't that hard or expensive to do. The dog also shouldn't be left outside alone so long they're interested in running away. It's a porr life to be that lonely.
If you exercised the dog for 1-2 hours a day by jogging and walking fast with them; they'd happily be too tired to want to jump and run away. The dog would also get enough mental stimulation from all the sights, sounds and smells of a walk they'd be even less interested in running.
Try tying lots of colored balloons with SHORT string to the fence. It might work. Fill them pretty full so t hey will pop when the dog gets in contact with them.
I would probably consider investing in a humane e-collar to curb the jumping from leerburg.com. That if none of these other things worked. Also at leerburg.com I would look at the webpage and put dog jumps fence into the searchbar.
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