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Dog Keeps Escaping Fenced Yard?

We recently adopted an approximately 2 year old neutered male miniature Australian Shepherd. I am about at my wit's end with him! After coming home to find chewed things and poo a couple of times, we decided to let him out into our fenced back yard while we were away from the house.

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He has consistently managed to get out of the back yard every time we've been away. We've plugged up every hole in the fence we could find. There is another dog out there with him (an older, much larger dog that he has known pretty much all his life). We make sure he has food and water before we leave.

As long as someone is out there watching, he's a perfect little angel, but the minute we have our backs turned, he escapes somehow. I don't want to chain him up, as there are days we're gone 7:30 am to 6:00 pm. I can't leave him inside or he chews everything up and leaves messes on the carpet. I can't let him outside because he escapes. I don't know what to do!

By Camilla North

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September 27, 20121 found this helpful
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Glad that you care because this can be resolved in time. For now, sounds like he really needs to be with you at all times. He has been uprooted from everything he knows. He is afraid and trying for familiar things. It will take time for him to adjust. Do not tie him as this often results in hanging death.

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For less than 30 dollars you may wish to buy an electric fence. Little more for wire and stakes. Normally avoided method but if he is unsafe out there, he must stay home. If only he could stay at your side all the time, that would fix the problem.

Another thing he desperately needs is exercise. He is a herder by nature and high activity animal. Jogger in the family? Play ball. swimming. Any physical activity would help, especially if he is with family. You get to wear him out then love him to pieces. He will then be very happy to relax at home, safe and warm.

 
December 17, 20160 found this helpful

Where can u find a electric fence for $30.00 because " everyone I have seen was well over $100.00 let alone $30.00 . Please ,Please, please tell me where or how to get one for the price u said. I have a 180 lbs American bull dog that's the biggest Houdini I have ever seen, lol but we love her and don't want her to get hit by a car or stolen, so if u can tell me where to get one that inexpensive, that will be a blessing from u and from God.

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Thank u for your help if u can!!!!

 
September 28, 20121 found this helpful
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Ah, you have a Houdini. So do I, so you have my sympathies. How is your dog getting out? Over or under the fence? Either way, I suggest running an electric wire at the top of the fence, and the bottom. That should catch the dog however he tries to get out. The top wire you might want to put a bit above the fence, not right at the boards.

Also, does he have toys to play with in the yard? Shade and water, perhaps a dog house for upcoming cold weather? What about hiring a pet sitter to come play with him for an hour or so during the day? Good luck, I know where you are coming from with this. <--signed, the owner of a very aggravating, sneaky Houdini.

 
September 27, 20120 found this helpful

With no dis-respect but whatever are you thinking to have dogs left to their own devices for all these hours every day. And do you really think any animal can wait all this time for you to arrive home and let them out?

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Research the dogs breed before you decide to own one. This poor creature is lonely and frustrated little wonder he would like to escape and find his 'forever" home.

 

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