Re: [pyrnet] HELP -- Need fencing advice

["Chrissy McConnell" <chrissy_mcconnell@hotmail.com>]

Have you considered using a strand or two of electric wire to deter him from 
climbing?  It sounds harsh to some, but for some has been necessary.

Chrissy


>Around here, we call it cattle wire, but it's the same thing.  Our pasture
>is fenced with this, and it's held horses, goats, and Pyrs, EXCEPT of
>course, Baron.  You see, no 4' high fence can hold him -- he's up and over
>in a heartbeat.  But everyone else is fine with this arrangement, and
>doesn't even show an inclination to dig under it.
>
>Our yard is also fenced, with 4' high board fencing that's lined with
>"anti-climb" wire.  This is a wire with 2" x 4" welded squares.  The idea
>is that it's narrow enough that the dogs can't get a good foot hold to
>climb it.  Once again, this works well for all the dogs, except Baron.  He
>just doesn't have ANY respect for fences.  Needless to say, he is under
>constant supervision when he's in the yard.  He's generally a house dog
>anyway, but while we're at work, he does get put into a run.  The run is
>fully roofed, with chainlink panels on three sides, and a solid wooden wall
>on the fourth.  The top and bottoms of the chainlink panels have all been
>tie-wrapped, to take all the slack out of the fencing.  This way, he's not
>encouraged to push at the wire and attempt to get out.
>
><<Oh and the pen is not going to kill your dogs, being uncontained just
>might.>>
>
>How true this is!  Actually, as long as our guys have a chance to burn off
>some of the excess energy, they have no objections being in a pen.
>Actually, it's funny to see Baron sleeping in the large crate we have in
>the sun room.  The door will be open, and he could be anywhere he wants to
>be in the house, but he prefers the crate.
>
>
>--- Robyn Allwright
>--- ziffanyrobyn@earthlink.net
>--- Ziffany Great Pyrenees
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