Anybody got some good tip on how to dog proof a wooden privacy fence?
Dog is a mini dauschund that likes to dig.
My 4 year old son has been dismantling the fence piece by piece since we moved in a month ago since the exisitng fence is wood and is kind of paper thin now.
Want to replace with 6′ privacy fence, no chain link here, more of a wooden guy.
Jim
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Electric fence with a shock collar is the way to go. I will not take more than 2 zaps for the dog to learn not to leave the yard.
Electric fences frequently won't work with many dog breeds. For some the hunt instinct or nose are too powerful to be overcome. As a result, they will take the shock to follow their instincts to chase, hunt or follow a smell. Once the dog is out of the yard, they are intelligent enough to know that to get back in, they'll have to be shocked again. I don't know what "family" Dachshunds are from, but if they have a history of scent tracking, their nose may overpower fence deterrence. The nose can also overpower awareness of cars bearing down on them once they are out of the yard.Also, Dachshunds can be tasty treats for the roving dog. Electric fences will do nothing to keep other dogs out.We have beagles, which are notorious for ignoring the shock and running after rabbits, squirrels, etc. We have a 5' fence to keep them in and stepping stones at the base to prevent digging. You can also lay chicken wire at the base and cover with mulch (if you are not willing to wait for the grass to grow through).The last thing is . . . why is the dog digging in the first place? Generally it's because they are bored.Jason
Also, is your dog spayed? If not, relying on an electric fence may result in a beautiful litter of dachsund-great dane pups!
I cut pieces of 4x4 concrete reinforcing mesh and simply laid them on the ground at the base of the fence. There's been no digging attempt since then.
No such thing as a dog-proof fence, unless you go down at least a foot below ground with concrete or steel.
Shock collar but don't get the ones that shock the shid out of em'. They have ones that have several real low settings that feel pretty much like static electricity. Its just annoying to them...then you can set it a hair higher if necessary. I tried using them with my dog but with all the construction I kept doing outside I kept cutting the wire so I gave up but while I did have it I tried it on my own neck before before I put it on Chakra. Setting one was just a beep..setting two I didn't feel a thing...setting three was like static electricity..setting four was a tad stronger but nothing horrible, just enough to make you very uncomfortable. Setting five almost had me jump out of my shoes...lol. Can't imagine who'd use setting five???
My neighbor installe dit for their new little dog and that little rat will go right near the open front gate but NEVER goes out even if you call it...pretty impressive.
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In the end turning the shock collar all the way up will teach the dog faster. Usually after being shocked only once or twice the dog will never go near the boundary again, which is the point.Don't make the do uncomfortable. Make him downright hurt. It's more humane to shock him a few times that have him get hit by a car and get seriously hurt or die.Or not.
I'm with the others on the electric collar. We have two big labs that can jump/climb the 6' fence so I attached the elec wire about 1.5' from the bottom of the fence.
I set it to produce a loud beep and small shock when they get about 2' away from the fence. This has worked for 3 years now.
Below is a link to the one I have. I would not go cheaper, they don't last and they can't be adjusted as much.
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Dunno bout the shock collar, its a little bitty dog, it's the wife's dog and them collars don't look purty enough for a girl dog.
Sigh........
Dunno bout the shock collar, its a little bitty dog, it's the wife's dog and them collars don't look purty enough for a girl dog.<<
Paint it pink.
You can use it just to train them...after several months they really don't need to use it anymore cause they don't really realize its the collar necassarily..I think its the location they become more aware of to keep the shock from happening.
They have different size one for different size dogs..do a Google search or tie the bidtch up...lol
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I suggest land mines. We have a terrier crossed with Steve McQueen who has dug holes under our fence where no holes should be. Fence is sunk two feet underground, with concrete foundation. Wild blackberries grow rampant on our fence. Still, he digs under the damned fence. We have plugged said holes with 20 lb. cinder blocks. He moves the freakin' cinder blocks. We've added more cinder blocks. We think there's a rogue contingent of engineers that comes over to help him move the cinder blocks. We've wedged the cinder blocks. He's dug new holes around them. We've added more cinder blocks. See above. Land mines, I tell ya!
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I bet the mexicans have dogs like that.
Could be -- I know I've been threatening to turn the little devil into burritos.
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Aha! Now I know where at least one of Owl's littermates wound up--at your place.
Today he undermined and pulled out three 50-lb chunks of granite from the bottom of the retaining wall of the east garden bed. I caught him at it and told him, NO!, then worried the rocks back into place best I could before the whole frickin' wall collapsed, then dropped concrete blocks into the holes in front of them and covered those with 18" patio tiles.
He pulled off the tiles, yanked out the concrete blocks, enlarged the holes some more, and has dragged those 50 pounders 7 feet. The wall is collapsing as I write....
In the morning, I'm gonna put down metal lathe and hook it to the 220.
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As far as the digging is concerned, here's a technique used for pigs (who also dig). Buy some wire fencing (that 2x4" mesh would do for your dog) and bury it flat in front of the fence. Any time the dog digs down within a few feet of the fence, he hits the wire a few inches down. If you buy the green vinyl-coated stuff, you can just tack it down and the grass will hide it in a year or two.