DIY Dog Fence for the Houdini Dog

[nsh]

Hello all, I have a Husky mix that I have to have fenced in. She gets into trouble with other critters when she’s free. At my parents house I’ve built a fence and even put in above ground wire along the bottom of fence line to TRY to prevent her from digging under the fence. This worked for a while, but now she’s either chewing or digging at the ground wire until it breaks open, and then she digs a hole under the fence and escapes. The ground wire I have is Chicken wire, the actual fence is actually horse fencing about 5’ high.

So, the current fence is surrounding my parents house and they want me to build a fence around my house (few 100 yards down the hill). What can I do to improve my fence construction so Houdini Dog can’t get out? She’s capable of getting through very small holes. she’s about 50lbs, but her body is like a worm and very flexible.

I’ve thought about renting a trencher to dig a trench and start with the wire about a foot or two under ground. However, I have to do this myself and I’m thinking that may be too much. I also need a big area around my house because I like my dogs to have plenty of room to run, so a wireless collar won’t work, plus I think she would run through it.

Any ideas?

[Jumper_girl221]

Honestly the only thing I’ve found that works is the wireless fence. I had the underground, didnt’ do anything (I did trench it). Either the dog dug through it, or the moles did.

The wireless fences expand to a pretty large area, I have 2 and where they overlap is a ‘dead’ zone so I have an oval area for them to run around on. Keeps both the beagle and the hound dog inside…they either jump or dig out of a “real” fence.

[wood_snake]

Can you run a hot wire around the bottom of the fence? My neighbors do this to keep their escape artist goat from digging a hole and sliding under the fence. ( yes, really.)

I don’t love the idea of shocking a dog but it’s basically what the invisible fencing does I think.

[Blume_Farm]

Really electric is going to be your friend. A little harder in such a thick coated dog. i ran electric wire on the top and bottom of my fence. has kept my houdini in.

[jawa]

For a determined escapee, HOT electric fencing.

[Guin]

Slippery solid vinyl fencing, not wire for her to get her claws on.

[RackNRoll]

Hang an underground fence wire on your existing fence. Buy the stubborn dog collar and adjust the shock zone so the dog gets shocked if it gets within 6 feet of the fence.

This prevents digging under, climbing or jumping over, chewing through, and ‘fence fighting’ through the fence. Best solution I’ve found. Having the wire on your existing fence makes inspection and repair easy.

[msj]

[QUOTE=RackNRoll;7782144]
Hang an underground fence wire on your existing fence. Buy the stubborn dog collar and adjust the shock zone so the dog gets shocked if it gets within 6 feet of the fence.

This prevents digging under, climbing or jumping over, chewing through, and ‘fence fighting’ through the fence. Best solution I’ve found. Having the wire on your existing fence makes inspection and repair easy.[/QUOTE]

Wow, that’s a great idea!

I’ve been lucky with the Invisible Fence for all but 2 dogs over the 24 yrs I’ve been at the farm. The one dog didn’t care if he got shocked and it literally burned holes in his neck. I found a wonderful home for him with 4+ greyhounds in a wire fenced yard.

The other dog was a shelter dog and I leashed him to walk but would tie him for short pds of time if it was a nice day. I had him for 3 months and he made the mistake one day of growling and snapping when I went to bring him in. He went back to the shelter immediately. I might have accepted that from him when he first came but not after 3 months.