need help.. Dogs and electric fences..

[Coyote machine]

Wow! That was an impressive amount of examples of electric fencing at work!:thumbsup:
As to the weed-eating, get a goat and chain it just far enough from the fence that it can eat the fence climbing grass but it won't get caught on the house. I picture your house suspended on a single pole under which is the goat attached to a swivel chain that turns with the movement of the goat. Hence no entanglement.

I was suggesting an invisible fence type setup- one that you buy the components to and install yourself. The big ticket cost is having a salesperson/installer do the job for you. I've repaired and lengthened our invisible fence brand original fence with parts off the net and avoided the ridiculous fees charged to do install or repair of the fence. You can buy 500 foot rolls of the in ground wire and all components for reasonable cost and do it yourself.
Google something like dog containment system parts/components.
And to alleviate the grass at the fence and weed eating issues put the fence at about 1.5- 1.789' above the ground on the fence.

 

[thatguy]

UPDATE - My sister was so worried about 'what if's' she nixed the electric fence AND the invisible fence for various reasons..

We ended up putting 2x6" boards along the bottom of the fence between the fence posts held in place with rebar driven in the ground. .. As long as the dogs dont start digging it should work OK.. We leveled out the ground so it had a tight fit against the fence..

If they start digging we are going to put bury some chicken wire in the ground at the boards..

Thanks for all the help..


Brian

 

[CurlyDave]

UPDATE - My sister was so worried about 'what if's' she nixed the electric fence AND the invisible fence for various reasons..

We ended up putting 2x6" boards along the bottom of the fence between the fence posts held in place with rebar driven in the ground. .. As long as the dogs dont start digging it should work OK.. We leveled out the ground so it had a tight fit against the fence..

If they start digging we are going to put bury some chicken wire in the ground at the boards...

Why do I think you are starting a battle of wits with a pair of dogs?

My experience has been that if a dog wants out, it is going to get out of a fence. Digging, climbing, and persuading a neighborhood kid to open the gate are all common.

 

[MicroPilot]

Remember, While we humans have things to do during the day to occupy our time, all the dog has to occupy its time is working on getting through, over, or under the fence.

 

[Soundguy]

UPDATE - My sister was so worried about 'what if's' she nixed the electric fence AND the invisible fence for various reasons..

We ended up putting 2x6" boards along the bottom of the fence between the fence posts held in place with rebar driven in the ground. .. As long as the dogs dont start digging it should work OK.. We leveled out the ground so it had a tight fit against the fence..

If they start digging we are going to put bury some chicken wire in the ground at the boards..

Thanks for all the help..


Brian

IMHO.. you might as well go buy the chicken wire.. you've started down the slope now.

if you areen't going to practice premption.. then you are going to spend alot of time and money on makingh a tight fence.

soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

I have dealt with electric fence now for 35 years on 3 different farms. One farm was a boarding stable with 55 horses. I have been shocked countless times. I have seen horses shocked hundreds of times (with and without metal shoes). Dogs shocked many times. We have had our fence run through by deer more times than I could even count. Nothing suffered or died here.This is a terrible thing to say that animals can die a miserable death from an electric fence when it is simply an untruth.

I agree 100%.. just havn't seen it happen.. or heard of it happen, outside this thread...

I live in farm area, and gre up in farm area... Like I told the poster.. before I had a fence checker.. we always just brushed our hands against the fence real quick to test it...



soundguy

 

[deerefan]

We have put concrete footings under fences to keep the dog from digging, extendng out 6" on either side of the fence going down 18". As far as I know, the dogs could not escape. As for the electric fence, I have 30 acres or so fenced and cross fenced under one and have never had an animal die from it. I will say it hurts real bad when you are sweaty and accidentally touch it, but it did not kill me. They make all types, even one that runs on D batteries.

 

[dmccarty]

... So we got an invisible fence setup. On this particular model the collar would emit a tone to warn the dog before the shock. It worked well for the first couple of weeks. Then Titan got out again. The battery in the collar was dead. Now this battery was a high output photo flash type. About $6.00 each. So I put a new battery in the collar. This kept him in the yard about 1 week, then out again! Checked the battery and it was dead. Another 6 bucks for another new battery. This one lasted less than a week. It thought the collar was defective, but then I noticed Titan sitting near the fence one day. I watched carefully and he would patrol the fence staying about 3 feet away. He had figured out that when the collar stopped making noise, because the battery was dead, it was OK to jump the fence!!!

We had a dog named Chase. My nickname for her was Lady because she was a Lady. :thumbsup: Lady kept getting out of electric fence and the wifey could not figure out how. The batter would be dead so a new expensive battery was installed. This went on for a couple of battery changes. :laughing: I forgot who saw Lady in escape mode, the wife or the neighbors, but Lady would run along the fence waiting for the beep to stop. No beep and she was FREE!

Miss Lady I do.

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

Why do I think you are starting a battle of wits with a pair of dogs?

My experience has been that if a dog wants out, it is going to get out of a fence. Digging, climbing, and persuading a neighborhood kid to open the gate are all common.

:laughing::thumbsup: In our city house we had a four foot tall chain link fence in the back yard. My GSD would dig near the fence. I do not think she wanted out but was bored. She was NOT a dog that would run away. I left the gate open one afternoon. That evening I let her outside and a few minutes later I heard a bark at the front door. Twas Kelly sitting there saying, "Hey dummy, you left the gate open.<tail wag> <tail wag>"

I had to put chicken wire on the ground along the fence to stop her digging though.

The neighbor kids would pet her over the fence so the Kelly could not wear a collar. A very high chance she would get hung up on the fence and strangle.

Then the gate had to be locked because the neighbor's kids would come into the yard to play with Kelly. Scared of a ferocious GSD they were. NOT. Course she was not vicious. Unless she needed to be. :thumbsup:

I miss Kelly. Best Dog Ever.

Later,
Dan