FINALLY! fencing in the yard... - Page 1

Im sure some of you on here have heard me b!$chin about not having a fenced in yard...a real pain when you have a GSD...and i felt so bad for boss, not have as much freedom as i think he should have..all i had before was his 10 " 15" ft kennel, so i had to stay outside with him while he had playtime in the yard, and keep him on a leash most the time...

well...last weekend we finally started putting a fence up and we are almost done...now ill be able to let him run around his yard all day while im in and out of the house...(pretty large area....not sure how big but it's taking at least 450 ft of fence)...I plan to only kennel him at night and while i am gone from the house...

I'm having one problem with it tho...the ground, of course, is not completly level, so the fence (the square wire kind) is not as secure and tight at the bottom (in some ares) as i'd like...im worried he will escape.....

so.. does anyone have any suggestion on what could be put at the bottom of the fence to secure it to the ground?..something that would help block digging and squeezing out of high spots?

Get Boss a girlfriend and he'll never want to leave....

Depends on how much you want to spend.   One fairly easy and quick thing would be fun an electric fence around about 1-foot from the ground.  That would keep your smaller dog in too.  I've known people to use the invisable fence inside a yard fence also.

animules...

i was just thinking about that.....we actually already have an old electric fence system here already, my DH's grandpa use to have goats here a few years ago...but he got rid of the goats so when the system stopped working no one bothered to try and fix it....ill have my DH look at it see if it's fixable...

Couldn't you just partially bury the fence in the ground?  Or do a better job of matching it to the grade of the ground. 

Does the dog seem prone to digging/running?  Or are you just pre-emptorily concerned?

ol'line-->>>Does the dog seem prone to digging/running?  Or are you just pre-emptorily concerned?<<<<

no, he has never tried to leave the yard, i have him out unleashed alot, but only when im outside with him...but i wouldn't trust him not to take off after a stray cat, or rabbits...he had one spot he tried to dig out in his kennel long ago, but i just stuck a large rock down in the hole and he's never tried to dig out since...but this fence is alot more flexiable than his kennel (the kennel is chain link panels)..so im worried these low or loose spots would be to tempting for him.

the fence would end up being to short if i buried it, but if the ele. fence ends up not working, i will possiable buy a few rolls of the 2ft high fence, bury most of it and attach it to the bottom of the exsisting fence...

the fence is as close to the ground and pulled as tight as possiabe without making the top line wave...but the yard goes to a gradual  downward slope and the bottom of the fence is touching the ground, just not as secure in some areas that i would like it to be....also this is an area of land that we recently cleared out (last summer) and there was large trees removed...some spots are low where a tree once was. i know i could fix some by bringing dirt in, but he might dig that out...i just want to make it all as secure as possiable....i have also thought about pouring cement along the bottom but that would probably take alot of cement and im not sure how it would 'look"....(maybe if i poured the cement then cover it with dirt?)

im sure i will find a way to fix it, not that complicated of a problem, im just open for any and all suggestion you guys may have...my hubby is worried about 'looks' and cost...lol...im just worried about security of the dog...

A hot wire is a lot cheaper and your old one might just need a relay.   New units are cheaper than fencing.

Make sure the dog cannot get tangled in a hot wire some of them can do alot of damage, even kill a pup.

Once the dog knows its there you wont have a problem.

Oh and let him discover it on his own, dont let him think you had anything to do with his getting bit. 

From my experience it works well.

My Yette was bad for finding a loose spot and digging a bit then squeezing under it. Luckily I live in the country and she only seemed to do it when I had her in the yard and I was doing something outside of the yard. She just wanted to be where I was.... so I took wooden rails (suppose pipe would work) that were heavy and wired them to the posts, then I used baling twine (its plastic, flexible, lasts a long time) and wound it through the chainlink then under the rail, through the chainlink etc.It worked great to keep her in....