"Dangerous" GSD containment - fence heighth etc

[Strongheart]

So for a 95lb. oversized GSD (who has NO hip problems) who enjoys climbing oak trees and is quite good at catching birds...must be contained or risk being impounded...

- how tall of a fence to keep him from going over?

- anyone have a jumper who also is a digger and what about something to keep him from digging under?

We got estimate on a 6' fence, 8' would require permit. We can get a 'coil wire' along the bottom to keep him from pulling out the chain link, or if that's not good enough, a bottom rail.

Or maybe privacy fence all around would be better idea cuz then he couldn't see what might tempt him to jump? But I think that would be so boring for a dog not to be able to see out...? and oppressive?

Thanks!

[Chicagocanine]

If it is a legal thing that he must be contained, they probably have guidelines on fence height?

Are you fencing in a whole yard or a run type area? If a run I would recommend putting a roof on it to be sure.

[Strongheart]

Yes it's a legal thing, no height guidelines though. He must be contained so there is no possibility of him getting out - period. Height guidelines is just what I'm looking for based on what a bunch of GSD peeps think is the highest the dude could hop.

I did see on a wolf containment site that we could take the old chain link mesh and hook to the new mesh and bury that under the soil a bit:
http://www.inetdesign.com/wolfdunn/c...digguards.html

but 6' ok? don't know if we'd be allowed to get taller. Yes we need to re-fence the whole danged yard. It only has a 4' fence. Bleh...

[Fodder]

personally, i'd think that a dog who is a climber could get over a 6' fence quite easily (at least i had a shepherd who could). perhaps you could install the highest fencing allowed along with an invisible face about a foot or two from the fence.

are there any special requirements as to the type of fence? (chain, wood, iron, mesh, etc...)

[Strongheart]

No specifics, just that he be securely contained with no possibility of getting out. Do invisible fences really work?

[GSDElsa]

"No possibility getting out" probably means that you're going to have to fence your yard and then put up a chain link kennel with a roof as well.

6' fence is something a GSD could get over (seen the videos myself).

[Fodder]

i've never used one myself... but i've known people to have good luck with them. with anything else, there are pros, cons, and certain brands that are better than others.

in any situation, i don't feel comfortable using an invisible fence on its own - but i'd think in your situation - the combo would work well as dual enforcement.

i also don't think of a privacy fence as being boring or oppressive. if anything, it can serve as stressful for a lot of dogs and speaking for my dogs - the more they can see, the more likely they'd be to bark or charge the fence. right now i have no issues with any of that.

[Strongheart]

Like I said, we have a 4' chain link that he can leap over without even touching.

We may not be able to get a permit for anything over 6'. We have a really nice kennel, 2 AKC ones with the tarp cover, but he can knock those over he's so darn big and powerful. But maybe we could get a few more of those and since they are modular, make them into one large kennel he could run around in and put a real roof on it and also anchor them into the ground somehow. Might be cheaper than the fence estimate we got today.

Hmmm...

[ahlamarana]

You could try a coyote roller: http://www.coyoteroller.com/home

[arycrest]

An athletic GSD can easily go over a 6' fence if so inclined. Since your guy can climb trees, I doubt that an 8' fence would keep him in if he got a bee in his bonnet to go over. I agree that you need some type of heavy gage wire top on a heavy gage wire kennel to prevent an escape artist from scaling a fenced in area.

My sister's tree climbing GSD was contained by using a double fence. An outter regular style 4' farm fence. The inner fence was an electric wire fence with several strands of wire. Of course when the electricity went out, the electric fence was ineffective.

BEST OF LUCK!!!