Posted: 4/11/2011 6:16:00 PM EDT
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We have two Boxers...Laredo (M) and Layla (F). They're both fixed. We had Laredo 1st, picked him up as a rescue, we got Layla last winter (also a rescue). She picked up a habit of finding the low shops in our 50 year old backyard fence and hopping over, going around through the neighbor’s yard, and sitting at the driveway gate waiting to be let in. No big dear. We’d find the hole, plug it then she’d find another in a week or two. We cleared the fence rows in the back, put up welded wire fencing to reinforce and make the fence higher; you’d swear we took the damn thing down. Spent two weekends and 200.00 in supplies to reinforce the fence, 15 MINUTES after we went dinner, she got out again. No holes, no weak spots we can find.
Today she got out TWICE and the 2nd time Laredo decided to go with. I was working in the neighborhood so I was able to come home. He had gotten back into our yard and was sitting there with this “HI, I didn’t do nufin” look on his face. I’m ready to pull my hair out. How do you stop a dog from climbing, jumping, transporting themselves out of a fence? |
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I had a Lab that would put his nose under a chained link fence and crawl to freedom. I had to spend hundreds in cabling to keep him in. The quickest and least expensive I could recommend would be an ecollar and under ground wiring. Boxers are very intelligent and athletic which you have TWO of lol . Our Corso could easily scale a 6 foot fence so we upgraded last year to 8 feet. |
| You could try an e-collar and watch them for a day. Every time they try to escape, fry them. If you do this, make sure they have their collars on for a few days before so they don't think the punishment comes from the collar. Otherwise they will get smart and know that when the collar is not on, nothing will happen. |
Pics of said Boxers? 
I agree with the E-collar. I zapped my boxer 3 times in his life in regards to the boundries of the yard, he learned real quick. Haven't used a collar on him since he was about a year old and the back yard isn't fenced in at all and he is only allowed up to a certain line on the cement drive way. |
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I had a Lab that would put his nose under a chained link fence and crawl to freedom. I had to spend hundreds in cabling to keep him in. The quickest and least expensive I could recommend would be an ecollar and under ground wiring. Boxers are very intelligent and athletic which you have TWO of lol . Our Corso could easily scale a 6 foot fence so we upgraded last year to 8 feet. mine did the same..... I have about 40 yards of fence that he was doing it on so I drove in those long gutter nails with wire attatched at the top and hooked it to the bottom of the fence. Three stakes spaced between each post kept it tight enough to stop him. |
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We have two Boxers...Laredo (M) and Layla (F). They're both fixed. We had Laredo 1st, picked him up as a rescue, we got Layla last winter (also a rescue). She picked up a habit of finding the low shops in our 50 year old backyard fence and hopping over, going around through the neighbor’s yard, and sitting at the driveway gate waiting to be let in. No big dear. We’d find the hole, plug it then she’d find another in a week or two. We cleared the fence rows in the back, put up welded wire fencing to reinforce and make the fence higher; you’d swear we took the damn thing down. Spent two weekends and 200.00 in supplies to reinforce the fence, 15 MINUTES after we went dinner, she got out again. No holes, no weak spots we can find. Today she got out TWICE and the 2nd time Laredo decided to go with. I was working in the neighborhood so I was able to come home. He had gotten back into our yard and was sitting there with this “HI, I didn’t do nufin” look on his face. I’m ready to pull my hair out. How do you stop a dog from climbing, jumping, transporting themselves out of a fence? Why is every boxer female named layla or some variation? Ours is named Laila!!!!! |
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Quoted: Quoted: I had a Lab that would put his nose under a chained link fence and crawl to freedom. I had to spend hundreds in cabling to keep him in. The quickest and least expensive I could recommend would be an ecollar and under ground wiring. Boxers are very intelligent and athletic which you have TWO of lol . Our Corso could easily scale a 6 foot fence so we upgraded last year to 8 feet. mine did the same..... I have about 40 yards of fence that he was doing it on so I drove in those long gutter nails with wire attatched at the top and hooked it to the bottom of the fence. Three stakes spaced between each post kept it tight enough to stop him. EXACTLY!!!! I used rebar bent into candy cane shapes and drove those in. I also used coated cable attached at the bottom of each post and then a tensioner to pull them tight. Lots of work and $$$$ |