dog tunneling under chain link fence

Actually if you secure a length of barbed wire on the ground or just below
loosely attaching it to the fence every 3 feet so it sort of loops into your
yard. The dog will rip his paws when he tries to dig. He will stop unless he's
really stupid.
I've also been told a rich dressing of garden lime along the fence will work.
Again a really dumb dog will dig through lime like it isn't there.

Posted by on November 25, 2006, 9:27 am

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:59:11 -0800, garyrichards@home.com wrote:

>>Any ideas to secure the bottom edges of the chain link fence? New-to-us

>>dog tunneled under the brand new fence and bolted. The mister thinks we

>>should have the fence guy come back and secure pipe at the bottom of the

>>fence from post to post, clipping the fence to the pipe as along the

>>top. I'm not convinced this will solve the tunneling problem, just slow

>>the progress. I'm thinking some kind of metal edging that can be sunk

>>12" or so below ground, with a few inches remaining above to cover any

>>gap between ground and fence. If we were to go with this metal edging

>>idea, what kind of metal, and from whom do I procure it?

>>Any other ideas? For the time being, dog goes on a 40' tether on one of

>>those screw in stakes, just to run around the $1200 "fenced in" yard. Grr...

>Actually if you secure a length of barbed wire on the ground or just below

>loosely attaching it to the fence every 3 feet so it sort of loops into your

>yard. The dog will rip his paws when he tries to dig. He will stop unless he's

>really stupid.

I have never known a dog that wasnt really stupid.

>I've also been told a rich dressing of garden lime along the fence will work.

>Again a really dumb dog will dig through lime like it isn't there.

There are only 3 real solutions.
1. Pour concrete in the whole fenced in area.
2. Cover all the ground with heavy steel sheets inside fence.
3. Shoot the dog.

I'd do #3 myself !!!!

Mans best friend is any animal that is NOT a dog !

Posted by hallerb@aol.com on November 24, 2006, 6:00 pm

fence guy can run cable all along bottom of fence, but doggie can still
dig under fence:(

Posted by on November 24, 2006, 6:40 pm

dkhedmo wrote:

> Any ideas to secure the bottom edges of the chain link fence? New-to-us

> dog tunneled under the brand new fence and bolted. The mister thinks we

> should have the fence guy come back and secure pipe at the bottom of the

> fence from post to post, clipping the fence to the pipe as along the

> top. I'm not convinced this will solve the tunneling problem, just slow

> the progress. I'm thinking some kind of metal edging that can be sunk

> 12" or so below ground, with a few inches remaining above to cover any

> gap between ground and fence. If we were to go with this metal edging

> idea, what kind of metal, and from whom do I procure it?

> Any other ideas? For the time being, dog goes on a 40' tether on one of

> those screw in stakes, just to run around the $1200 "fenced in" yard. Grr...

> -Karen-

I have a white Golden Retriever/German Sheperd mix that does that. One
day, I saw her digging so fast that about all you could see was a
steady stream of dirt flying through the air with an occasional glimpse
of white fur. I just stood there and watched her for a minute waiting
to see if she would realize I was watching.

Finally, I yelled at her and she looked up at me and I looked at her
and she looked at me. For a moment we just stood there looking at each
other. Then finally, she took her nose and shoved two small scoups of
dirt back in the hole and casually walked off as though nothing had
happened.

I filled the hole with some dirt and big rocks and that's been the
routine ever since. I think I have finally won the battle of wills now
since she doesn't dig under the fence much anymore. That's one small
step for man and one giant leap for mankind, I think. Now she digs in
any bare spots she can find in the middle of the backyard and I
dutifully fill them in whenever she does, but the problem with digging
under the fence seems to have been solved.

Posted by Fred Wilson on November 24, 2006, 7:12 pm

Of course all here is just recommendations without guarantee but I did
do the following for a full size German Shepard.

I dug a very shallow trench maybe 2 to 3 inches deep about 10 inches
wide from the fence back into the yard.

Then I affixed hog wire fence to the bottom of the existing fence ran it
down to the ground and bent it back toward me to lay flat in the bottom
of the shallow trench I made.

Then I covered the trench with the sod I took out, kept it watered so it
would grow.

The dog tried to dig in three or four spots and gave up. Never tried to
dig again other than a hole right through the solid core door. (An
intruder got into the house and she was not going to have it.) Ripped
the pocket right off the guy with some underwear. Nice thing about it,
it was the pocket with his wallet. Very easy catch.

dkhedmo wrote: