Can you stand one more dog/fence story?
Our Pyr stopped trying to climb the fence at about 4 yrs. That's when he
discovered digging was more fun. Besides we just kept make the fence
higher.
He's been able to open any gate latch since
about 6 months. We just keep padlocks on all latches. They don't have to
be locked but have to be positioned so he can't 'tip' them open and knock
them off. He know by sight which ones are doable and can tip a padlock
off faster than I can get to him.
But to stop the digging, hubby
buried cinder blocks at the points of interest along the fence
line. That lasted about 6 months. Buddy dug between the
blocks.
Hubby buried railroad ties on top of the
blocks along the fence line. Buddy found two places where the ties did
not butt against each other and they left a tiny space that I still
don't know how he squeezed through.
We strung a hot wire about elbow
(Buddy's) high on the inside fence line. He never touched it that we
know of, but I saw him watching our short hair dog take a hit right after
installation. Testing it myself, I would have left it alone if I were
them.
When we did yard work we turned off the juice,
Buddy was always watching. A couple times the wires lost power and he
knew immediately. I think he had his yard mate testing the wire for
him.
Fortunately we live in a small town, and
getting out meant he walked around town. I heard he took the path we
follow on our walks. I make him walk at the edge of the road, not in the
yards, and he kept to that when on his own!
I feel I'm lucky Buddy puts up with our antics
and interferring with his life. He's smarter than most people I know, and very
observant.