Fence height-How high should a fence be for my dog???
I was told when I adopted her she likes to escape so I won't let her off the leash and she hates the cable run I put up for her. She gets tangled in it. 
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| If she likes to escape I'd make it a 6 foot fence. Every individual dog is soooo different. My boy hates to be away from us and I think a little 3 foot fence would be ok for him. But we've had fosters in the past that I wouldn't let out unless the fence was quite tall and very secure. The love to run goes very deep! |
We went with a 6 ft  Dutch at 5 months is already going over the gate that is between the kitchen and the front hall if I'm on the other side and it's nearly 3 ft  |
| We have privacy fencing on one side of our home that is 8 ft high and on the other side and the back we have 6 ft high fencing and to date no sheepie foster or my own have gone over to the other side. |
| We have a 6ft blockwall around the yard.
6 Ft seems perfect. |
| 6 ft plus is best, I had a boy that could even get over that height when he was fully grown.
We have around 7 ft ones in the yard now. No more scrambling over now. Also nothing they can anchor there paws into to help them climb over. We have a smooth fences with no gaps init , the old fence was just horizontal boards and the boy could use that as a ladder  |
| We have wire woven (read: livestock!) fencing around our dog yard. It is about 41/2 feet tall. So far, all are staying in. Chewie is the last one who would get out! (OK, probably Simon the basset would be last) He is the most non-vertical big dog I have ever seen. He really likes keeping all 4 feet on the ground! Good for manners and no jumping - interesting in learning agility.......(only 8" boards so far). |
| Thank you all for the advice it is very much appreciated. Maggie spent most of the day helping with the new flower bed (Supervising). Gona need a fence for that now. |
| We are just getting fence estimates and the fence guy suggested 4 foot. I am getting worried that I need to go higher (5-6 foot). How do you know what your dog will do? I know Miley can go verticle because when we play ball outside she does. We don't gate indoors and at the dog bark she does not callenge the fence line - But I think thats because the dogs are more interesting - if anything she would jump the fence to get in. So its hard for me to figure out what she would do in a fenced yared. |
Monster Mom wrote: We are just getting fence estimates and the fence guy suggested 4 foot. I am getting worried that I need to go higher (5-6 foot). How do you know what your dog will do? I know Miley can go verticle because when we play ball outside she does. We don't gate indoors and at the dog bark she does not callenge the fence line - But I think thats because the dogs are more interesting - if anything she would jump the fence to get in. So its hard for me to figure out what she would do in a fenced yared.
We have a 4 ft wrought iron fence around the pool area. My dogs have never tried to jump over.... Though if there was something interesting, like a cat on the other side, it could happen. |
| 4 ft may be inadequate for some situations, so essentially... it's like not having a fence in those situations.
If you can afford it, I'd go with the 6 ft fence. |
| Definately if you can go with a minimum of at least 6 ft. Sheepies are quite agile and can easily scale a 4 ft fence. Heck I could too. |
We only have a hip-high fence (maybe 3 feet?) and it keep Barney in, but he's the dog that doesn't know how to jump on the couch  |
| Truman jumps right over our 4' chain link fence like it's not even there. We had to install an invisible fence which has saved us a lot of worry! |
| 6 foot fence is sufficient......now if they are good diggers....hmmmm....
Michelina~ |
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