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Escaping dog
I have had a fox terrier for two years she's been with our family since she was four and at that time we had an older male dog he was a standard poodle and she escaped any time she could but not too long ago our poodle died and she stopped escaping my dad decided to get a puppy and we've had for several weeks and our six year old dog Hurley has started escaping yet again I don't want her to get hurt and we've covered every possible escape up we don't want to lose her or get rid of our puppy but were running out of options any advice?
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Terriers like to escape. It's in their blood. She probably stopped after the poodle died because she was depressed.
Some of the best advice I can give you for that is that she needs to be ran more. Terriers are REALLY high energy dogs. She's got pent up energy that she doesn't feel she can get rid of in your confined yard. If you have a nearby dog park, it's worth trying to run her there for at least an hour in the morning and once at night.
Also... if she's a digger, you should take a weekend, dig a trench around the perimeter of the yard, fill it with concrete, and then bury it... don't let her see you do it, though... She can't dig through concrete...
If she's a fence jumper, you can angle something about 45 degrees inward on top of the fence... She shouldn't even want to jump at that...
If she's like my Shar Pei... you might have to chain her... My Shar Pei can leap a privacy fence like it's nothing... she also busts out fence boards, digs, and generally just lives to escape... so I got a 30 foot chain, and when she goes out she gets hooked to the chain. It's long enough she can get to most of the yard, but short enough to keep her away from the fences. It doesn't impede her ability to run with the other dogs or anything.
You could also try a "shock" collar. It's pretty effective, and it's less inhumane than you're probably thinking it is. It can be expensive, though... and a lot of setup. Still, I know people with Rotties that have no actual fence and it keeps them penned into their perimeter... so it's pretty effective business.
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How is she getting out? Block those exits. If she's squeezing through a fence, cover it up with a chain link on the inside. If she's digging underneath, bury big rocks or chunks of concrete to stop her.
Try leashing her while she's outside - make it long enough that she has full run of the yard, but short enough to keep her in! :)
You could also fatten her up until she can't fit through any of her escape routes anymore ;) - just kidding, that would be mean.
Lastly, ask the vet what they recommend. They probably know of local contractors who can reverse "puppy-proof" your yard.
-LM
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