Escaping dogs.

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Jackson

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I'm feeling very sick at the moment. Our two terriers have escaped and have just been spotted on the main road through our village. They get out regularly and as a last resort, last night we put electric fencing over our allready 6ft fence + trellice (sp) which they have both recently discovered that they can climb :( Obvioulsy electric fence is not felt when there's something to chase on the other side of it :(

Generally following them just makes them press on further, and at the moment, someone is waiting at the bottom of the road in a car, and the vet is coming home that way in a little while, so is going to keep a look out, as well as obviously making sure they don't turn up at the vets :(. Just two days ago, they were gone for 18 hours.

Do you have any ideas for containing them, if they do ever come home? :( out on walks, they can be let off lead and not go further than 10 metres or so away from you...
 
Firstly, I really hope they turn up soon. What part of Shropshire?
Have you considered putting a baulk wire facing inwards on top of the fencing, that would hopefully stop them going over, and sink the fence into the ground at the bottom to stop them going under. Only other thing I can suggest is to build a covered run for them to go in when they can't be supervised.
 
As MM, I would invest in a dog run with a roof on top and concrete slabs to floor.
Ours were flat-packed, assembled by the seller in minutes and we just paid the builders to fit/drop in the slabs, no cement, just over the gravel in the yard in case we ever want to move them. Again, they can be taken apart in minutes also

What is their exercise regime like?

Hope they turn up soon x
 
I'm soo happy to say that both of them appeared as I was putting the horse to bed. My mum is a dog groomer, and we have a run, but it's not suitable for two dogs for any long period of time :) Might be an idea to invest in another by the sounds of it!
They are walked at least twice daily, what ever the weather and are otherwise well trained and behaved dogs :)
 
Great news! Mine are only in their runs when I am out, one overnights in his, any other time they are either with me or out walking or in our big exercise run out the back, it's worth it for peace of mind!!!
 
Have you considered the Freedom Fence route. It is a electric fence where they wear a collar that basically zaps them if they get too close to the boundary. They do need to be trained to understand their boundaries and terriers are notouriously difficult but when all else fails it may keep them safe!! Glad to hear they are home safe and sound. Bet you feel like wringing their necks though....figuratively speaking of course. :p
 
Colleen_Miss_Tom's staffy cross can get out of my dogs' exercise run in one jump, so I feel your pain! Re the freedom fence, for very drivey dogs (like terriorists, as you say Mattilda :p), they can just run through the shock, but it is another option of course :)
 
Believe me I have felt the one I have, why should my dogs feel it if I haven't. You can adjust the strength. It hurts...stopped my rotties in their tracks...well except for one who discovered that she could blast through it and feel no pain!! But you also have fencing in place so they would have to be in that zone for some time. Might be worth a look J.
 
Re Your electric fence is it run off a battery if so i woud invest in an mains fencer, when I had nearly 500 free range hens it was a godsend. I also ran the horses fence off it and that stopped one of my escape artist habitual walkabout.
 
Mine is a mains fence. It runs around a very large area and works so well that none of mine actually wear the collar anymore. They know the boundaries and don't cross it.
 
Dylan will run through electric fencing but one day he learnt a good lesson. I ended up having two lots of rabbit netting along my hedge as the puppy kept getting out (only one side of garden through to nxt door), he soon learnt not to try but every now and again as he got older he decided he was invincible. He one day got his foot caught when taking a running jump at him and I heard him screaming, he wont even go near the hedge after that. Unfortunately that is what it took to stop him 100%, but he wasnt hurt.
 
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