View Poll Results: Do you have a fenced in yard for your dogs to run in?

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  • No, I wish I did though

    4 7.55%
  • No, No need for one.

    3 5.66%
  • Yes, but it doesn't securely hold my dogs.

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  • Yes, and it's holds my dogs fine.

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Thread: fenced yard?

  1. #1
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    fenced yard?

    Do you have a fenced in yard for your dogs to run in?

    Unfortinatly I don't. when we lived in our last house we had a large yard and three blocks away we had 3 acres for the dogs to run on. now I don't have a decent yard for them to run in and sometimes I don't have time to take them all the way to the other side of town to run at the park. It sucks! I get so frustrated sometimes.
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    hmm... I've got an electric fence...where would that one go? lol.
    in on the joke and i cant stop laughing

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    We did have a great fenced in yard, till the last Snow storm KNocked it down! Now we are contemplating an Invisible fence system, or just putting up a new fence.
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    yes, it holds Niño but Layla would climb over it.

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    Nope not compltly fenced, because are dogs stay home, they have never wandered off. But we only let them outside supervized. But half of our yard is fenced for the ducks, they like to go bug finding in places they shouldn't go.
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    I have a big fully fenced yard. if my dogs want to, they can all get out if my fence no problem, they simply choose not to bother lol
    Shayna
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    Misty-10 year old BC Happy-12 year old BC Electra-6 year old Toller Rusty- 9 year old JRT X Gem and Gypsy- 10 month ACD X's Toivo-8 year old pearl 'Tiel Marley- 3 year old whiteface Cinnamon pearl 'Tiel Jenny- the rescue bunny Peepers the Dwarf Hotot Miami- T. Marcianus

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  7. #7
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    My yard is fully fenced and secure. I couldn't imagine not having a fenced area for the dogs.

    Journey - 2yr old Australian Shepherd
    Ripley - 5 1/2yr old Doberman
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  8. #8
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    We have a better fence than the local jail! Four fenced acres, at least six feet high with a buried section and a layer of wire on the ground for 12 inches, to prevent digging out. Most of the fencing is game fencing, the stuff that elk ranchers use. It's very heavy and strong. Some of the older sections are concrete underlay wire. All of the joining fences have a second layer of fence that is usually chain link. This prevents fence fighting.

    The yard is split into six pens. The dogs all have their prefered pens with their buddies, except Kayleigh who lives alone and likes it that way! All of the pens have at least two gates with a small pen in between the gates. Prevents the dogs from pushing their way past me out a gate and into a pen they aren't supposed to be in. 24 dogs requires constant personality balancing!

    The driveway is double gated as well so we can drive in without escapes.

    Mac can jump the fence, especially in the winter when the snowpack makes the height decrease. He escapes much less often now than when he first arrived. Most often he lets himself into his brother's pen. He just likes to visit Ozzy. He only lets himself out now when I leave him at home in the winter--he's coming with his team wether he's supposed to or not! Fortunately, he has great recall and is well mannered off leash!

    Tehya can't go in one of the front pens. She's so much smaller than the other dogs that she can squeeze right out of the fencing in that one pen. It's a different gauge of wire!

  9. #9
    We have a 6 ft wood fence along the back of our property. (which badly needs replaced this summer) The rest is 4 ft chain link. We used to worry Lacey would jump the fence but she never did. Now with knee surgeries on her back knees I seriously doubt she could jump it. Now we worry about Layla.This morning there was a dog from a few streets over that breaks loose running up and down our fence. I was waiting, holding my breath, to see if Layla jumped over the end when he kept going. No worries, she crashed into the fence.
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    I have a fully fenced in yard, and Sassy loves running around in it. It's totally secure, but what do you expect a 10 pound munchkin to do lol?

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    No, I really wish I did though. There is so much more I could do with Ginger if I did. And I would seriously consider either fostering again or adopting an older dog. Ooooh, I would love to have one to play fetch in, or just enjoy lying outside and reading a book while she chases squirrels. Or putting up some agility equipment, or...so much. It would never replace our walks together (okay maybe some of the snowy/icy ones) and would definitely not cut down on our trips to the dog park, but it sure would offer us a lot of opportunities we don't have now.

  12. #12
    Yes..i have a 6ft block fence...it works just fine with my pups.

  13. #13
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    Our back yard is fully fenced, but I don't trust leaving Frankie out there. Frankie well try to escape any way possible if left unsupervised. She's an excellent digger and has a great vertical, so she's only outback if someone else is. Riley can be left outside with no issues and the fence works perfectly fine for her.

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    Our backyard is fully fence (we put it up ourselves) and it keeps our dogs in completely fine.

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  15. #15
    Our fence is secure but we have to tie up the gate or Jenny will bust out it. we have a huge front yard and a small back yard and we used to never have a fenced yard with Rocky and Jenny when we lived in our old house but everything was fine but Jenny would get loose once in awhile.
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