Is your property fenced?

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Yes, our yard is fenced. We don't own our house, but I will only rent houses with fenced yards.

This is just me, but I would never let my dogs out off-leash even though Adele and Vallis are pretty reliable (Marta is not) just because of all the potential dangers. A few years ago we lived in a house without a fenced in yard and it was awful taking the dogs out in all kinds of weather.

It's so much easier to just open the door for them! With 3 dogs, I wouldn't have it any other way. If we only had one dog it wouldn't matter quite as much because you'd only have to worry about taking one out...but with more than that it gets hard taking them all out and making sure they do their business.

[luvofallhorses]

yep, both our backyard and front yard is fenced.

[3GSDMom]

My backyard is fully fenced. We have a 6 foot wooden privacy fence on top of a 3 foot block wall on two sides of the yard, the other side is a 6 foot block wall. We have three gate (all three are locked at ALL times). Two wooden gates (one 6 feet tall, the other 9 feet tall) and a 6 foot iron gate.

[dappledoxie]

Our yard isn't fenced but I plan on it being done as soon as I can get it done.

[GoldenLuv]

Yes we have the metal fence but we are gonna be putting up a privacey fence maybe b4 winter hits and if not then early spring

[Corinna]

Had a 4 ft fence before getting Tyson but now have a 6ft cedar fence he still scles it to peek out at people going by.

[cali]

fully fenced, I dont think I could deal with an unfenced yard lol mostly because of my moms dogs, they WOULD leave, my 3 are a differnt story all together, I let them off leash in unfenced areas on a regular basis. Happy and Misty I would never leave unsupervised in an unfenced area, but Happy I leave loose in peoples front yards all the time when she is not allowed in, she doesnt go anywhere, I just periodily check on her to make sure she is behaving.

[Glacier]

All four acres are fenced, a minimum of six feet high, up to 8 in some sections, most of it has a foot of wire buried underground, there is a foot wide section flat pinned to the ground as well to prevent digging under. It's split into six pens. To get anywhere in my yard, including the driveway, you have to go through a minimum of two gates. All the gates have latches with locks on them. The driveway gates have at least three different latches each. We use game fencing, the stuff that elk and bison ranchers use. Chainlink is a ladder to several of my dogs.

Even with the fence, my dogs have been known to escape. Delta got out of the fenced yard and was gone for a month. I have to watch which pen Anvik is in. He can clear a six foot fence without breaking his stride. Mac chooses to stay inside the fence now, but the first winter we had him, he let himself out at will. I'm sure he still could, he's just more comfortable inside now. Some of the dogs are allowed off-leash on walks. Some of them never are!

Even if I tethered my dogs, like most mushers, I would have a fenced dog yard. There are too many predators in this area who think dogs are an easy dinner.

I would be extremely hesitant about adopting a dog with a drop of husky in it's blood to someone without a fenced yard.

[Flatcoatluver]

Nope.. not fenced. The only fence we have is the fence going between us and the neighbour.

That's the same with us. Except in our field we have chicken wire so our ducks don't get out that way, it helps the dogs stay in the yard also. If the dogs see a cat in our yard, they can only chase the cat through the drive way.

[Miss Z]

I don't have a dog, but our back garden is fenced. In the UK, the majority of properties have fences, unless you live on a farm or you are 'doing up' an old property. It's actually becoming quite popular now to have not just fences but walls all the way round the property, and to have big cast iron gates on the driveway which are remote controlled. Costs a bomb though and it would look kind of silly on our house

[Ginger's Mom]

No, we live in a condo, so no yard. And yes I did get my dog from a rescue group. I actually talked to (well e-mailed back and forth) with one of the workers before going down to see the pups, and explained that I lived in a condo, but that I had lived in either an apartment or condo with my first dog for thirteen and a half years, and that I was aware of what was required to keep the dog safe and excersized. However, having said that I would LOVE to have a backyard that we could just go out and play ball or frisbee in whenever Ginger wanted (and she does ask to do that), instead of needing time to go the the park and such.

[IRescue452]

Our yard is half fenced because the neighbors have big ugly privacy fences. We don't fence though. The current dog and last dog were yard trained and for any dogs we don't trust we use a tie out when we can't be out with them. There aren't many times that the dogs are out without supervision.

Another problem altogether is when you say tie out most places immediately turn you down. They automatically think the dog is left out alone for long periods of time. We just use the tie out for untrustable dogs when they go out to the bathroom alone or when we are out in the yard with the untrustable dog. They are never tied out alone for any period of time.

[Danegirl2208]

yes...we have a 6ft block fence around our backyard.

[Husky15]

We do not have fencing. If we end up getting our own piece of land in the not so distant future then I would want it to be fenced so we could let our dog(s) (we may get another if we have a piece of land) run free around the portion of the yard that is fenced. But Belle can go without a leash we just prefer not to because there are kids that go around on bikes and stuff. We just take her on a leash to go for walks and sometimes to use the bathroom (sometimes we just let her run to the yard, do her thing, then come back in without a leash).

Like the saying goes, better safe than sorry.

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

We live in an apartment and don't have our own yard. We have a huge fenced in dog run though.