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!
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