I hate to say this, but as you know I've had Boxers for some 40 years. A 4 foot fence is not going to do it and if they really want out a 6 foot not going to do it. If they have anything they can use as a step or push off they will get over it, if they really want out.

You remember that pictcure I posted of Brook in front of the custom made gate? It's about 8 1/2 feet high. Tuffy can climb it and get over!!!

A wooden fence could work if you put it in backwards. meaning the cross boards that hold it toghter need to be on the other side of the yard, not to pretty to look at that way, though. The goal is to not give him a way to climb or push his weight over it.

Now, we use feild fence, what Glacier calls livestock fencing. the fence its self, Tuffy can't climb to well, but the conner braces he can. He uses the braces as a step up and then from there he pushes over the rest of the way. Chain link, he does have a harder time with, the openings are small, so it's harder for him to get his big paws in them to climb. He has done it though. He even chewed a hole in the chainlink and got out that way!!

I hate saying it but we had to put up a elec. fence for a short while, just to train him. We got the smallest power we could so it wasn't to bad of a shock, just enough to get the message. It's been down 3 years now and he still doesn't climb over any more.

Have your dad look into underground fence, all in all, I don't belive it would cost much more and in the long run it's better, for everyone. We would have done it also, but not when you have acers of land to cover. $$$$


Even though Jasper doesn't climb now or seem to want to get out, he's still a puppy and in time that will change. The more attached a Boxer get to their owner the more they want to be with them. So if they see you leave, they are going to want to go too. And even more so if you are in the habit of taking them for car rides. One of the main reasons Tuffy and Cannilla don't go on car rides with us much.

What ever fence you so put up, with the exception of the undergrond, make sure you put something under the ground too, so he doesn't dig out.

Boxer are a pain to keep in, if they don't want to be kept in. I have not found one thing that they can't get out of, if given a little time to figure it out. Best bet is training.