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Dog eating my fence!!

  • 25-06-2013 10:34pm
    #1
    martinr5232
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    As the title says I have a Jack Russell about two years old who keeps pulling lumps out of my ship lapped fencing.

    He is trying to get at the cats in next doors garden but hes costing me a fortune in fence panels has anybody ever come across this problem before or does anyone have any ideas how to stop him ???


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  • #2
    ShaShaBear
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    martinr5232 wrote: »
    As the title says I have a Jack Russell about two years old who keeps pulling lumps out of my ship lapped fencing.

    He is trying to get at the cats in next doors garden but hes costing me a fortune in fence panels has anybody ever come across this problem before or does anyone have any ideas how to stop him ???

    Silly question but how often does he get walked and mentally stimulated?


  • #3
    martinr5232
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    Hes walked every evening its not about boredom or anything like that hes trying to get at cats next door.


  • #4
    ShaShaBear
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    martinr5232 wrote: »
    Hes walked every evening its not about boredom or anything like that hes trying to get at cats next door.

    Sometimes dogs find things way more interesting if they are hyper or have nothing else to distract them. The only thing I can think of is running some sort of a secondary fence parallel to the one already there to stop him from getting in at it?


  • #5
    Luno
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    A wire fence might deter him from it.


  • #6
    johndoe99
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    had a similar situation with my jack russell (tearing the ground up trying to get under my fence), turned out the food i was feeding him was making him hyper, changed it and he stopped. You could also try getting a companion for him.


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  • #7
    TooManyDogs
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    Chicken wire nailed across the panel is great to stop them chewing, and the spaces are too small for them to get a good grip on it. In general. I say in general cos I have 2 JRTs and they are determined little sods. But worth a go


  • #8
    endacl
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    A bit of roofing felt covering the panels at jrt chewing height would do the trick. Just make sure to round off the corners so he doesn't have a 'starting point' for tugging at it.

    I don't like to think of what a wire covering might do to the little fella if he got teeth or claws snagged up in it. :eek:


  • #9
    Luno
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    endacl wrote: »
    A bit of roofing felt covering the panels at jrt chewing height would do the trick. Just make sure to round off the corners so he doesn't have a 'starting point' for tugging at it.

    I don't like to think of what a wire covering might do to the little fella if he got teeth or claws snagged up in it. :eek:

    I put up a small bit of chicken wire where my jack russell was ripping away the previous fencing from and honestly when she saw what it was she never went at it again and learnt her boundaries.


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