Hi all, family in crisis. My little boy's 11 month old Mastiff bitch has taken to simply popping over 6 foot high fences like they're not even there. We modified the gates to be over 6' high & she just popped over them
I am at my wits end and have even had to contemplate having her put down ... she is incredibly protective & I could not live with myself if she hurt a neighbour's cat.
Has anyone had experience with this & found a way to stop it?
Thus far we've taken the fence up and the only other options I can think of are:
(a) Willing to spend a few hundred $'s to get a mains electric fence unit & string double wires around the perimeter although it's possible she won't touch it on the way over because she's leaping not climbing.
(b) Attaching a very heavy length of chain to a collar, but this will result in chiropractic type problems & worse still, could result in strangulation if she goes over & no-one is around.
No, I will NOT chain her, not even on a running line, I would rather opt for the worse case scenario than have her live like that 22 hours a day. Our animals are part of the family & live inside so that's definitely not an option.
Can't use one of those special electric dog perimeter fences that act by shocking the dog via a collar ... there's not a collar she can't slip & her bro would chew it off for her. Had puncture wound experience with shock collars in the past anyway.
Please help with ideas if you can, situation desperate.
Major Dog Drama - Ideas needed .....
She's never hurt anything, other than a tribe of possums & a cat would be fair game.
