I've got a setter named "Aggie" and she's a walking Aggie joke. Dumber than the beagle I used to have. Problem is she is an escape artist. I've got a 4' chain link fence around my spacious 1/4 acre back yard and she loops her paws in the fence and just as quick as a wink she's up, over and gone. Now, I don't really care that she roams the neighborhood, she always comes back. But as a mostly indoor dog she always comes home covered in **** and smelling like Bigfoot's ****. And the neighbors always blow up my phone with "Aggie's out again" texts and I don't really want to be THAT guy.

I built her a 60' cable run between 2 trees, and when she can't slip her collar, she digs and barks. If I don't tie her, she's gone every time I let her out.

What is my play here? I don't really want to run a hot line on my fence, and I'm not even certain the legality of that in town. Any strategies to keep this dumb dog from climbing the fence?

I'm not spending $5-7k on a privacy fence, or any new fence of any sort.

Spaying fixed this for us.

She's spayed. Just got a bad case of wanderlust. We've got woods around and she wants to run.

Can she block?

Shock collar with buried perimeter wire? Worked for our sheltie.

Radio collar works like a charm on my brothers blue lacey. He has the one that transmits a signal from base station in house, not the one where you have to bury a wire. She has tested it a few times and learned where the boundaries are (he has no fences). She stays abut 3' inside the boundary now, judging by the paths worn in his yard.

Have you tried tearing down your fence to show her that you are upset?

Electric fence. After about a week you don't even need to turn it on - just leave the wire up. Worked for my old lab/pointer mix that loved to get out and roam as well. He was dumber than a bag of hammers too, so maybe it will work on your Aggie.

Build the fence 10 feet higher and make your neighbors pay for it

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Electric fence. After about a week you don't even need to turn it on - just leave the wire up. Worked for my old lab/pointer mix that loved to get out and roam as well. He was dumber than a bag of hammers too, so maybe it will work on your Aggie.

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At least you're not dealing with this

+1 more for the electric fence. Both of my Setters are contained. My fence is too high to go over, but, my little female could dig and squeeze out of a hole you wouldn't think a Chihuahua could get through.

Another bonus for the electric fence is that coons, cats and other critters learn the hard way to leave you place alone. When we put ours up (at my parent's house while I was doing an internship), dad said that the first couple of nights there were all kinds of noises - howling, yelping, garbled noises that came from unidentifiable animals - that got zapped pretty good. After about 3 or so days, no mas.

My mutt got his butt zapped exactly once. I left the unit plugged in for about a week (he got his on day 1), left the wire hooked to the fence and I'm pretty sure he never went within 2 feet of the fence again. He was dumb, but smart enough to at least learn that lesson.

Mine is an invisible fence where they wear the collars. Wasn't thinking about the live wire kind when I posted

I went to Tractor Supply and bought a battery powered small animal hot wire fence. It didn't take long for the dogs to learn not to test the wire. Now, the wire is gone, but my dog refuses to cross where the wire used to be.

Find something similar, run it inside the fence line by a foot or two. It won't take long for Aggie to figure things out.

I did look at tractor supply and saw the "pet" electric fence. That is my backup plan. After thinking about this this morning I bought a shock training collar on amazon and my plan is to go stealth mode and watch for her to hit the fence and light her ass up. If done consistently for a couple weeks I'm hoping that will be the end of that. If not, I'll install a hot wire.

I'm really not excited about the hotwire idea as there is a 3 year old little girl in the house behind us that borders our place. I'm not real excited at the prospect of lighting her up.

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I did look at tractor supply and saw the "pet" electric fence. That is my backup plan. After thinking about this this morning I bought a shock training collar on amazon and my plan is to go stealth mode and watch for her to hit the fence and light her ass up. If done consistently for a couple weeks I'm hoping that will be the end of that. If not, I'll install a hot wire.

I'm really not excited about the hotwire idea as there is a 3 year old little girl in the house behind us that borders our place. I'm not real excited at the prospect of lighting her up.

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The only issue with the collar is they learn they can't be shocked when the collar isn't on.

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At least you're not dealing with this

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Lol at the others looking at him like "what about us"

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I did look at tractor supply and saw the "pet" electric fence. That is my backup plan. After thinking about this this morning I bought a shock training collar on amazon and my plan is to go stealth mode and watch for her to hit the fence and light her ass up. If done consistently for a couple weeks I'm hoping that will be the end of that. If not, I'll install a hot wire.

I'm really not excited about the hotwire idea as there is a 3 year old little girl in the house behind us that borders our place. I'm not real excited at the prospect of lighting her up.

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The only issue with the collar is they learn they can't be shocked when the collar isn't on.

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Yeah. She'll not be going out without it for a looong while.

I'd check out the underground wireless collars. Considering she's not blowing through it, she will most likely get the hint... buried wire solves for the neighbor.

Ha. My brother lit my 12 year old self one day. Left the house for the day, playing with friends. Unbeknownst to me, my neighbor installed a hot fence. "Look here!, he says.

I have two buddies dogs that figured out that with the buried fence they just have to get a running start and it only hurts for a second then freedom. Both those dogs could jump a 4 foot fence though.

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Radio collar works like a charm on my brothers blue lacey. He has the one that transmits a signal from base station in house, not the one where you have to bury a wire. She has tested it a few times and learned where the boundaries are (he has no fences). She stays abut 3' inside the boundary now, judging by the paths worn in his yard.

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This is what we have for the German Shepard. Works quite well. Batteries last a long time. Even if the batteries die she won't go outside the perimeter if she has the collar on.

When we first moved in she hopped in the truck & just barely crossed the threshold. It shocked the sh/t out of her and she couldn't figure out how to get out of the truck. I had to push her out & back across the line.

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Radio collar works like a charm on my brothers blue lacey. He has the one that transmits a signal from base station in house, not the one where you have to bury a wire. She has tested it a few times and learned where the boundaries are (he has no fences). She stays abut 3' inside the boundary now, judging by the paths worn in his yard.

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This is what we have for the German Shepard. Works quite well. Batteries last a long time. Even if the batteries die she won't go outside the perimeter if she has the collar on.

When we first moved in she hopped in the truck & just barely crossed the threshold. It shocked the sh/t out of her and she couldn't figure out how to get out of the truck. I had to push her out & back across the line.

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Either of you remember the brand you used?

I have some experience with this.

Have a GSP who would jump our 6' wooden fence. Used the 2x4's on the inside to propel himself over after hooking his front paws on the top.

We tried the shock collar. More harm than good because I couldn't catch him each time.

We tried the small pet fence within 1, 2, and 3 feet from the fence perimeter. Tried it right above ground level, about 1' and then around 2'...Besides screwing up my mowing routine, it did nothing. He would leap over it.

We have moved and now have an invisible fence. Worked in minutes. He doesn't test it. That is what I would spend my money on. If not the invisible fence brand, then something like it. I believe a guy I work with has one from tractor supply that he can control the settings...Invisible fence will put it on "train" mode and then you either have to take the transmitter to a local office or pay for another service call to get the transmitter turned up...

Good luck. I feel your pain.

We just got an invisible fence for our lab. I can't even get him to go outside to do his business. I'm hoping he eventually decides to go outside and ****.

We used Dogwatch brand and they came out and put it in. That thing is badass.

Dogwatch has very good battery life.

Pet Safe wireless pet fence. Think we got it from tractor supply.

Thanks. My dog has gotten the itch to get out and roam the neighborhood. Worst part is she gets out by shredding my wood pickets into touthpicks

If the dog is using corners to get out, just put about 2' worth of chain link on top of them and the dog won't be able to climb out any more. My parents have a doberman that does the same thing and it worked great for them.

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I'm really not excited about the hotwire idea as there is a 3 year old little girl in the house behind us that borders our place. I'm not real excited at the prospect of lighting her up.

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Little girls are really fast learners.

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I did look at tractor supply and saw the "pet" electric fence. That is my backup plan. After thinking about this this morning I bought a shock training collar on amazon and my plan is to go stealth mode and watch for her to hit the fence and light her ass up. If done consistently for a couple weeks I'm hoping that will be the end of that. If not, I'll install a hot wire.

I'm really not excited about the hotwire idea as there is a 3 year old little girl in the house behind us that borders our place. I'm not real excited at the prospect of lighting her up.

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You really should install the hot wire a foot inside your fence line. Otherwise, you'll have to install insulators to keep the wire off of the fence if you're going to try to run it on the fence. The kit I got from TSC had PVC poles to run the wire through.

If you're wearing shoes, the shock from the hot wire is similar to putting a 9 volt battery on your tongue. If you're not wearing shoes, it doesn't really hurt, but it will make your muscles convulse. It would teach the 3 year old to avoid the fence.

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We just got an invisible fence for our lab. I can't even get him to go outside to do his business. I'm hoping he eventually decides to go outside and ****.

We used Dogwatch brand and they came out and put it in. That thing is badass.

Dogwatch has very good battery life.

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Hasn't **** in 48 hours

Even a scared dog has to **** some time.