Maintain your dog fences to avoid the pain and
anxiety of lost pets
Installing dog
fences just makes common sense, if you have animals outside and
unsupervised for any length of time. So many lost pets are the result
of owners not using or properly maintaining their dog fences. It's very
sad. As a shelter director, I see it all too often. We handle hundreds
of lost pets every year, and most of them are never recovered despite
our efforts to find their owners.
Tips on maintaining your dog fences so
you don't suffer lost pets
Dog fences are
only as good as whoever maintains them. It doesn't matter if you use
wood, chain link, or even an underground fence system. You'll have lost
pets if you don't conduct regular maintenance inspections in every nook
and cranny.
Even
well-maintained dog fences will be overcome by digging dogs, if you
don't take precautions. You can avoid lost pets by simply lining the
edges of your wood or chain link fencing with bricks or stepping stones,
if you have a digger.
Dog
fences are not unbeatable by an athletic pet. We learned this the hard
way at our place with lost pets (2 of them). Luckily both were
recovered, but the lesson was learned: build a six-foot fence instead
of a four-foot one.
Underground dog
fences are very nice and work well, but only if you are diligent about
keeping the corresponding collar on your pet. Moreover, you can still
have lost pets with an electronic fence, especially if you leave your
animal out during bad weather. Some canines will endure a lot of
physical pain in an attempt to flee storms.
>> Click here for
information on invisible dog fences.
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