My lgd pup won't stay put

[TennesseeMama23]

and it is driving me crazy. SHe is about 4-5 months old and just squeezes through the electric fence, I think her fur is so thick that it doesn't shock her. We've been having to keep her up and I know that isn't good for her at all. I hate her running around in the yard. Every time I let my yorkie out she comes back in covered in slobber and she is hard to catch when I want to put her up.

Advice? THis is our first and we really don't know the best way to handle her.

[ozark_jewels]

You need to teach her the the fence bites as she obviously has no respect for it. Best thing to do is rub or hang something yummy on the fence and then turn it on. Bacon strips, peanut butter, etc. Also, you can hold her by her hair and touch her nose to the fence. After getting shocked a couple times, none of my dogs would go through the fence at any point where there was electric. Is this fence holding goats?? If its hot enough to hold goats, you ought to be able to keep your dog in with proper training.

[mammabooh]

How about shaving off her fur so the electric fence can get to her skin? The fur will grow back, and hopefully she will have learned her lesson by then.

[ozark_jewels]

I don't know where the OP is located but most areas this time of year its too cold to shave anything.

[fishhead]

You might try hanging a piece of smooth chain (like is used in choke collars) from her neck. The reason I said smooth chain is because the formed kind might get caught somehow.

Then when she goes through the fence the chain will contact the hot wire and zap her.

First though I would try the hanging bacon or peanut butter on tin foil trick.

[LaManchaPaul]

Don't shave her!
Here is some good reading on Pyr LGD.

http://www.sonic.net/~cdlcruz/GPCC/library.htm#behavior
Paul

Originally Posted by mammabooh

How about shaving off her fur so the electric fence can get to her skin? The fur will grow back, and hopefully she will have learned her lesson by then.

[betsy h.]

you can take some aluminum foil and rub bacon grease on it, the place several of them along the fenceline. Ouchy, burny tongue!

you can also take some pieces of small link chain and kinda weave it through the fence in suspected bolt holes- then zap!

it takes a bit to get some of them to respect the fence. Neutering may also help.

[Bearfootfarm]

String some more wires to make the gap smaller, and ground them so she will touch a hot and a ground at the same time

[Bearfootfarm]

Have you TESTED your fence to see if it's actually working, and how much voltage you have?

NONE of my dogs will go near my fence, and I doubt yours could have thicker hair than my Maremmas.

[copperpennykids]

Your electric fence must not be hot enough. Even Ketchikan, who could fly over 5 foot fences, climb over 10 foot fences, and if necessary dig under the fence, would give a wide berth to the pen once we ran electric wire on both the top (at about 4 feet) and the bottom, (about 3 inches). We left him in the pen with 8 foot fences - he would have to climb past the wire - NO Way! My Pyrenees hate hate electric wire.

P.S. Ketchikan was a stud (breeding male) which is why he was penned. But it is always nice to know I can keep one in when I want to....