Severus the Husky Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 Hello everyone! Im new to this forum and created this account to help give me insight. Recently, I adopted a husky who is around 50 pounds who will be available for pickup around next week. After constant worry and extensive research about huskies escaping fences, I'm worried my dog will try to escape. Our backyard is pretty spacious, however, the fence is relatively short with some sections made of brick and others iron. We have one gate that is chained but we are planning on installing a PVC pipe above it to fix the problem. However the biggest problem we are facing is the brick wall as it has a unique feature where the brick wall slowly becomes shorter and shorter all around the perimeter until it reaches the end of the backyard. It starts off at 5 feet than slowly shortens all the way down to 3 feet 10 inches. What do you guys think would be the best extension to fix the problem at hand? Thank you very much ahead of time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 Can you put some fence panels above it ? 6ft is really the lowest it should be with huskies around Sent from my [device_name] using http://Husky Owners mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus the Husky Posted July 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 Hello! We were considering fence panels below however, the only problem is trying to have all these extensions at exactly 6 feet which is quite challenging as our city does not permit any fences above six feet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robke Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 city does not permit...wow if they said that in our town there will be an uproar and local taxes will never be paid... I would then put a double row of fences around so that the jump between the 2 makes it impossible for the dog to jump over...like for instance about 3 foot between the 2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus the Husky Posted July 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 Hello! Sadly we cannot do a double row fence because of the following photos. Our city is very nitpicky and a funny story, we built a shack in the backyard and soon after they billed us a 3,000$ fine for doing so along with tearing it down. below is the situation at hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robke Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 then I would put angle brackets up to protrude about a foot with some wiring sothat the jump could not even be mat and fasten that to the wall making sure it would not come higher then the 6 foot.. a bit like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus the Husky Posted July 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 Wow! That is a great idea I think that would be the best option considering the predicament. Thank you very much! The holder explained that he’s not much of a jumper and is really calm with a very low energy level compared to other huskies so hopefully the reinforced fence helps if he is actually a jumper! And additionally I have another question, should I reinforce/add extensions to my iron gate as well it’s exactly 5’0. From what ive seen huskies commonly only escape because of chained fences or a sort of contraption that heaves them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robke Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 I have a 5 foot gate and that is the only point they are not interested in in my garden....LOL but they cannot look out of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetvt Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Quote I feel you pain. I just managed to avert a break out a few days ago as Jackson jumped up and got head and shoulders over the top of a 6' wall. We're now having it raised as he's continually eyeing it up like Steve McQueen in "The Great Escape"...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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