Fence Fighting? Digging To Get Out?

If you don’t understand what is causing a problem, you’ll never be able to fix it. Ask yourself – why does my dog do certain things? We need to understand the why – and that takes questions and conversation. Understand the why – and it’s pretty easy to fix. No? If you don’t understand the “why” then no amount of training is going to fix anything. But people are told that they must train everything – and that is unreasonable. Is there something you can provide the dog instead of trying to train everything? Yes, there are.

I spoke with a lady in the UK a couple of weeks ago, her dog was very social when out and about in public, but constantly barked at everything while in the back yard, including the neighbors. According to her, the dog turned into a nutcase in the back yard. These are the suggestions that I made. She got back to me today – she had chicken wire put in all sides of the fence so the dog can see out and interact with the public. She spoke with her neighbors to get permissed to add a small hole to their side of the fence. Problem solved. Her dog was getting frustrated.

Some people have a tight fence, the dog can’t see anything. It’s barking at the boogeyman behind the fence. The dog is smelling things, it’s hearing things – that it doesn’t understand. If your dog is fine out and about – but barks at everything in the back yard, then see if giving the dog what it needs can help.

So, could it be possible to offer an elevation to where the dog can see over the fence but not jump out? Like this? This is an excellent idea and solves so much.

Cut a few holes in the fence so the dog can see through the fence – and see the boogeyman.

The “Pet Fence Window” seems like a great idea. Or a simple piece of plexiglass in the fence to block the dog if you are scared that it’s going to bite. It also gives a great way to work with a dog that is displaying aggression at the public behind the fence.

Or a simple piece of chicken wire to create a window where the dog can interact with the outside world. This is what this lady did.

Before investing in any training protocols, step back and try to understand why your dog is doing specific things. Once you understand the “why” – it’s typically pretty easy to fix.

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