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| Anyone else got an ' Escape Artist' | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 4 2009, 10:06 AM (123 Views) | |
| stagnbob | Apr 4 2009, 10:06 AM Post #1 |
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Hendrix, our 2 year old Parson is at it again! With the girls we have never had a real problem, but with him... we have already added trelis to the front wall (despite the boarder being quite thick and high!), then added chicken wire, now we have had to extend the main gate, again. He climbes as well as jumps! The problem is that he want to be be with us, and if we are on the other side of the gate he HAS to jump over (through a small gap) to get to us. The other night, hubby went out with the greyhounds and Hendrix was in the garden. He went missing and when we phoned hubby, Hendrix had run after him and caught up with him, although hubby had left about 10 minutes before!!!! Lucky the rout taken does not cross any main roads but... So now we look like Fort Knox! I worry that next time, it will be a cat on the othersid of the road he wants to 'meet'!! Please tell me someone else out there has and escaping terror too!! Lisa |
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| zandd | Apr 4 2009, 10:16 AM Post #2 |
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:yikes: what a nightmare situation.Sor :yikes: y I've no experience of this at all,Daisy is an escape artist too but as my garden is tiny I stay with her whenever she's out there,if I go in she comes too.Will try to think of options possible for Hendrix. |
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| westie mum | Apr 4 2009, 02:35 PM Post #3 |
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Oh you have my sympathy! Years ago we had a crossbreed(lab x terrier) and he was an escape artist. What was worrying for us was that we had metal railings with spikes on top and if he saw other dogs or my mum walking her dog he used to climb up and balance on top of the railings and then launch himself over :yikes: if ever he had fell well it doesn't bear thinking about. we ended up replacing it all with fencing. He then found a way to get out of the fencing at the side(don't ask me how because we couldn't fathom it out).We were lucky as we backed onto fields so when he did get out there wasn't a chance of him getting knocked over. We used to give him a really good walk a couple of times a day but if he went out the back he would still try to escape (it's what he did best!!).We got to learn the way he looked at us if he was planning to escape but we just had to go and stand with him. Sorry not to be very helpful but really don't know what to suggest.Good luck with finding a solution. |
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| Tafia | Apr 4 2009, 05:35 PM Post #4 |
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Boo was dreadful, seemed to be able to get through locked doors at one point! Even tried to make a break for it along the top of a lylandi hedge :yikes: Thankfully as she's got older she's not quite so bothered, infact you can leave her in the back garden with the gate open, she might trot out but doesn't go far. |
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| Sky | Apr 4 2009, 05:35 PM Post #5 |
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My neighbour took on "an escape artist" lab cross and the only way which she has been able to stop her escaping was by way of the "electric wire" all rouund her 3 acre property which I have to say I have never been happy with but which seems to work and does stop her dog from getting out on the road which is the main thing (I guess) :err: Personally, I would create a smaller secure area for everyday use and then train her to "stay with me" when in the unsecure area. |
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| Tafia | Apr 4 2009, 05:51 PM Post #6 |
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Got to agree with you Sky, horrid idea. |
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| cruisingkerry | Apr 4 2009, 08:48 PM Post #7 |
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George is a proper escapologist too, he can climb, jump and squeeze through small gaps. Sometimes he's gone for hours sometimes I can catch him. yesterday he leaped over the 5 and a half foot gate, asked a couple of little girls if they'd seen a little black dog, but they hadn't. 5 minutes later they came klnocking at my back door saying they thought they'd found him in a garden along the street barking at a cat up a tree. The cat was as high in the tree as it could get kind of balanced on a thin branch, George was attempting to follow it up the tree. The kids managed to catch him and I brought him home safely. I kind of take comfort in the fact he was a stray so appears to know how to take care of himself 'on the street' as it were. In the yard I try to tie him up on a long lead so he can't jump out but he has a canny knack of being able to wangle his way out of his collar no matter how tight it is. I was warned that Harry was an escapologist too by the rescue shelter, hence the name harry houdini, he hasn't done any disappearing tricks since he's been here and always comes back when I'm brave enough to let him off the lead, I think he's just happy to have a comfy home now, or is that jsut me projecting human thoughts on a dog?? lol Not sure if there's anything that will really prevent a houdini from doing his tricks, they'll always find a way. |
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| Tafia | Apr 4 2009, 09:25 PM Post #8 |
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My friend Linda had a small black & tan, smooth haired terrier called Rolo who was escape artist extraordinaire. Was always on the trot. Some days he'd walk with you, sometimes the good behaviour would go on for months, then he'd be off and you'd not see him for hours. Boo loved him to pieces and eventually Rolo decided that as my house was nearer the park than his own, it was more convenient to call in at mine for the night - I'd be woken up by a whining Boo who'd be running up and down the stairs - as soon as I'd open the front door, Rolo would be straight in, up the stairs and by the time I'd get up there, he was already making himself comfy on the pillows :lol:. Could tell thousands of Rolo stories but I'll limit it to just one more. He was once stolen from Linda's garden, the same day a number of other terriers in the area went missing and a white van had been spotted in the area. Three or four months went past and everyone had got to the point of giving up hope until Rolo was seen by a police car running hell for leather down the road away from a Travellers Camp the other side of Cardiff, the police car pulled over to try and catch him and Rolo turned round, ran straight towards them and jumped straight in the car. He was some sort of dog. Run Rolo, run!!!! Rolo & Boo - the morning after an impromptu sleepover Posted Image Edited by Tafia, Apr 4 2009, 09:31 PM.
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| piwoodhouse | Apr 5 2009, 12:50 AM Post #9 |
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You have my sympathy - it can be really frustrating. One thing about how you've got this arranged ie trellis, chicken wire etc: in many ways, a plain fence panel of at least 6ft 6" (so once fitted it will be 6 feet above ground) is your better bet. Anything you attach to a fence, be it man-made or natural eg ivy covering it will afford Hendrix some puchase to get up and over it. Or would a very tall wrought iron fence work? Maybe it's the fact he can't see what's beyond the fence that is the temptation. As for his wanting to escape - it's hard to think of why because with the crowd you have, I can't see how he'd ever be bored! Sorry - been no help at all, have I? |
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| Linda & Fred | Apr 5 2009, 08:37 AM Post #10 |
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I don't have one of my own, but I did foster one once. He'd be out, up and over really quickly - but that's one of the reasons I have different height fencing all around my garden, so that we can identify the climbers and jumpers! Not sure of the set up of your fences, etc, but for real persistance you can bend in of the top of your fences, so the top is leaning at a 45 degree angle. I would assume there will be a dog out there that can climb it, but I think it stops most of them! http://www.purrfectfence.com/images/products/wood-fence.jpg This is a 90 degree bend, but I think 45 would do as well? |
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| stagnbob | Apr 5 2009, 09:51 AM Post #11 |
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Thank you for all your replies! It really is a tuffy to solve! Our garden runs front to back, we have a front wall which is where the trellis and chicken wire is. The chicken wire is bent over as suggested, and to date this has stopped him escaping on that side. On the other side of the house is the drive with a wooden 5 bar gate and more trellis panels. The only gap there was to enable you to put your arm over to open the gate - and that was the spot! But hubby has blocked that since he chased after him! I think the problem is caused by the dogs being able to see people walking passed the gate, they get barked at and then when the 'dissapear' the dogs chase round to the garden to catch them going passed the front wall. I'm sure it is all territorial, but it almost seems like they are saying 'Why arn't you coming in, don't walk passed!' For now, I can't see anywhere else he could get out and am keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks again Lisa |
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| PARSNIP | Apr 25 2009, 03:29 PM Post #12 |
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YOU HAVE MY SYMPATHY TOO! Bobbi was notorious for escaping and many a time I came home to find he had let himself in or out of places. One particular time he got himself back to ours from the kennels- probably around 30 miles away :) he'll be causing havoc in heaven no doubt!!!! |
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