PROBLEM: Husky is climbing my block wall / wood fence.
ANSWER: You have 2 options for fixing your problem; they are using hot wire or the rolling pin method.
Hot wire has been around for years in the field of agriculture. It is some of the neatest stuff anyone ever came up with. By using this method of containment, a farmer/rancher can string a single strand of wire for miles and miles and keep their livestock from wandering off all over the countryside.
In
our application, you would purchase a CONTINUOUS shock/signal hot wire unit
from your local store (Feed store, pet shop or Home Depot).
Following the
directions on the box set up an inside perimeter to your fence line. You
would place the hot wire through PVC pipe or other type insulator
approximately 2 feet inside of your fence line ([this measurement is an
approximate one, if you have the need to access the area between the
hot-wire and your fence line. Then you need to make the width wider. If it
is a lawn area, I would go with the width of your mower plus 6 inches] Side
note, turn off the hot wire if you are working near it with metal tools, it
is a mistake that happens once, but you don’t have to!!!!!) and then you
turn on the system. After receiving a shock, most huskies will find a new
hobby. Some will need an extra shock or 2 to get the idea stay away from
the fence. This will stop the behavior as long as it is plugged in and
working. Moisture in the ground is required to keep a good ground. If
needed, be sure to keep the base area of the hot wire moist.
This is how the wire should look going through the PVC. PVC pipes should be 5 feet in length. Allow for 12 inches to go in the ground. From the 12 inch mark measure 6inches and drill a hole. Drill 2 more holes seven inches apart on the pole. You will have 3 holes in the pole.
The "Hot" wire will run in one continuous strand. When you have threaded the wire through the last pole, go up to the next pole and thread the wire back through the poles going in the opposite direction.
Connect the insulated wire from the charger box to the "hot" wire.
Hotwire does give a shock, it does not burn the hair or flesh. Hotwire is not deadly to animals or children. However, never leave small children unsupervised in an area where you have "live" wire. Just as you should never leave small children unsupervised with dogs.
The rolling pin method. Someone that adopted a couple of huskies from us came up with the concept and it is quite the showstopper for a husky. Stop and think about how a rolling pin works, while you hold the handles, the outside turns around and around. By taking this same concept and say mounting a cable parallel with the top of your fence line, with support eye hooks at 10 foot (or less) intervals. Around the cable you would place 1 inch PVC pipe, around the 1 inch PVC pipe you would place 3 inch PVC pipe. Tighten up your cable and then your project is complete.
After the installation of this system, you husky may give you the look that you won a round, but they will never admit it. Every time your husky tries to climb over your fence, they end up rolling back off the fence into your back yard. (Imagine trying to do a pull-up on a bar that keeps turning back toward you, you would find something else to do quickly, so will your husky).
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