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Iluvmyhuskies
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Iluvmyhuskies

Female Join date : 2012-12-29
Location : Northern Nevada

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PostSubject: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyWed Mar 06, 2013 5:31 pm

Okay, so my huskies have all been very good with not digging to the next door neighbors yards. However, this morning Karma dug a hole big enough that her and Khloe escaped. I filled up the hole and of course told them that it was not okay. However, a few hours later they all dug up the hole and all three of them escaped! I was literally running the streets for 30 mins trying to get them all. This is the third time it's happened on two different sides of the yard. What can I do to prevent them from leaving??

They get all their exercise time by going on walks, dog parks, playdates....so I don't know why all of a sudden they are doing this?
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ljelgin
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ljelgin

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Location : Broken Arrow, OK

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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyWed Mar 06, 2013 5:35 pm

We put brick along the fence to make it hard for them to dig out. Also we do not let our dogs in the back yard for very long unsupervised..
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Iluvmyhuskies
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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyWed Mar 06, 2013 5:39 pm

We did that too, but they moved all the bricks, and I think now that they know how easy it is...they continue to do it. They stay in the back yard for about 3 hours until my son gets home from school and lets them out. They've done this for 2 years, and I never had a problem with it until now.
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SaberK

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Location : Berwyn, IL

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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyWed Mar 06, 2013 5:49 pm

Did you bury the brick under the dirt? I have a friend who's dog was a digger and kept getting out. He put brick a couple of inches underneath the dirt so he could still grow grass. His dog stopped digging after that.
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ljelgin
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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyWed Mar 06, 2013 5:55 pm

I have also her of putting sheet metal along the fence buried..straight down like a fence underground.

I was also told to bury chicken wire along the fence a couple inches when the dogs hit it it hurts them a bit.
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Iluvmyhuskies
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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyWed Mar 06, 2013 6:01 pm

Yes, we put the brick under the dirt. They still figured it out. I'm thinking the sheet metal might work. The next door neighbor has chicken wire, and the dogs bit threw that. They also broke one of the wooden panels on the gate...I dont know what's gotten into them all of a sudden. Sad
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Iluvmyhuskies
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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyWed Mar 06, 2013 6:08 pm

The weird thing is it's Karma that keeps getting out first. The other two follow. She's very smart, and she seems to be the pack leader.
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MayaAndSophie
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MayaAndSophie

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Location : Ohio

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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyWed Mar 06, 2013 7:02 pm

You can lay chicken wire around the fence line, I'm going to be doing that for my girls soon. They don't dig much and if they do it's in the middle of the yard but i just to be safe.
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arooroomom
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arooroomom

Female Join date : 2009-12-13
Location : South Fl

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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyWed Mar 06, 2013 7:04 pm

If it's becoming a problem now, it's best to limit their outside time unsupervised... If that means they have to be crated for those hours... So be it. Because like you said, now they know they can do it. And they will continue to do it until the problem is addressed. As gross as it is you may want to take any feces and place it in any holes you fill in because that really works to keep them from not digging.

They also may simply just be getting bored being outside for 3 hours at a time. We had this same issue last week and thankfully it was something simple as fixing the chain-link between us and the neighbor but they went on strict scheduling to be outside and it was only when someone was outside to watch them.

Have you tried using the larger tiles and putting them around the edge of the fence? So they're not as small and easily moved as the bricks?

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UndarthAngipoo
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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyWed Mar 06, 2013 9:44 pm

I was just going to say - maybe you need the bigger cement bricks - the ones that a husky can't move...
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SaberK
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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyWed Mar 06, 2013 10:54 pm

My friend used cinder blocks buried under the dirt. . They were too heavy for his dog to move. I know there's 12", 16" and even 24" patio blocks you can buy.
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bellecma
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Female Join date : 2012-09-21
Location : Chicago, IL

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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyWed Mar 06, 2013 11:42 pm

The guy that owns the kennel we use poured concrete under the fence line. We used big flat rocks at your house.
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Karmasncarnate
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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyTue Apr 09, 2013 7:41 pm

Have you tried putting some of their "land mines" in the hole before covering it? I had a friend who had a siberian years ago and he absolutely loved to dig. My friend would put some of his poop in the hole and the dog wouldn't dig there again, but would go make a new hole. It became a weekend ritual to fill the holes in the backyard so nobody twisted their ankle playing football.
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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyTue Apr 09, 2013 7:53 pm

My Oldest when she was much younger was escaping almost daily and some people may not like this, but I put an electric wire around the perimeter of my fence. It was plugged into a electric box designed for animals. It delivers a mild electric shock to the animal. My husky got shocked once and never went near it again. She would walk up to the wire look at it and turn around. It's a lot better than having your pet run loose around the neighborhood.
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Demon&Dakota
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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyTue Apr 09, 2013 8:59 pm

We've poured cement along the fence line. It seems to work so far. Smile
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CavingSiberian
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CavingSiberian

Female Join date : 2013-03-29
Location : SW Missouri

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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyTue Apr 09, 2013 9:02 pm

Shaqua loves to dig but luckily she has never decided to dig along the fence. I think she just digs to find those moles she likes to bring me. Ha ha : lol!
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Location : Australia

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PostSubject: Re: Digging and they escaped.   Digging and they escaped. EmptyTue Apr 09, 2013 11:31 pm

Huskydad wrote:
My Oldest when she was much younger was escaping almost daily and some people may not like this, but I put an electric wire around the perimeter of my fence. It was plugged into a electric box designed for animals. It delivers a mild electric shock to the animal. My husky got shocked once and never went near it again. She would walk up to the wire look at it and turn around. It's a lot better than having your pet run loose around the neighborhood.

We've had to do an electic section recently ourselves. Hunter our Mal kept trying to get into the neighbours out the back as there was a dead sheep there, once he knew he could he kept trying. He's been zapped three times and hasn't been back, Milla only once. It's only a very mild current, I tested it numerous times. I have no problem with them when used correctly, I think it's more common in Aus than the states though.
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