Well my friend bought a 6ft fenced in kennel for the dog since her regular fenced in area is 4ft or basic size fence, and the dog made 6 holes in the gate, but she was not left in there for hours this dog put in a few wholes within a 25 minute period while my friend had someone fixing her AC system in the house. The first two weeks she did fine outside as long as my friend had her back door open so the dog could go in and out, but one day my friend had to run to the store and took longer then she expected, got back home and the dog was gone, thanks to tags on her collar and some good people the dog was returned to her. She now has had the dog micro chipped.
Her german sheperd is worth alot more then what she bought her for, but the previous owners had a wooden fenced in area, and my friends father who owns the house she lives in will not allow her to put in a new fence for a stubborn dog as he says. He told her to just get rid of her but she refuses she is determined to keep her.
She asked me to find info on electric fences for dogs and the advise that was given was honest but disappointing on results.
-Someone said the dog can be trained but this dog has gone through obedience class and knows "leave it", but no matter how much you yell leave it at the fence she will jump it, even if the back door is open now due to her freaking out.
--Now this dog is mostly inside the house and supervised when outside, but even when supervised she will hit a corner of the house and by the time my friend gets there the dogs behind is already going over the fence and my friend has to run her down in the neighborhood till the dog is worn out. Also this dog is walked/ran twice a day and if not twice at least once and still i think she misses her previous owner who moved overseas to live with there son and could not take the dog with them.
My Question is: What class is there to train a dog to stay within boundaries and not to hop a fence. What would it be called cause all the training info i looked up for her online within our area is only obedience training and it lists what is taught and she knows all that. So what is it called and what would she be looking to see listed to be trained to this stubborn animal.
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She doesn't need training to stay inside boundaries. She needs to bond to her new owner and feel secure about staying in her own yard. I agree with the previous answerer that this dog is distressed and needs a behaviorist.
1. Don't get an electric underground fence. They malfunction and the dog can get hurt. I was sitting for a dog once who had one and it burned his neck. It was awful.
2. German Shepherds are boundary dogs. They are bred to act as living fences themselves and are about the easiest breed to get to stay inside a boundary even if it's just a line on the floor instead of a fence. Their job is to walk or trot a boundary around a flock of sheep in an unfenced field and keep the sheep from crossing the path set down by the human shepherd.
3. No fence will contain a GSD who does not want to be contained. They can climb just about anything, wood, chain, whatever. I've seen them go up and over a six foot privacy fence with ease. She stayed put with the previous owner because she chose to, not because of the type of fence they had. The only way to really secure them is with a topped run with concrete floor and steel bars. So save the money on a new fence. It won't solve the problem. Spend it on dog classes instead.
Saying "leave it" won't do anything until the dog is trained to understand what that means. Most basic obedience classes will introduce the idea of "leave it" but it really isn't designed to deal with fence hopping. It's more for dealing with dogs stealing things like food or sniffing things they oughtn't while the owner is standing right there watching them do it.
But before the dog can learn anything, she has to be emotionally secure. GSDs are one person dogs. They don't change owners well. She needs help from a good behaviorist to help her make this transition. Your vet can probably recommend one. So your friend should spend her fence money on a behaviorist instead.
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- You need to call a behaviorist, not a trainer. She is very anxious and obviously very attached to her previous owner. This is a difficult age for a dog to be re-homed, she shouldn't be left outside unattended, without you on the other end of the leash. She's not stubborn--GSDs are very loyal. A behaviorist can help give you ways to help her bond with your family.
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