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Permalink Reply by Becky S on June 9, 2008 at 4:03pm

I'm certainly no expert, but I can tell you what little I know. We have a privacy fence around the backyard. Brody has never tried to dig under it (and we've had other dogs that would). I think the total wood privacy keeps him from barking a lot -- if he would see kids out playing and not be able to be over there he'd bark non-stop. Hope that helps and input from others who may have more experience.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on June 9, 2008 at 4:15pm

A bored corgi will surely dig. A teething corgi will chew wood, my corgi have chewed through a wooden gate 5 times.

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Permalink Reply by Karen & Bailey on June 9, 2008 at 4:27pm

slicking some cheap deoderant on our baseboard has stopped bailey from chewing on it in the kitchen when hes bored. lol

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on June 9, 2008 at 4:49pm

Be careful with cheap deodorant. Aluminum has been established as a neurotoxin. Aluminum chloride, an aluminum salt that is commonly used in antiperspirants, is also commonly used in studies on aluminum-induced neurotoxicity. Aluminum itself adversely affects the blood-brain barrier, it is capable of causing DNA damage, and has adverse epigenetic effects. Research has shown that the aluminum salts used in antiperspirants have detrimental effects to a number of species such as non-human primates, mice and dogs

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Permalink Reply by Karen & Bailey on June 9, 2008 at 6:46pm

ok ive only done it once! so im not panicking - and he hasn't chewed on it since, -- but i will make note to get the natural stuff at trader joes next time if we have the problem again. thanks

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Permalink Reply by Juel on June 9, 2008 at 4:45pm

I don't plan on even trusting my new baby out doors by its self till they were old enough to handle being alone with the two other dogs that the would be sharing the back yard with. The house is a circus, there are 5 people on three deferent schedules so there are people around practically all the time. it would only be on the three days a week between 8 and around 5 that htey wouuld be inattended. My boyfriend delivers packages for fedex and our house is on his route, so he can stop at least once around lunch time

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Permalink Reply by Charlie on June 9, 2008 at 5:49pm

Sounds like you're talking about a huge area that needs fencing if your roommate is keeping horses. I do think that wood privacy fencing for dogs is best, but it would be cost-prohibitive to do an acreage. You might consider the opposite of what I did. I have my 1/3 acre totally privacy fenced with 6ft tall cedar pickets. Inside the backyard, I built a 4ft tall wire fenced vegetable garden area to keep dogs out of (after my rottweiler pup dug up all the veggies I planted). You might consider a more affordable wire fence to keep the horses in, but a smaller wood-privacy fenced "dog yard" close to the house.

Charlie has never tried to dig under or jump over the fence, but I am home all the time and he spends very limited time in the yard alone. Corgis are great watch dogs, and Charlie will bark like crazy at anything that moves outside. I think a wire fence would make him bark more and maybe even try to dig to get to a bird, squirrel or other dog on the opposite side of the fence.

When a section of my fence blew down in a storm, I had the friend who helped me rebuild it install a "doggie window" to the front yard at my rottie's eye-level. I have built stairs out of garden bricks so Charlie can look out in the front. Talk about "bark, bark, bark" through his fence window with any comings and goings in the neighborhood. LOL I don't think a chain link or other wire fence would work for us, but we're in the city with lots of neighbors to bother. : - )

Charlie looking out his fence window:

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Permalink Reply by Juel on June 9, 2008 at 7:03pm

What a great idea! There are three huge pasture, The back yard fence repair, would only cut off a little of one pasture, We don't need to worry about keeping the horses out, the three strand wire accomplishes that. I like the peep holes! Thanks!

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