How do I keep my Great Pryenees puppy from the road?

[1stepcloser]

Why does saving money for a fence get an eye-rolling smiley? Keeping dogs fenced to keep them from getting creamed on the highway is responsible ownership. You don't want to chain her, I respect that. I hate chaining dogs too but you need to do something. Everyone is brainstorming trying to help, googling the best prices they can find and you seem to be getting defensive. And yes, Koda is a cutie!

 

[4 Love of Baby Chickens]

Oops I didn't mean to do the rolleyes smiley. Darn it 4 Love. You want to keep Koda safe don't you? Of course I do. Darn. I wasn't thinking clearly.

 

[Luna_Chick66]

As for fencing suggestions: I suggest a physical fence. Keep my dogs and animals in, keeps others out. Keeps "people" out, I'd be more worried about human tresspassers than animal. If you cannot afford a more solid fence, like chainlink, cattle/field/dog wire fencing, may want to look into a physical electric fence.

Absolutely want to keep people out. You never know when a kid can wander on your property and if your dog decides to even knock the kid down and the kid gets hurt YOU ARE LIABLE. It doesn't matter that the person came onto your property.

There is less tolerance for dogs and dogs protecting thier own turf these days. Trust me on this.

I have 2 giant Leonbergers (look them up if you's like - they creator of the breed used Great Pyrs in the initial breedings some 150 years ago) and althought they would lick you to death if they happened to injure you even by just tripping you on my property I would be liable. I would much rather my dogs stay in thier dog run and all service people, UPS, USPS, Fed Ex, EVERYBODY is instructed to use the front door of my home.​

 

[acdoc]

We used to have one of those wireless ones and I think they can only go in a 90 ft radius so the dog probally wouldnt be able to go from the house to the chicken coop. I have three dogs a rotweiller,pit bull, and a black and tan hound I have the burried fence and love it. The wire comes in 500 ft rolls and cost like 40.00 . precious wich is my rotweiller took about a week for her to get used to it but my other two never left the boundries. Batteries in the collar last me about a year well atleast a year thats how often i replace them. I had too use the shock for about a month and its been about 5 years now and all mine does is beep. The collars beep or vibrate then they shock so after the dog gets used to them they will stop when it beeps. AS far as American wire fence my neighbor has that all around her property,sure it keep horses and cattle in but not the dogs. They are always over here.Thats just my opinion and experince

 

[Le Canard de Barbarie]

Okay, getting back to your original concern of having your dog wanting to stay by the house instead of the animals. In this case, everytime the dog choses to hang around the house, you need to take the dog back to the animals and lock it up into a small pen for an hour or two. Do this everytime you see the dog by the house or road. The dog will hate being in the pen, and after a while it will dawn on him that he shouldn't hang around the house anymore. You may also want to associate a command to this action, such as "work" or "guard".

Now, I do wonder why the dog likes hanging around the house, though. Did you let it spend the night there?

 

[4 Love of Baby Chickens]

I keep chasing her off the porch and evertime I've seen her in the front yard and by the road I grab her and start wrestling her down growling and snarling like a dog protecting it's turf. Everytime I do that she whimpers and runs as fast as she can back onto her turf with me chasing her and barking after her. As soon she jumps back up the wall onto her turf I stop chasing her and I order her to follow me back to the barn. She's good at listening but I need to take her around the boundry again.

 

[teach1rusl]

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Absolutely want to keep people out. You never know when a kid can wander on your property and if your dog decides to even knock the kid down and the kid gets hurt YOU ARE LIABLE. It doesn't matter that the person came onto your property.

There is less tolerance for dogs and dogs protecting thier own turf these days. Trust me on this.

I have 2 giant Leonbergers (look them up if you's like - they creator of the breed used Great Pyrs in the initial breedings some 150 years ago) and althought they would lick you to death if they happened to injure you even by just tripping you on my property I would be liable. I would much rather my dogs stay in thier dog run and all service people, UPS, USPS, Fed Ex, EVERYBODY is instructed to use the front door of my home.

Yep! Moved out to the "country" four years ago. Was so happy not to have to fence my dogs in, because we had a few acres on a "family farm." But our neighbors (family) began complaining that our dogs were pooping in their yard, and licking their patio utensils. In defense of my dogs, there was rarely pooping going on in their yard, because the field or woods were generally used. Yes, because we'd taken our dogs over there when visiting, they felt comfortable going on the "neighbors" patio, and my male would occasionally sneak over to lick a spatula or tongs. But these are/were house dogs, so it's not like they were out wandering. Long story a little shorter... we took our vacation fund (tax return money...lol) and put up fence...half wooden horse fence, half field fence. I was TICKED to have to do that in the country.

But you know what?? I'm so happy about it now! I always know where my dogs are. When young kids are at the neighbors (brother-in-laws), I don't give a 2nd thought to worrying about my dogs running over and knocking someone down. I don't worry about them making their way to the road. And I feel that my house, my cats and my chickens are a little more secure because my property is fenced in. I know there are wide open spaces out there where it's still like the old days...but life in the country in my area "ain't what it used to be." As the quoted poster suggested, lawsuits happen everywhere....

 

[Le Canard de Barbarie]

Good, but punish her by confining her in a pen near the animals for a couple hours. She will resent that form of punishment big time.

 

[AkTomboy]

So I'm sure this is going to sound much harsher than I really want it to be but here we go

You should have read up about pyrs before you got one and then decided if you could do all that is needed to keep. Being that you didn't know that they do "roam" as some put it they do need a containment of some sort. Once they know where the area is they are supposed to be and who and what they are guarding they tend to stick to it for the most part. But with anything with a brain its not 100%

Most pyrs do not get nasty as someone said after they have pups. At least none of the pyrs I have been around my entire life have. I had a litter born within a few days of me and have never spent a day of my life not having a couple much less one pyr by my side so that's 28 years worth if you add my moms years to that she got her first in 72.

Training is very important and if she is already 6 months you are behind the ball. They are supposed to be able to think and take care of things. Such as a coon like you said or a wolf or bear in my area.

If you let her in the house or make your deck a more interesting place for her to be then how can you blame her for wanting to be there. After all you give her loves and treats what do the chickens do? You need to teach her that her place is with the chickens not with you. Our dogs do not often come in the house as they would rather be with the critters. But when they do we give them a command of "go to work" as they are placed outside. Ours even get excited when they are told that command as you would think a lab would when hearing "hunt it up" You need to teach her she is not allowed there at all.

I have a wire buried fence for the hubby's bloodhound. If you decided to do this with your pyr you must get the longer probes. For those who said a real fence for both her staying in and other out it is also a good idea, but don't be surprised if they push out or dig under it if you have not taught her the boundaries or there is just something she has to see on the otherside.

It makes me sad to see so many people get an animal they have not learned about what it takes to care for them in the first place. Be it a pyr, python, alpaca or gold fish.

I am happy to see you are asking for help that shows you do care about your dog and your responsibility. If you can not afford a fence then start saving and keep her tied for now. If you don't want a chain do a long run, or lock her in the chicken run. A vet bill for her getting hurt is expensive so could be the lawsuit that may happen if she causes an accident. Pets are expensive and always have a way of making us spend more cash than we wanted to but alas we are the responsible party and we do love them. Good luck with your puppy bootcamp.

 

[redhen]

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can you please explain this post? ooh, and heres your

since you couldnt seem to get it down pat..
Are you being a smart alec in thhis post? if so...i hope not...people are trying to help you...