Our malamute escaped General Chat

We have huge hedges surrounding our garden with nets covering these,but recently Flow has been tearing away at this netting and she's got out three times now,we've replaced the netting twice,but still she does it when left alone.

Never had any problems with her before,but now she knows she can do it...she's carrying on.

She got out tonight,just got home to find her not in the garden,netting torn down again,luckily she was picked up by someone across the street,im fretting if she does it again..she's going to be picked up for good.

Has anyone got any suggestions of what to do,dont really like leaving her in the house,but if thats what we have to do,so be it.

You need a heavy guage wire behind the hedge so she can't get at it. Why wont you leave her in the house?
Becky

She has tendecies to chew whether it be skirting boards,wallpaper..anything she can get at,she'll have a do,everything is moved before I do leave her in the house.

I've left toys and treats,food and water out for her,but never works.

You either need to build a secure run for her or leave her indoors - is she crate trained?

I see and I do understand, not nice to come homw and find your furniture in bits (been there lol!) Youa re going to have to really dog proof your garden, once a dog knows that something works they will repeat it. At my old house I had to put and over hang on the fence because they could get over!
Do you know why she has suddenly started doing this as it sounds like she is trying to get away from something. Has someone frightened her?
Becky

I've had her 3 years now and never ever had a problem with stuff like this before...I've read that they're great escape artists.
No one has frightened her not to my knowledge,there's a great dane in the garden backing onto my house,I just presumed she's trying to get to that.

All that's going through my mind is that she's got out 3 times now,and we've got her back but the fourth time we might not be so lucky.

We've had that part of the garden netted over twice,which she has ripped down.

What about tying her on a long leash so she can still get around,would this be an option?

I know someone's elkhound keeps getting out and she's going through something similar.

Just getting to the end of my tether with her,even considering renting somewhere with a yard,no hedges!!

Personally I wouldn't risk a long line because she could strangle herself. Can you not build a secure run as has already been suggested?
You can also get very large indoor crates, over 4 feet long and tall enough for your dog, so that may be an option.
Something is obviously upsetting her which is why she is now trying to get out.
Becky

Or attracting her attention?

Not sure what to suggest...Do you rent your house? If you do that's the difficult part - if it is your own you put up with her destruction but I know you have to be so careful with renting.

Do you have enough cash for one of those big kennel/runs?

Please believe me, once they start this wanderlust it is really hard to break them of it. My lot started escaping as soon as I moved here, never had it before. The only thing you can guarantee she won't get through is 6 foot tall heavy duty weldmesh, thats what is getting put up here as its the only thing to stop them. It might be cheaper in the long run to get a little shed with a weldmesh run, as long as she's comfy she won't feel its any different than being left indoors.

I do hope you get things sorted out xx

Took a pic of where she's got out tonight.

Not got any extra cash lying around at the minute,I've got my hols coming up in 5 weeks.

I just think she's trying to get out at the dogs that are barking in the area,like I said about the great dane at the back.


But I know she's done it a few times now,she's going to keep on doing it,I'd better get up to my local B&Q and have a look at this heavy wire stuff.

I think your best bet would be to put wire behind the hedges, it will be considerably more difficult for her to get at it. Check out your local freecycle to see if they have an wire mesh up for grabs.
Becky

K thanx..for your suggestions,something I'm gonna have to look into fast,cant be left alone in the garden for a while,just bought a dog gate for the kitchen door,so may have to leave her indoors for now..

Most good breeders say that a Malamute should have a 6' fence around the garden to stop them getting out. If they see a small furry, someone to play with or somesuch then they can easily get out or try and find a way to get out.

Malamute rescue will always check a prospective home to see how secure the garden is as well.

Once she had got through the netting, your chances of keeping her in the garden are virtually nil ..she KNOWS it can be done and they aren't daft dogs

Is she spayed? If not, then if she can get out, dogs can get in .. worth remembering

What can I say they all little escape artists! I bet my poor mom has built 10 fences and finally she had to cement the bottom because her beagles would just dig under the fences!
GOOD LUCK!

How about some heavy duty deer fencing - that might do it.

I would be tempted to dog-proof a room and leave her indoors, or get a kennel and run. How long is she being left for?

Only left her last night for 2 hours,just took daughter out for a meal for her birthday,got back and she was gone again..

I have massive hedges surrounding my garden...all have netting around..its just one corner where she's been pulling at.

Yes she's also spayed.

There has been a cat sitting in the hedge at the top,have noticed that before,just sits there looking at Flow.

She's been kept in all today,taking her out if she needs a wee etc.

By the way, Im sure youve seen this but I thought Id give it a try because you may have not.

Ok, where I live the main road is right in front of my house, and we have to come up with all kinds of tricks to keep animals tied up, so heres what we all do:

You know how people hang there clothes up on a clothes line, well basically its two poles running parallel and you place them however far apart youd like them to run, and you tie strong wire or rope from one end to the other and then attach one end of a chain or Dog tie to the wire and they can run up and down that line without being able to go where they arent supposed to, its great exercise for them!

Sorry if you already have seen this!

Christel

If I heard of someone doing this with a Malamute I would be livid ! It is NOT great exercise for them , it is a horrible practice IMO

If you are taking a Malamute on you need to have a secure fence. If you don't have a secure fence then you need to do one of two things:

1. GET a secure fence

2. Ask rescue to rehome your Malamute

Sorry but that is it as far as I can see

I realise that this will probably be a contraversial post and I apologise but you shouldn't take on a dog unless you can meet its needs

As I said with mine, once they've tried escaping once they will do it again. I don't think mine are unhappy here, I have a feeling they were chasing birds when they went through the fencing and hedges.

No amount of cobbling it together and trying to make do will work, they just kept breaking through it again whenever my back was turned. I've ended up replacing it with the weldmesh, bit by bit and I still have loads to do. I suppose I'm more paranoid than most because we live so close to a very busy road, if mine get out again I don't believe for one minute that I will be so lucky as to get them all back alive again. This is what worries me about your little lass, is she in any danger when she escapes?