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Anonymous
My brother had a beagle who used to jump out of the pen. Had a 8 foot wooden fence running the perimeter of the yard, then he'd build his pen for his dog, in one corner of the yard, using mesh wire, 6 foot high. Dog would springboard off the wooden fence, to jump over the wire fence. Brother's fix to this, was to attach a heavy chain to the dog's collar, with the chain hooked to a 15 pound pipe. Dog could still move about freely, but couldn't jump over the fence anymore. This setup, led to two benefits tho. First, His dog was one of the friggin most buff beagles, I've ever seen. Dog had some major muscle going on. And Second, brother never had to mow the grass in the pen. Dog, dragging the pipe around, kept the grass down.
When I first saw this setup, I thought it was rather cruel. I was always expecting to hear how the dog had hung itself, jumping over the fence, then getting suspending off the ground by the chain and collar. But, the chain had enough weight, by itself, to keep the dog from being able to jump up high enough on the fence to use it as a springboard. And the dog didn't seem to mind, dragging around the pipe. At least, the dog seemed happy enough.
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