It is a wonder to watch a beagle catch a scent and track the smell while baying. That beagle nose brings delight, laughter, and love to their owners, but also causes so much aggravation when the nose tells the beagle that all you need is a little hole here and we can check out the next yard or county!
The bungalow is the home of two little munchkins who are master escape artists. This tiny dual have found a way out of the yard at least once a week since they arrived over a year ago. Many hours of manual labor and supplies have made the bungalow a secure facility! If you have a beagle or are thinking of adopting, you need to make sure your fence line is as secure as possible from little diggers.
1- Easiest and least expensive is to stake chicken wire in the grass as close to the fence as possible, but you do need to have a grassy yard to grow over the wire or they will just pull it up!
2- You can dig a trench along the fence line, pour in quick cret and top with landscape timbers. It must be complete. My last house had a 4-inch gap near the house, and they found it and dug out! 3 of my fosters got out that time! One went to a neighbor; one was found in a field chasing critters and the third was on the patio of the nearby Mexican Restaurant eating chips!
3- You can line the fence line with paver stones. They need to be heavy enough that they cannot be moved.
4- Pound those 8 in forks into the ground all along the fence line.
5- Most effective is to have a deep trench dug and have concrete poured all the way around the yard.
I am sure you all have come up with other ideas in the attempt to keep these little hounds home. I am lucky in that Dinah and Eve were yard dogs who lived in an un-secure yard. They spend their freedom circling the property and taunting the pack! Too many other beagles in town get out and are found stray much later in sad shape. Please make sure your dog is chipped and your yard is secure.
