From: Michael.Lacy.junk@colostate.edu
Subject: Re: Question for Chain link fence expert ? guages for different animals ?
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Date: 31 Jan 2006 17:46:55 -0700

tev9999@hotmail.com wrote:

> KLS wrote:
>> >My German Shepherd just went over chain link (only about 3').  Tried
>> >adding 2' more temporary plastic above that and it took about an hour
>> >for her to figure out how to defeat it.  Put in a 6' wood privacy fence
>> >and she learned how to open the gate latch.  Modified the latch and she
>> >figured out how to just climb the 6' fence to visit the neighbors.
>> >Whatever you use make sure you add a roof.

There is a chain link fence part known as a "barb arm," 
which is an extension to the top of the post that slants
inward (or outward, as you choose) at about a 30 degree
angle off the vertical. (Google  images for "barb arm" fence .)

This device is designed to hold barb wire and prevent 
climbing over the fence, which of course does not apply
in your situation.  However, perhaps there is someway
to use this fitting to similarly create a barrier 
using plain tension (nonbarbed) or something similar.
The barrier here is not just height (about a foot or so),
but the angle at which the barb arm fitting projects.
Just a thought...

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