Quote Originally Posted by Poconos View Post
I have to say this....Watermom will kick in here. She has two Goldens that likewise chew everything. How dogs that chew everything and manage to survive...I'll never know. If a human tried this they would be dead. The only chewy things here are red squirrels....and they get shot. I have friends with a chocolate lab and I know they eat horse poop and pee on tires but didn't think they chewed much. Really laid back dogs. Check this post.
http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...5776#post35776
Al
We have a 5 year old black lab who's matured about 5 seconds in 5 years. But we also have a BL puppy who chews EVERYTHING. The mystery(s) to me about chewing are: 1. Why don't they LEARN that eating grass (and just about every other non-food "snack") makes them throw up later, or get the runs? 2. Since taste is mostly smell and they have the most incredible noses, how can they develop such a fondness for (sorry to get graphic here) licking the "marks" of other dogs/pets? 3. Why don't even the most willful offenders have any interest in leather furniture? (actually, that's more a miracle than a mystery, I guess)

About the fence.....If aesthetics aren't a problem, I've successfully used PVC "plumbing" water pipe to make a fence for doggily protection.

Benefits: cheap, strong, moves in one piece and can be cut up and re-used again and again. It also doesn't allow "digging under" because it sits on the ground so there's no grace space afforded by above ground pickets which allow the ever-plotting recidivist to get a new spot started. You can also "build-to-suit" so that it's high enough to keep the puppy out, but low enough to step over.

Cons: ugly, unless you're a lot neater at gluing than I am and have a creative streak which I apparently don't....at least with PVC. Also, if your Lab refuses to grow up, you can wind up with an 8 foot high monstrosity that you have to climb over, just to get to the protected area. Ask me how I know that.