Jumping.

[cnash]

So, I've been planning on making Bentley a pen but I've noticed lately that he can jump pretty high.
How tall do you think would be safe through adulthood so that he can't jump over it?

Thank you.

 

[2bullymama]

OH boy -0-- that is a great question.... Cheli can make it to my hip without an issue from a sitting position -- that has to be about 3 feet, maybe.

 

[cnash]

I was thinking maybe I'll just put a net over the pen if it comes down to it. But I'm still debating on what height to make it overall.

 

[winginit66]

Gidget can also jump to my waist. I'm 5'8".

 

[cnash]

Yeah. Bentley can jump even higher. For being less than 4 months old and around 10 lbs (we'll find out exactly at his vet visit this Saturday) he can jump close to 4' vertically. But I'm not sure about a forward leap.
I'm thinking I'm going to have to have some type of removal or netting for when I'm not home. I plan to build a new "crate" attached to a pen for a total of a little over 28 square feet of room for him in an L shape (6.5 of that is actual "crate" which will just be a sectioned off area with a bed). So he has room to move when no one is home.

Here is a design I created for the pen.

 

[Alice Kable]

Wow, that looks great. I'd make the fence 4' tall!

 

[Darby7]

My Frenchie can jump High as well but I just taught her to respect the baby gate and not to go near it.

 

[CristianL]

I hope you don't have to make your fence as high as this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhBpYeOiDNg

or this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLS8CVBYCvM

 

[Squishy Walnuts]

That's a great looking pen!

We had to build a 6' wall out of wood to contain Uma, and she still escaped all the time. I wasn't even mad, it was very impressive. Wally just ran through the baby gate when he got big enough, he's like the Koolaid Man.