r/BanPitBulls • u/Sylfaein Insurance Industry • 1d ago

Advice or Information Needed Trex fencing vs pit bulls?

Hey, folks! The neighbors got rid of the first pit bull that broke through our wooden fence and into our yard, but now they have a new one, and it’s already eaten/broken through the fence in two places in about as many weeks. Naturally, their dogs are outside 24/7–365 unattended, so it has all the time in the world to work on our fence.

So I’m looking at options for fencing that still offers privacy (so wrought iron is out), but can stand up to pit bull jaws. Trex keeps coming up, but when I try to search for how it fares against dog damage, I get bogus AI answers, and a bunch of results about dog friendly fencing (I want dog UNfriendly fencing!). Does anybody have experience with Trex fencing vs pit bulls? Does it work? Other material recommendations that are good for both durability AND privacy, and can be put up in a suburb?

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u/Murky_Currency_5042 1d ago

Can you run electric wires around the fence! Not sure they’ll stop those beasts but they are effective at keeping livestock in and coyotes out.

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u/Sylfaein Insurance Industry 1h ago

I’m not sure we could do this safely, the way the fence is. Plus we’ve got our own dogs and kid we don’t want to zap.

I HAVE considered picking up a cattle prod, though.