In a message dated 4/16/2006 10:30:07 A.M. Central Daylight Time, hollywoods@xxxxxxx writes: Chain link is a waste of time for my dogs; they unravel for sport. Be > forewarned though; IF you do have an escape artist/vigorous chewer, the welded > wire can and will chip teeth. I have a thought to add, regarding the chain link fence for a kennel. My very large male likes to fence run with other dogs and when the other dog doesn't show any interest, he paws at the chain link fence and while doing so, he pinched his paw with his weight stretching the wire while jumping against it and when the wire sprung back, it had pinched his paw. This pence on his front paw cost us over $500 on Vet bills to get repaired, plus a lot of maintenance caring for the foot, causing him not to be able to stay conditioned until the foot healed. If I had a choice, I would want a safer kind of wire to be used for my dog. Francine D. Martin ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================