# Coon Urine **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 8, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coon-urine/657855 "2013-05-08T23:50:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SuzanneC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SuzanneC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuzanneC)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coon-urine/657855/1 "2013-05-08T23:50:25Z")
Do you think putting coon urine along my fence line will keep my dogs an my neighbors dogs from digging underneath the fence? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coon-urine/657855/2 "2013-05-09T00:36:04Z")
Someone’s gonna misinterpret this. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coon-urine/657855/3 "2013-05-09T00:36:46Z")
I would expect that to _encourage_ them to dig underneath the fence. My dog digs like mad where she smells potential prey. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coon-urine/657855/4 "2013-05-09T01:08:51Z")
In my experience the only thing which discourages dogs from digging under a fence is to bury heavy wire fencing there (I had a dog who would dig through buried poultry netting). Or, sheet steel should work. Or concrete. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coon-urine/657855/5 "2013-05-09T01:13:49Z")
Last time I build a dog enclosure for the wolf hybrid I used to own, I put a 2-foot “skirt” of wire mesh on the ground on the inside, attached it to the fence with hog rings, and staked the inside down every two feet with tent stakes.