# How should I Puppy-Proof this balcony?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-puppy-proof-this-balcony/624730>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 10, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-puppy-proof-this-balcony/624730 "2012-06-10T15:21:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrea\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-puppy-proof-this-balcony/624730/1 "2012-06-10T15:21:10Z")

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I will be moving into a new apartment (sublet) for at least the next few months with my 13 week old toy poodle.

Before delving into the issue at hand, here are some obligatory puppy pics:

[Puppy on Couch](http://i.minus.com/ijqOL4V1Lw8qd.jpg)

[Puppy when super young](http://i.minus.com/iba3njbjLj6U3L.png)

The apartment we’ll be living in has a double balcony, 2x21.5 feet long

Along the balcony there is a 4 inch gap that I am sure the puppy could fall through if she tried hard enough.

There are a bunch of photos of the problem here: [http://min.us/mxz2US9tt](http://min.us/mxz2US9tt)

And a little video here: [- YouTube](http://youtu.be/oYlq10QFWAk) in case anything is still not clear.

So what I’m looking for is something temporary I can either do myself (or more likely) ask a handyman to build for me to ensure the balcony is 100% safe for my puppy. What strategy, materials etc can be used to fix this problem?

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-puppy-proof-this-balcony/624730/2 "2012-06-10T15:28:48Z")

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If your landlord allows it, you could likely fix that yourself with a little [chicken wire.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_wire) Home Depot has a [plastic version](http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=100384028&storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=100384028&cm_mmc=shopping-_-googlebase-_-D22X-_-100384028) in a 3’x25’ roll for twenty bucks.