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My greyhound has been jumping the baby gate, how do I prevent this from happening?

My greyhound has anxiety and pees (or more) on the floor after I leave. I put up a baby gate but she escapes. She meets at the door with a mess on the floor. The baby gate is an extended height. How do I securely and safely prevent my greyhound from jumping the gate? She refuses to go into the crate and prior to the baby gate, I came home to it filled with urine and feces. The crate seems to be adding to her anxiety, which is why I got the baby gate with the extended height.

Public Comments

1. close the door instead.
2. Crate her when she's unattended or you're not home.
3. I gave up on baby gates a long time ago. Once the dog figures out how to get over them, they can't really be deterred. If you raise the gate, she might get hurt trying to scale it. Consider getting a crate instead. The dog can't get out of them and she'll be safe and secure until you get home.
4. It's hard to contain a Greyhound with a baby gate. My suggestion would be to find another method, either a door or something of that nature. Or crate train her, thats the best method to help teach a dog to hold it's bladder.
5. crate her- if she's a retired racing dog she is used to it and it might actually relieve anxiety. I volunteered for a local greyhound rescue for years and that's what we told all of our new adopters.
6. You could try putting the baby gate about five inches off the floor. That'll raise the height without having to add anything new to it. Your best bet in this situation is trial and error. :P If you're away less than five hours at a time, I'd suggest using a large crate instead of a baby gate.
7. We stacked a baby gate above the other baby gate. Some baby gates are pressure gates and some have hardware that you attach to the doorway.
8. The problem isn't with the baby gate, it is her separation anxiety. I practically guarantee that if you crate her she will hurt herself trying to escape. If you stack two gates, she will pull one down. Read this info about separation anxiety: http://www.ddfl.org/behavior/sep-anxiety.pdf. Once she is comfortable being alone, she will be content when confined.
9. They sell a harness for dogs to keep them from jumping. It goes on like a regular harness but goes around their back legs also.
10. get a higher gate- they have dog gates at Petco- do you take her out to pee right before you leave?