“He said deputies also spoke with a person who said her two pit bulls had jumped a 6-foot fence and escaped from her yard.”
I don’t think a pit bull can jump a 6 foot fence. Maybe a 6 foot “long” fence...
Maybe it can chew through it.
Dogs can actually leap pretty high, when they are motivated.
The dogs wouldn’t have to jump over a fence, just high enough that they can use their front legs to hang with and their back legs to climb the fence.
It’s plausible.
A six-foot chainlink fence is no problem for a pit bull. I watched a neighbor easily train his to scale one in no time at all.
Check out this video: Pitbull Scaling a 12 Foot Fence
I have seen it done, albeit he had a hump of ground a few feet back to run and launch himself from, but you would be surprised how high them guys can go.