fencing?

I absolutely love Janet's fencing at her house.It blends in well,not like our link fence.It was lots of hard work setting the fence,but definately nice.maybe if she is on,she may chime in to give details~
 
Thanks Michele.

We spent several years figuring out where/what we wanted in a fence. The fencing went through several different configurations before we decided on the current permanent location.

Our fence is 4' high, post and board with welded wire fencing inside it (the kind with 2x4" rectangles). From a distance you can't see the wire at all. The fencing encloses a good amount of the backyard, but we also set up a "fence within a fence within a fence" situation...as we can let the dogs out to the full backyard, OR to the deck and "poop yard", OR segment the deck into three different zones.

Do I trust it to keep out coyotes? They haven't gotten in yet, but when I hear the coyotes I keep the dogs inside
 
I like the idea of the poop yard.That would come in handy,when we had fosters here,as they were not allowed to poo where our dogs were,until cleared by vet.
 
BarbV said:
I've had alot of people suggest enlarged dog runs.



I have one problem with dog runs.

At the rental house,Earnhardt & Kasey used them.They were probably 50ft runs.

These were achored in the ground type run,not overhead ones that pullied on a cable.

So there I was out front,out of site to the front door,Brian did not see me.I had unhooked Kasey from her run,so she could come to the house.

At that same time,Brian poked his head out the front door,(I still was not visable to him)and he gave a yell to Kasey.She got all excited,she was unhooked,but unbeknownset to me,the cable was wrapped in her very long legs,and in the excitement,she bolted to go to Brian,and the cable came taut in her legs.

She ran free,but the cable was behind my legs.The force of her,the weight of her which was 82 lbs,sent me reeling in the air.

When it went taut,it threw me backwards. I hit my head on the hard ground,I landed right flat on my back,head hitting first.Now at this time,I'm hurting,and I lean far enough forward,that Brian saw me laying there.

Ended up with a concusion.After that..we eliminated dog runs totally.

But there may be other ways for you to do it differant.
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YOUCH!

I also veto runs...that is what I used when I had only Indy....right up to the day he slipped out of his collar on the run, herded a truck and 'caught' it in the summer of 2000.

The 'poop yard' is Alan's invention: a small fenced in area paved with concrete pavers so that no matter what the weather, the dogs can go out to eliminate and not get muddy. Easy to scoop up, or if it gets wiffly in the summer just powerwash it and sprinkle some lime between the pavers.

While figuring out the fences, we used a temporary fence made with the welded wire 4' fence and metal T poles. The wire comes in 25', 50', or 100' rolls and its fairly easy to pop the poles into the ground and hook the fencing to them. The first fenced in area I made with the 3' height using 50' of fence, 10 poles, and maybe an hour of time.
 

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I have a four foot chain link fence which works great for Meggie. I would have preferred a privacy fence to keep the barking down, but could not afford it at the time. Meggie likes to be able to see the world!
 
granite said:
YOUCH!

I also veto runs...that is what I used when I had only Indy....right up to the day he slipped out of his collar on the run, herded a truck and 'caught' it in the summer of 2000.

The 'poop yard' is Alan's invention: a small fenced in area paved with concrete pavers so that no matter what the weather, the dogs can go out to eliminate and not get muddy. Easy to scoop up, or if it gets wiffly in the summer just powerwash it and sprinkle some lime between the pavers.

While figuring out the fences, we used a temporary fence made with the welded wire 4' fence and metal T poles. The wire comes in 25', 50', or 100' rolls and its fairly easy to pop the poles into the ground and hook the fencing to them. The first fenced in area I made with the 3' height using 50' of fence, 10 poles, and maybe an hour of time.
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Did you not have to stretch that fencing? ours looks just like that but we had to stretch it really right or else it sagged really bad.
 
Around the garden here I have a wooden 6ft fence which fits into a concrete slotted base that sits on the ground and concrete posts. That is the new bit, and only extends so far. It was put up by a company who had it done in a couple of days. Dead simple.

The other section of the garden is older fencing that my dad put up. Again it is wood, slatted at an angle so the wind can come through and hopefully not knock it down, but it does not have the concrete base.

The problem with the older fence is that animals can and do dig gaps under it. This means I am going to have to do some serious repair work before Sheltie pup turns up. The newer fence with concrete base, even though it has been here several years, has never been dug under.

So I can whole-heartedly recommend a concrete base.
 
Does anyone use horse fence with dog fence stapled into it? This is what we had in Georgia for Cleveland. BUT Cleve was not a digger and was never an escape artist. McKinley DIGS and thinks the grass is greener on the other side of his fence.


Check out this peak hole for the pups:
 

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Are you thinking something like post and rail fencing with wire farm fencing attached? I like this idea, and am thinking of it for an area at the house in Maine, the problem is...some dogs run at it, leap to catch the top rail and up and over. I myself am undecided what to use up there. Chain link isn't an option because of how it looks as my land transitions to the water.
 
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