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RE: [pyrnet] Fencing





Mary,
I went to a farm supply store and bought livestock panel fencing. It is something like 4 gauge welded wire (very tough, and galvanized too). Its sold in 16'x5' panels and the wire spacing is something like 6" squares ( not good for new puppies, but as we know, Pyrs arent small for long). The nice thing about this stuff is the bottom is a double wire-- two at the bottom two inces apart for dig strength. The panels are very stiff, in fact you can climb over them as a human and they dont bend. Dogs cant dig a little and then bend them out like chain link fencing. You can set them in dirt a little too. I used 8 foot 4x4's and set them two feet in ground and filled with #2 limestone, cut the panels with a circular saw with a graphite blade ( making them 8 feet) and set my posts 8 feet apart, and used heavy fence staples to hammer them in. Great thing is the posts dont need to be perfect. Alternate the panels putting them up ( nail one inside, the next one outside, and so on...). If you have sloped hills, you can trench out one side a little.
Works great for me and I have a Pyr that wont jump a two foot puddle, but likes to dig. The fence has frustrated him and he doesnt dig any more!
Jason Repko



--- On Tue 03/30, Mary Delmage < Mary@ericnagler.com > wrote:

From: Mary Delmage [mailto: Mary@ericnagler.com]
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:37:22 -0500
Subject: [pyrnet] Fencing

I remember there was some talk a while back about fencing and what a great
benefit it had been to people's dogs to have free range. My two pyrs used
to have free range over our 8 acres of woodland but a neighbour objected to
their occasional visits so now they are on a 50 foot running line. We
installed a radio f ence around most of the property but they both learned
that if they ran fast enough the pain was transient and well worth the
subsequent freedom. I hate to see them tied up and want them to be loose
because they are supposed to be guarding our other stock.

So I'm thinking of fencing and my question is what sort, and how
high? I've seen them both fly over a wooden rail fence more than a meter
high. How do you stop them digging under it?

Thanks,
Mary.



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