I have to divide my yard with a fence for my dog.. what would be best?
I don’t know what would be easiest or cheapest. I don’t need it to look fancy or anything, i just have to put up something so my dog can’t get into the other half of the yard where the garden is. My dog is a digger, and bites the plants, not to mention that there is stuff there that she shouldn’t be able to get her little teeth on, for her own good.
I was at petsmart the other day and saw some plastic fences, but they are expensive… what can i do?
It would have to be about 10 feet of fencing…
they where about 100 bucks. I’m asking ’cause i don’t know if those are better, or if buying a roll of cyclone fencing, and if it’s easy to set up, or how to do it. I would appreciate helpful answers, please.
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How about a dog run:
http://www.optionspluskennels.com/
http://www.petedge.com/MIDWEST-K-9-Kennels-MW646.pro
Check with your local Home Depot and see if they have them or can order one for you.
How to Build a Dog Run:
http://www.wise4living.com/hgfence-pet/dog-run.htm
Roofs:
http://www.yourfencestore.com/dogs/sunblocktop.asp
How expensive could 10 ft. of fence be? Good grief!
You didn’t mention the size or breed of your dog. That makes a difference. When I moved here, it was simple to keep my Australian Shepherd out of the garden, partly because of her gentle and eager-to-please personality. I simply purchased a roll of two-foot high wire fence (think it was called rabbit fencing) and put that up. I used aluminum electrical conduit for posts, cutting them with a tubing cutter to be one foot taller than the fence. Set the fence in place and "weave" the conduit in the fencing; using a hammer, pound the "fence post" into the ground. They are easy to remove or change location as they easily pull out.
Later, for appearance purposes, I did much the same thing with PVC lattice purchased at various garage sales. The panels were 4×8 feet which I cut in half length-wise to get two 2×8-foot panels from each one. I cut two-foot lengths of PVC pipe (just large enough in diameter to fit over the conduit) and used those plastic pull ties (forget at the moment what they are called) to secure the PVC pipe to the lattice, one in the middle and one at each end. I set the lattice in place and pounded the conduit in place (inside the PVC pipe with the pipe becoming a "sleeve" – leaving the "fence" secure until I wanted to move it. This is completely portable and removable. (So, the lattice is attached to the PVC pipe with it all held in place by the aluminum conduit driven inside the PVC pipe; only the lattice is visible from the "front" side.) If you want to be decorative, you can find little statues to put on the conduit tops; I have little rabbits, baby chicks and even a hatching dinasaur egg!
I chose two feet for the height so I could easily step over it. If you wanted it higher, the same principle would apply; you just can’t step over it so easily. The same type of thing could also be done to make a temporary children’s play yard. The nice thing about the lattice is that everything was white, the lattice, the poles and the ties, in expensive, practical but pretty.