Posted: 9/12/2011 10:06:21 PM EDT
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Looking for some suggestions on a good fence and material. Have appox 2 acres that need to be fenced in. Looking too keep my animals ( 3 dogs) in and other animals out. Have a pond on the property that the fence would surround to protect the ducks and also protect my dogs, kid , and wife from stray/wild/wandering dogs , coyotes, idiots.
My wife has already been bitten when a person in the subdivisions dog got loose from it's electric fence. The neighbor was able to get it back on their property before i was able to get home and appropriately deal with dog.  ,My wives favorite cat was killed recently. I managed to "thin" the wild dog pack during the attack on the cat, but know it is a matter of time before they return and i dont want to be paranoid when im in my own yard with my kid as these dogs were preparing to go thru me to get back at cat when i commenced the "thinning" so they probably would not hesitate to attack a kid. I want my kid to be able to play in the back yard with me relaxing on my deck watching him, not feeling the need to be within 10 yards of him as soon as he steps outside.
I like the look of steel/iron bar, we want to avoid a total privacy fence and chain link. Cost is not a real factor. I am also looking for it to assist as a deterent/delay in a shtf situation, but this is not a real issue as i know it will only delay or be a minor speed bump for a vehicle , but something is better than nothing. I know a fence will not stop any determined animals or people but it may give me enough time to have my "stuff" ready for the threat or may make them move on to easier targets. |
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I like the look of steel/iron bar, we want to avoid a total privacy fence and chain link. Cost is not a real factor. I am also looking for it to assist as a deterent/delay in a shtf situation, but this is not a real issue as i know it will only delay or be a minor speed bump for a vehicle , but something is better than nothing. I know a fence will not stop any determined animals or people but it may give me enough time to have my "stuff" ready for the threat or may make them move on to easier targets. For what you want to do, a full bore "privacy fence" sounds optimal. It won't keep young cats in, but it'll keep old cats reasonably contained, most of the time. Another option might be sheep & goat fence on wooden posts and maybe with a top board for looks. That installation won't keep cats in either but it'll deter some foreign dogs most of the time. If you run a hot wire on the outside of it, it'll keep most strange dogs out, most of the time (particularly since you aren't talking about keeping livestock in the fenced area.) No matter what you choose, check your zoning regulations carefully as some local regs place some whacky restrictions on fencing. (And don't depend on the fence company to tell you the zoning regs.....a lot of times they'll tell you stuff that's flat out inaccurate.) Good luck1 
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| nothing beats an 8 foot chain link plasticized fence buried 18 inches - and later if you have a deer problem you can put outriggers on it to make it 10 foot tall to stop the forest or what we call them garden rats from destroying your garden.. it will also keep out sometimes diseased rabbits - coons and possums will climb the fence unless you put a hot wire near the top. the plasticized fence will also be there long after you are in a hole in the ground doing what it was designed to do - keep out animals and somewhat deter some 2 legged creatures. do it right the first time and then you will never have to worry about rabid dogs and if you hot wire it near the top you won't have to worry about the neighbors cats - we have weasels and have not yet figured out how to keep them off the property - the only sure fire solution we have found for weasels is a varmit rifle with night vision |
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Electric cattle fence. Kinda depends there. Lotta folks keeps cows with fencing that's perfectly adequate to keep cows in, but not gonna be so good at keeping predators out. We have 7-strand HT with two low spaced hot wires and I wouldn't consider it adequate protection against aggressive dogs. Fortunately we haven't had that problem here. |
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For coyote / dog sized animals galvanized cattle panels might work well for you. 52 inches tall x 16 feet long.
I put them up around an acre of my property. They look at home in the country. I used t posts on the sides and back and wood 4x4s out front along the road. |
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I would use horse fencing. easy to install, and stands at about 4 1/2 ft tall. It will keep dogs out, cats have a hard time climbing it, and it will keep others out as well. It's actually kinda hard to climb for people as well. Plus, it's fairly easy to repair should it get holes in it.
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| I used game wire/horse/goat fencing. I also live in an acreage subdivision. The developer put in the front and side game fencing before we bought the lot that has 12"x7" boxes at the top that is graduated down to 12"x5" at the bottom. Our deed restrictions actually specify that all exterior fences be 48" tall knotted wire game fencing with one strand of barb wire at the bottom and two strands at the top on natural barked cedar posts, 52" tall total. It is a good fence that looks good. The back fences were all still old rusty T-post barb wire left over from the old ranch and we quickly had a problem with coyotes and other peoples dogs coming through the old back barb wire fences. The coyotes never got close to the house that I saw but they would just come onto my land and call. The other peoples dogs would shit and piss everywhere and get my dogs riled up which would result in my dogs getting in a fight with each other. My dogs would each be bloodied and the offending dog got away free. I never got a chance to get a shot on one when warranted. I had the old barb wire and T-post pulled and replaced with game fence with the top and bottom barb wire strands on cedar posts but I upgraded the game fence to 6"x6" boxes. That stopped the coyotes and dogs right there. For a running/shitting yard for my dogs I fenced in about 1/4" acre directly around the house using 2"x4" "no climb" wire fencing on barked cedar posts. Like the guy said earlier, it's called "no-climb" for a reason. Unless you are barefoot you aren't getting a toe-hold on it to climb over it and with the 2" wide by 4" tall boxes my dogs can't even get their noses into much less through a box. I thought about using 2"x4" all the way around but even out here they want a common look among the properties and I didn't want to pull down thousands of feet of one to two year old game fence that was already paid for. I had to get a waiver just to use the 6"x6" on the back and 2"x4" around the house since it didn't match the front and sides but from the road you wouldn't notice the difference unless it was pointed out so they didn't care. |