Dog hit, need fence from Tractor supply??

[12pack]

My dog got hit by a car chasing a critter (he's ok after 4 grand in vet bill) so now my wife wants to fence the property.(another couple grand) Free pound puppy is costing alot of dough.

I have 3 acres. I have been looking at the woven wire 4' fencing material sold at the local tractor supply.

My question is which one to get, there seems to be many choices in what appears to be just about the same fence. I want to buy the 330' rolls that cost about $160.00 or so.

I am figuring the heavy duty T-posts every 10-15' or so and wooden posts at change of direction and gates etc...

Any help appreciated

 

[MMagis]

What sort of dog? The fence you mention has fairy large openings. Smaller to medium dogs will go through.

 

[RoyJackson]

You'll want a bar (to wiretie the woven wire to) between each post...and I suggest you put a bar both top and bottom of the wire.

 

[foreman Etexas]

What sort of dog? The fence you mention has fairy large openings. Smaller to medium dogs will go through.

They have a 4" or 6"square field fence. but I would be more worried about the dog digging under. They have a under ground electric fences,that may be an option

 

[Western]

The 2"x4" horse fence or the "Keep safe" horse fence will hold most any dog but maybe a chihuahua, tall jumpers or some Blue heelers will crawl over a fence. The 330' roll of goat fence may do just fine. Some of the rolls have smaller gaps at the bottom, so look them over in person.

Use something like this for the ones that want to "dig under". Mine will dig in the pen, but wont get near the wire to dig and it's been off for year. This one is similar to mine.

Fido Shock charger

 

[wedge40]

Its always easy to spend other peoples money,but I've always thought the best would be a woven fence AND a dog fence with a shock collar. Dog can't get close to the fence without getting shocked, hence he can't dig under.
Pricey yes, but effective.

Wedge

 

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

We have the same situation as the OP describes. No way we would spend the cash on fencing our whole place with it being nearly 7 acres. We decided that the dogs chasing a bunny out though the back of the property is no real danger, but we don't want them running into the road. We used the 2x4 Keep Safe fence Western mentioned and t-posts to fence off the front of the property just to keep them from getting to the road. I don't remember the exact specifics, but cost was reasonable and it looks decent enough....Biggest problem I had was trying to get the posts set in a straight row with all the rocks in our ground.

 

[MotorSeven]

You have to stretch woven wire or it's not going to look good at all. So your corners need to be properly done because stretching puts a big strain on them. If you can afford it, wooden posts w/3 rails will look much better than T posts, so you might consider that for the front.

Later if you dog starts to dig, a cheap electric fence controller and one wire around the inside perimeter about 6" off the ground will take care of that.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I train all my dogs to stay in the yard. It works most of the time, except when they are in hot pursuit of a squirrel or a turkey. A female in heat will cause the males to stray, but all we've had for the last 30 years are females. Don't know if it would work for you, but it's better and cheaper than a doggie maximum security prison, at least for me.

 

[RJD2516]

We had the same problem recently. I went with the no climb wire in 100 foot rolls. Used t=posts every 8 feet (which were on sale luckily). I put Regular chain link posts at the ends set in concrete. Looks nice, pretty easy to stretch, and no more dog issues, for now. My dog is to dumb to know that she can just jump over it. But I still love her, and would not want her to get hurt. Total project cost was around $600. That was for 420 feet.