"Consider" using metal tent stakes (with the hooks on the side (or re-bar)) to anchor fence closer to the ground. I've seen small cement footers poured a few inches wide with the bottom of the fence sunk into the concrete.
"Fences are not to keep the inmates in, but to keep the wild animals out"
Oren They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction. Janet Reno, Attorney General, Friday, February 27, 1998
When you're through muttering to yourself in here, go buy something along these lines:
Well just maybe, they want to get away from you. Does your husband stay gone a lot?
You excite easily.
Just as I suspected. Hubby stays away a lot... Okay, now I know where this going.
Are you old and ugly? If not and you're in my area I'll come over and 'give' you something to really howl about. Like a big bone.
grr...
Try to weave the re-bar through the fence, near the bottom about ten inches or so and (long enough) then drive the bar into the ground with a hammer. Yea I suppose the tent stakes would be too short... You might find cut pieces of re-bar at the local HD.
Cement is the extreme side if the dogs are huge...
Nope!
Oren They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction. Janet Reno, Attorney General, Friday, February 27, 1998
You're playing hard to get Ms. Hotpants!
Borrow a fence electrifier; you won't need it long ;)
My neighbor put a line of brick pavers under his fence to discourage digging and "squeezing"
Drive in tent pegs anywhere the fence is loose enough to move The little hook meant for the rope should hold the bottom of the wire mesh.
But don't blame me if the dogs just start digging, and you have to go with the chicken wire anyway. The dogs may not be as stupid as you first thought
AMUN
Just take AMUN's electrical advice and your life may well be over.
Depends.
If it's some idiot named helsee, don't be too impressed. There are far more entertaining & clever trolls in other groups
Just killfile the nut and your problems are over.
AMUN
Hello - Usenet citizen's first post to this group. I have two stupid dogs who are squeezing out under the chain link fence to go play with the other dogs in the park. Not digging - just squeezing.
So what would you try?
Googling got me attaching chicken wire to the bottom, angling it in and burying it 12" or so in. My chicken wire projects always look like crap though.
Stupid dogs.
If the neighbors didn't have kids....no doubt.
(Actually, I have kids too, but they learn almost as quick as the dogs.)
A
That is the same thought my husband had. Do you think tent stakes are long enough to hold it properly?
How would rebar be done? (I love rebar. It looks so....serious!)
I've seen small cement
Yikes. I've never done cement before. I started to say "I think that would be easier done when installing the fence" but I do not think that's quite right. :)
Then I pictured some sort of a temporary mold along the bottom...
Next thought was : That might be hard, because the footer can't extend beyond the fence line without encroaching on the neighbor's / city's property line. (We back up to a park.)
No parent wrote that.
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Is that a radio fence? I had one at my last house - put it in myself, and fixed it every time it got broken. (A lightning strike blew it right off the wall!) We absolutely loved it, but our yard's not wide enough to do that here . They would be barely able to step off the patio before they got into the shock zone.
It is a good thought though. Thanks!
A
Does your fence have a bottom wire? Fence installers can run a plastic coated aircraft cable from post to post along the bottom. It is woven into the bottom row of fencing, and pulled tight with a turnbuckle at one end. This keeps the bottom edge of the fencing very tight so it is much harder to squeeze under, as long as there isn't a big gap between the bottom of the fence and the ground. You could do it youself; it's not hard. If the dogs are really determined, they may just resort to digging, but this will prevent them from just squeezing under.
HTH,
Paul
Digging I have always successfully stopped by burying their solid waste in the holes. I have heard it does not work for all dogs, but I have been lucky.
I can do chicken wire, but it always looks so crappy.
They're going to end up in little doggie runs if they don't decide it is best to stay put. Stupid dogs.
I'm on a tangent here, but I'm home with them all day. They're more than welcome to come in if they want. I play frisbee with them a couple times a day, we walk almost every day...they're not starved for toys, water or attention. They just want to go play with the other doggies going on their walks in the park.
A
My first troll!!! I'm so excited!
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No...oh wait, I mean Yes!! Yes, I am very old, very ugly....I don't really even have a husband. Just dogs. Plus 27 cats. 9 kids. 3 in diapers. And lots of boxes everywhere. Too bad for me, I guess.
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