DO Fence Me In!!

I know – I’m swimming upstream here with all you “Don’t fence me in” folks haha!!!  But if you have a yard and you have really, really sweet pups that you want to keep safe, then ya gotta keep up with the fences.

First order of business was to haul out the temporary construction fence and run it across the yard to the shop so that the dogs could come outside but still be fenced in while the old fence was being removed and rebuilt.  It is just flimsy plastic but Russ did a great job in stringing it up and the dogs never once tried to breech the fence.


We have a BIG backyard, for around here anyway.  We can only do one section of fence at a time and it was time to do the south side.  Russ had braced it up with 2X4s a couple of years ago but even those were starting to sag.  SO, 143 ft. of fence later…








That is the south side fence (next to the school yard) and the short north side with gate.  And NO the school does NOT share in the cost of the fence.

Island Fence (why “Island” – I have no idea) did the work and they did a fine job.  They used 4X6 treated posts and two 2X4s, top and middle for rails.  At the bottom rail, they used a treated 2X6.  They also shored up the concrete on the posts along the back fence as some of those were getting wobbly.  That’s a lot of fence!


For all his help on the fence, I told Russ he could get a shiny, new red mode of transportation.  After all, the RV shed is empty now!

See that nice pile of gravel to the left of the shed?  It’s a match made in heaven to go with Russ’s new wheels!






Russ has been hauling and I have been helping him spread gravel all along the bottom of the South and West sections of fence.  That stuff is HEAVY!!!  But it will improve the drainage and keep the fence dry and will also fill in the low, uneven places so the dogs can’t get out (or other dogs get in!).




Is it hard work??  Yeah, I guess it is!!




And what of the pups while we were working so hard?  Well, Jewel was SURE she was going to starve to death.  She just sat and waited for the end, knowing we were never going to take time to ever feed her again!


And Ollie, well look at his sad little eyes and tell me what you think HE wants?


We’re not quite done with the gravel, but we learned the hard way to slow down and not try to get it all done in one day.  Now we are limiting ourselves to no more than 2 fence sections per day, when the weather is cooperative.  At least the big gaps are filled and the dogs are secure.  Is it any wonder we took the day off yesterday to enjoy the coast haha!!