Is wire fencing strong enough to keep in a large dog?
I had a large pit bull / pointer? mix dog dumped at my house a month ago. Since I live in the country the in town animal shelter will not take the pup, so I now have a dog. He's presently on a 30' foot line in the yard. He can't stay in the house while I'm at work as I have two older house cats and he tries to play with them and it scares them. Unsupervised it could grow to an attack. Also my brother works nights and has to sleep during the day.
While I know chain link would be the best, I cannot afford it. I will need the fence to be at least 4 foot high though I'm thinking 5 foot would be best. Has anyone used those metal fence posts with wire fencing? Are they strong enough to hold up to a large, very active dog. The pup is 5 months old, 55 lbs and growing. Is welded wire strong enough or should I get the woven stuff? How far apart should the metal fence posts go?
Honestly, the kind of fence you are describing will not hold a 55lb pit/pointer mix if he gets a notion to go wandering. It would probably work well if someone were there to supervise him, but I wouldn't trust it to keep him contained while I was away at work. 5 feet is not high enough (truthfully a 50+ pound dog can scale a 6-8 foot chain link or wooden privacy fence if they are determined enough) and 4 feet is right out...he'll probably clear such a short fence in one leap. I'm not sure which metal fence posts you're talking about exactly, but if the dog hits the fence hard enough he can push most of the metal stakes I've seen in home improvement stores right out of the ground. If you decide to go ahead and build this fence I suggest going with wooden 4x4's at least for the posts. If this dog is just going to be left alone outside during the day while you are at work would it be possible for you to buy a chain link kennel (they usually come in 6x6x6foot panels, with one panel having a door/gate and you can make them a variety of sizes)? Or perhaps you could invest in a crate and crate train him so that he can stay inside while you're gone without you having to worry about him harming your cats or bothering your brother?
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