One of the reasons we bought our house was the fence surrounding the backyard.
My wife and I have a two-year-old Airedale who has excess energy.
The dog needs to spend time outside running around, playing and digging holes. We didn’t want to be required to put our dog on a leash every time she needed to go outside. Once we moved in, it didn’t take long to discover some problems with the fence. There were areas along the bottom where the dog could dig and manage to squeeze under and run off. I tried fixing these spots by piling up some rocks. One day, when I called the dog to bring her back into the house, I couldn’t find her. I was worried she’d gotten out of the fence until I heard her whimpering. Following the sounds she was making, I discovered that she’d somehow gotten wedged between our fence and the neighbor’s fence. The only way to get her out was to lift her up and over. Lifting a sixty-pound dog over a fence is just about impossible. That was when I decided to call a professional fencing company and get an estimate on repairs. When the contractor showed up at the house and looked over the current situation, he recommended replacing the entire fence. He pointed out areas of the fence that were corroded, bent and falling apart. He said that a new fence would keep the dog safe, reduce maintenance and provide for our needs for many years. We chose a simple chain-link style, and the fencing company installed it in a single day. Having the new fence has been such a relief.