How to Create a Temporary Fence for a Dog

Temporary Fence

The best way to contain a dog in your yard is to use a permanent fence. Occasionally, however, there are reasons that dog owners would need to use a temporary fence. The owner may be moving to a temporary location and only need a fence for a short period of time. Another reason to use temporary fence is visiting relatives for a longer period of time than a dog can be boarded. Whatever the reason, erecting a temporary fence for your dog is something that can be accomplished with some physical effort using materials purchased from most any home store.

Measure the area

1 Use the measuring tape to determine the area you want to enclose. Since this is temporary you may want to consider a smaller area than you would use for a permanent solution. Try to use the side of a house as one portion of the fenced area to reduce the total
2 Purchase enough heavy-duty deer fencing to enclose the measured area. This fencing is usually sold in 50 foot lengths. The fence should be high enough to prevent your dog from escaping. Four-foot high fence is adequate for most dogs, while dogs who are jumpers require a six-foot fence.
3 Purchase metal fence posts. The posts should be long enough to support the width of the deer fence. Purchase enough posts to place one every eight feet along the perimeter of the fence. Purchase four zip ties per post.
4 Using a hammer and the fence posts drive each post into the ground at eight foot intervals. If the ground is dry and difficult to penetrate spray about a gallon of water at each fence post location. Let the water penetrate for several hours and the fence post placement will be much easier.
5 Roll out the deer fencing along the posts. The post should be on the outside of the deer fence material as seen from the inside of the enclosure. Use four zip ties per post to secure the fence material.

Tips & Warnings

Make sure to closely supervise you dog the first few times he is enclosed in this new environment to ensure he doesn’t escape.
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