Anyone use deer fence/netting for dogs? Experiences/Comments?

[ponyfarm]

I would like to fence my three acres of wooded, and hilly terrain. I have gotten a quote for invisible fence, but am just not sure about it. Makes me nervous. Obviously other dogs, coyotes , people, can enter and my dogs could get out if they were so inclined. I also like to have friends over with their dogs, and obviously invisible fence would not contain them. (Yes, my dogs like to play with others!)

Chain link and wrought iron are out of the budget, and probably would not work for this type of terrain. I found a company that sells deer fence/netting that says you can install yourself. You attach to trees and it blends in with the landscape due to the color (black.) It is marketed as resiliant and safe for dogs...I would be surpervising them when out in the area. And, one feature I really like is its seven feet tall!

Anyone use this product or one like it? I have included the link if anyone cares to look. Thanks guys!
Dog Fence - Best Friend Fence Dog Fence

[Liesje]

I've used 4' agricultural fencing with 4"x2" mesh, attached to T-posts every 8'. We installed this when we rented, since we needed a fence but could not do anything permanent. It cost about $300 (which included some tools we needed such as a wire cutter and post driver) and we fenced in 2600 square feet. Probably could have done it cheaper but it was one of those things where I woke up one morning and decided to do it so we were limited on what supplies and deals were available. It held my GSDs fine. Coke would dig under it to get out so he was either supervised or on a tie-out inside the fenced area (he's always been tied out so he was used to that).

[jocoyn]

My question would be durability and resistance to being torn. I would think a dog could bite right through it. No climb horse fence is cheaper than chain link. But if you do that don't get the cheap welded at home depot. Go for the stuff at tractor supply.

[ponyfarm]

Originally Posted by jocoyn

My question would be durability and resistance to being torn. I would think a dog could bite right through it. No climb horse fence is cheaper than chain link. But if you do that don't get the cheap welded at home depot. Go for the stuff at tractor supply.

I was looking at the RedBrand Diamond Mesh..but not sure about putting up and down our ravine.

Maybe I have unrational dislike of invisible fencing..its just that I have found lots of dogs running thru our property wearing fence collars! (and no tags)

[jocoyn]

I don't know about the diamond mesh. I do have some redbrand horse fence that seems to go up and down about a 15% hill pretty well as an internal fence in my backyard.

[Rua]

We use something similar to that deer fencing for the space around our chicken run. It's really good and quite resilient even though it feels like it should be flimsy.

Around our acre of land we have sheep fencing, which isn't the strongest kind of fencing around, but it does the job. It keeps the dogs and kids in and the riff raff out. In places where we need a bit more deterrent, we have put the deer fencing over the sheep fencing and it's done the trick.

Fencing is expensive, isn't it? Especially when you've got a lot of land to cover!

[angierose]

I've used this kind of fencing for a twenty-odd foot section of our property. (There's chain link on either side, but we've had to tear it down as some neighbors keep backing into it and destroying the fence.) The mesh stuff holds the dogs fine, but critters do chew it. I have to do a little repair every now and then where a bunny has decided he needs in our yard.

[kiya]

I use deer fence to keep deer off the shrubs in my front yard, it tears easily when they get hungry enough. If I were to use it as a fence for my dogs I would run a hot wire inside the fence to keep the dogs away.