[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Welded wire OR chain link?
- From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
- To: cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:35:55 EDT
In a message dated 4/16/2006 10:10:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
My dogs walk right through Welded wire, like it wasn't even there.
Ginger you may mean horse or agricultural fence which is usually 12-16
gauge. Chain link usually used for fencing or panels from a home store is 11
1/2
to 12 gauge. I have dogs that unravel it like a sweater, so I needed to
learn all about fence! The welded wire we're referring to is either 7-9 lower
gauge w/ a tight, usually 1 inch mesh (so nothing like an ear or a piece of a
puppy can get pulled through.). In fencing, the lower the number, the
stronger
the fence. Sounds like the opposite should be true! The panels used for
runs today is actually much heavier than the old Mason runs. The welded wire I
use for paddocks and perimeter fencing was actually made for security fencing
at prisons and airports (you can't get wire/bolt cutters heavy duty enough to
cut the welded wire through the small, 1 inch mesh), and I'm told by the
manufacturer some Nascar tracks use the same black coated welded wire in front
of crowds to keep burning debris from a crash away from spectators. I can
believe it. Also, it was important to me that there be no "rough edges" that
could scratch/scar a dog. Everything I looked at related to agricultural
fencing had sharp spots. The 5 and 6 foot heights of security fencing I had
made
come from MA in 50 foot lengths and they move the rolls w/ a skid-loader.
It's too heavy for the fence installers to lift. Nobody is walking through
it:)
I went through three installation companies before I found one that would
do what I wanted w/ fencing (one was stopped at lunch at a local deli when he
had fencing in his truck and asked by another contractor if he'd gotten a
"prison job"!). I'm sure they thought I was nuts, but I DO have escape
artists
and their safety is worth putting up with what installers thought!
Kathy
three generations of Dual Titled Champions live here!
visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_
(http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/)
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