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sheep fencing

  • 08-10-2012 4:28pm
    #1
    hillclimber
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭


    Just wondering if somebody could tell me if very good sheep fencing is in any way effective at keeping dogs out.
    I would like to keep sheep on a farm that I have recently taken over. The boundary all needs to be fenced , if I thought it would work I would go ahead and absorb the cost, otherwise I will stick with cattle fencing.

    I was hoping that sheep wire with one strand of electric on top would do the trick, I was also going to keep it approx. 1 metre from ditch to allow hedgecutter to pass behind and reduce the chance of dogs jumping from ditch into the field.


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  • #2
    razor8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭razor8


    It would definitely improve your chances of keeping them out but not guaranteed


  • #3
    Wooly Admirer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 107 ✭✭Wooly Admirer


    hillclimber wrote: »
    Just wondering if somebody could tell me if very good sheep fencing is in any way effective at keeping dogs out.
    I would like to keep sheep on a farm that I have recently taken over. The boundary all needs to be fenced , if I thought it would work I would go ahead and absorb the cost, otherwise I will stick with cattle fencing.

    I was hoping that sheep wire with one strand of electric on top would do the trick, I was also going to keep it approx. 1 metre from ditch to allow hedgecutter to pass behind and reduce the chance of dogs jumping from ditch into the field.

    You don't have a chance keeping dogs out of a field with sheep wire unless you go to serious trouble - if they want to get in they will get in. They'll find somewhere to jump in, you could probably achieve some level of security with a small area, but if your talking big area, then i wouldn't be relying on it.

    If you came across lads like these you won't have much chance!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=8cAwgpS9Gw4&NR=1


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