[Jacob-list] Re Dogs, Guns and Portable Fence

[Gary Fay]

Sharon,

Dogs and guns are alot alike, they are tools, and can be used for good or evil.

As far as portable fencing I owe this tip to Mary Ellen. Southern State and
Tractor Supply Co both carry cattle panel. They are 4.5 x 16 ft sheets of low
gauge (rods) that have tight panels. With some t posts you can quickly fence in
an area.

Gary

SharHill at aol.com wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone has used portable electric fences to confine
> Jacobs.  We have a big garden area that is overgrown with high grass (our
> lawn mower was broken down a good part of the summer).  I would like to put
> the sheep in there to eat it up without putting up a permanent fence around
> the whole thing.  There is good chain link on 2 sides.  The kind of fence I
> saw in the catalogues is woven wire with built in poles.  I would also like
> to know if these fences are effective in keeping out dogs.
> I'd appreciate it if anyone with any experience with these fences could
> advise me.
>
> After reading all the bad stuff about dogs, I felt I should say something
> good.  I was out walking my son's show lamb in our back fields a few days ago
> and my border collie came with us.  I saw him alert to something on the side
> of the path and make a wide, careful, cirle around it. I stopped short and
> listened, and soon I heard an ominous rattling sound.  I took a couple of
> steps closer and saw a big rattlesnake curled up ready to strike in the high
> grass right by the path about 10 feet away.  I had been hurrying along with
> the lamb without paying attention to stuff like that, and it is highly likely
> that if the dog hadn't been with us, either me or the lamb would have been
> bitten.  There was no one else at home to help me either, so my dog may well
> have saved my life.
>
> Sharon
>
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