Fences, traffic and neighbor's dogs

Keeping neighbor's dogs from the yard is one reason we decided to build a fence. Of course when you have 2 acres of property to fence it's a major undertaking. The other reason is our dogs attract other dogs who cross traffic to come visit. So hopefully we can save a dog's life. We've seen 2 dogs hit in the past couple years. One was a hunter's dog that had strayed and gotten lost. Sad, very sad.

So we're working on fencing to reduce the attraction to our yard. Our 3 dogs love the visits and bark grandly to let the other dogs know they're here, while usually are inside our backyard fence, but have occasionally been out and run full speed after another dog, right towards traffic. I was glad to see the good breaks on a cement truck last week.

The first fence post hole was delayed when a good size chunk of sycamore tree root was hit. Off to the hardware store for a new reticulating saw, which did the trick with some effort and revealed a 12x12 inch chunk of solid root. Thankfully only one more of the dozen or so holes dug yesterday, required roots to be cut through with a saw.

My job is watering down the ground around the set posts to solidify the dirt in place to hold them. I didn't however sit and watch the heavy sweaty work of hole digging. I cleaned out a flower bed, weeded and transplanted some succulents to the sandy soil, along with fetching and carrying tools as needed.

The fence will be a nice barrier to what traffic does travel this country road. And the dogs will be safer. :-)