Off Topic Which Side For Woven Wire Fencing?

[Kelly in tx]

I have existing barb wire fence. The wire is on my/my animal's side of the posts. The neighbor is adding woven wire to keep his dogs out after the Sheriff told him they'd seize the dogs if they killed any more of my livestock. Which side of the posts would be better for the woven wire? Thanks for thoughts. kelly

 

[Sbird]

Your side if they're wood post and you bush hog along it. I tend to occasionally snag the post on my side.

 

[DoubleO7]

I have existing barb wire fence. The wire is on my/my animal's side of the posts. The neighbor is adding woven wire to keep his dogs out after the Sheriff told him they'd seize the dogs if they killed any more of my livestock. Which side of the posts would be better for the woven wire? Thanks for thoughts. kelly

Animal side.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Animal side makes no sense to me. There's already barbed wire on the animal side.

The only thing that makes sense is to put the woven wire on the neighbor's side of the fence. It's there to keep the dogs out. The dogs are going to jump against it. On the neighbor's side they're pushing the wire against the posts. On the animal side they're tugging against the staples.

All a dog needs is a good jolt from an electric fencer. My parents' dog got that lesson today. Sniffing around under the fence, raised his head into the wire, and BAM! Poor guy pouted for hours, but it was his own dumb fault. FAFO...

 

[DoubleO7]

@BarnyardEngineering

I agree

I classify dogs as animals as well as livestock as animals.

I see Kelly called their side the animal side but really meant I meant, in their case the dog side.

Also if going onto the same fence post, would not woven wire over barbed render the barb pretty ineffective?

 

[RobCons]

I would put the woven wire on the dog side then as extra insurance run a hot wire low and high.

 

[Swede in IOWA]

animals on your side, put wire on your side so animals pushing on wire don't push staples out of post. Swede

 

[cjunrau]

Animal side makes no sense to me. There's already barbed wire on the animal side.

The only thing that makes sense is to put the woven wire on the neighbor's side of the fence. It's there to keep the dogs out. The dogs are going to jump against it. On the neighbor's side they're pushing the wire against the posts. On the animal side they're tugging against the staples.

All a dog needs is a good jolt from an electric fencer. My parents' dog got that lesson today. Sniffing around under the fence, raised his head into the wire, and BAM! Poor guy pouted for hours, but it was his own dumb fault. FAFO...

I agree a hot wire or two will keep the dogs away better than woven they will dig under the woven.

 

[Fixingfarmer]

Dog side. If you get an electric fencer hook it to that woven wire if they keep it off the ground on a 2x4 it will insulate it we had something after our chickens assuming dog or fox probably fox since there wasn’t barking in what was to come. hooked a plug in fencer to about 40 feet (not sure how long the dog area is) of run fence. Apparently whatever was getting them got caught between the fence and the old unused coop that was about a foot away from the fence woke up to a horrendous racket in the middle of the night. Whatever it was had gotten too fat and had to tear the little cheapo coop flat enough to put in the burn ring to get away from the fence as it got hammered and hammered and hammered. I couldn’t believe it when I got out there with the gun and all there was was a flat pile of wood where the old coop was. We didn’t loose a chicken for quite awhile after that I would have left it up but it was 400 bucks and dad wanted it back for the cows. And I kept forgetting the thing was on.

 

[GermantownGreen]

Dog side. If you get an electric fencer hook it to that woven wire if they keep it off the ground on a 2x4 it will insulate it we had something after our chickens assuming dog or fox probably fox since there wasn’t barking in what was to come. hooked a plug in fencer to about 40 feet (not sure how long the dog area is) of run fence. Apparently whatever was getting them got caught between the fence and the old unused coop that was about a foot away from the fence woke up to a horrendous racket in the middle of the night. Whatever it was had gotten too fat and had to tear the little cheapo coop flat enough to put in the burn ring to get away from the fence as it got hammered and hammered and hammered. I couldn’t believe it when I got out there with the gun and all there was was a flat pile of wood where the old coop was. We didn’t loose a chicken for quite awhile after that I would have left it up but it was 400 bucks and dad wanted it back for the cows. And I kept forgetting the thing was on.

Now that's funny. Thanks for sharing
That was awesome way to end my day!
GG

 

[ss55]

animals on your side, put wire on your side so animals pushing on wire don't push staples out of post. Swede

2 X If you have a choice, put the woven wire on the side with the larger animals, just like with livestock panels and board fences. Cattle and hogs can and do rub and push hard enough on woven wire to push the staples out of wooden posts if the woven wire is on the far side of the posts.

If the neighbor is paying for the woven wire and the installation, it is his call which side he wants to install it on.

 

[MM-TX]

Put the woven wire on the dogs side. He will have to put a total surround on his place to keep them in. How big is his place. Since they already have the habit of killing your livestock they won’t just forget. Electric fence also will be necessary to keep them from going under and over. Gates are some trouble to keep in dog’s that want out. Some dogs you can’t stop them. Some are easy. Good luck.

 

[Kelly in tx]

Thanks friends. I appreciate all the responses. I, like my buddy GermantownGreen also got a big kick out of Fixingfarmer's response. While I agree the electric fence is better and cheaper, the neighbor didn't ask me. In fact, since I called the Sheriff's Office on him, he isn't too happy with me. All of a sudden I'm an a-hole cause his pack of dogs kill my young calves. He'd sure save a heck of a bunch of money by using electric fence, but since he's not sharp enuf to realize it's wrong for his dogs to harass my livestock, he's also not sharp enough to realize electric fence could quickly and much more cheaply solve the problem. On the other hand, he's never done any upkeep on his fences in the twelve years he's lived there, so the chance of keeping an electric fence working would by nil. Again thanks for the thoughts. kelly

 

[TerryfromSWIowa]

Most people who let their dogs run never see the livestock owners' side of the story. Do not understand the cost of losing an animal.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Most people who let their dogs run never see the livestock owners' side of the story. Do not understand the cost of losing an animal.

Yup, they're his dogs and "you should mind your own business."

People like that don't understand what "mind your own business" means, and that it goes both ways.

 

[DRussell]

Thanks friends. I appreciate all the responses. I, like my buddy GermantownGreen also got a big kick out of Fixingfarmer's response. While I agree the electric fence is better and cheaper, the neighbor didn't ask me. In fact, since I called the Sheriff's Office on him, he isn't too happy with me. All of a sudden I'm an a-hole cause his pack of dogs kill my young calves. He'd sure save a heck of a bunch of money by using electric fence, but since he's not sharp enuf to realize it's wrong for his dogs to harass my livestock, he's also not sharp enough to realize electric fence could quickly and much more cheaply solve the problem. On the other hand, he's never done any upkeep on his fences in the twelve years he's lived there, so the chance of keeping an electric fence working would by nil. Again thanks for the thoughts. kelly

Is it your fence or his? I would not let him put his woven wire on my fence posts, especially if he is already upset at you. It will cause problems down the road.