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  • Fencing them in

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    I’m in the middle here.  Ready to get started on the fence, but realize I don’t know where to run the wire.  Should I put it 3/4’s up the fence, in the middle, at the very top?  I’ve not seen the dogs clear the fence so I don’t know what will come in contact with them for sure.  Plus the contact has to come while the dog is still touching the ground, that’s how the shock gets administered.

    Another problem occurred to me earlier.  The ground stakes are not supposed to be closer than 50 feet to a metal building and we have aluminum siding.  I called John at Fleet Farm.  He in turn called the fence manufacturer.  Seems that’s not a problem.

    With my lack of experience on such matters problems occur to me only when I’m about to confront them, rather than earlier.  Makes projects a very steep learning curve.  Steep learning curves frustrate me if I can’t figure out how to the get the information I need.