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I rarely see a coyote any more, tho we hear them nightly.
I'm not much on running predators of any kind off to raise havoc with my neighbors and they are of the same mind. We kill every one we see.
I've never seen a wolf of any kind here, but have when I lived farther NW of here, but it was hangin on a fence.

I don't know of anyone around here that has a 'LGD' breed dog or any kind of dog as a designated LGD.
It takes 2 bits to feed my SKS, just a little more for the .270 and they never have to go to the vet.

The last coyote I saw here was injured and starving, and I put him down and buried him deep.

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Plus we’re talking several hundred feet.

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That is nothing in hot wire. And you can get both front and back standoff insulators for T-posts. One wire inside to discourage the dog from going over, one on the outside for the coyotes. My understanding is that it is pretty rare for either to test the fence a second time.

Your dog is clearly doing his job plus he is NOT running off when he does go over, even returning on his own. No way I would want to confine that dog to a smaller area.

greybeard said:

I rarely see a coyote any more, tho we hear them nightly.
I'm not much on running predators of any kind off to raise havoc with my neighbors and they are of the same mind. We kill every one we see.
I've never seen a wolf of any kind here, but have when I lived farther NW of here, but it was hangin on a fence.

I don't know of anyone around here that has a 'LGD' breed dog or any kind of dog as a designated LGD.
It takes 2 bits to feed my SKS, just a little more for the .270 and they never have to go to the vet.

The last coyote I saw here was injured and starving, and I put him down and buried him deep.
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Wow, poor thing! Thanks for ending his suffering.


OP
The wire is cheap.
If you get good corner insulators, and have a fairly level fence, you can put insulators on every other or third post instead of each one, saving money.

Plus we’re talking several hundred feet.

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Bruce said:

That is nothing in hot wire. And you can get both front and back standoff insulators for T-posts. One wire inside to discourage the dog from going over, one on the outside for the coyotes. My understanding is that it is pretty rare for either to test the fence a second time.

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Several years ago, I had one straight run that was 2200' then 90 deg turn for 775', then back up the other side 2200' again. Tensioned the 2200' runs with one pull on a 8' cable comealong. The 775' run had several bends along the river so it took several different pulls.
An insulator every 75-95 feet. 12.5 ga HT 200,000 PSI stretched tight as could be.
4000' roll of wire was about $100 at TSC.

I think they sell small rolls tho.
I can't recommend the 17 or 14 ga or even the 12.5 ga aluminized stuff...you'll pull it in half before you get it tight and it won't stay tight anyway. I tried some of it around the pasture behind the house.

I didn't feel one bit sorry for that coyote. Someone else had either leg shot him or he got caught in a leg trap on someone's property. They have 163,000 acres of national forest to run in. They just need to not cross a fence and they'll be fine.
(he WAS in bad shape tho, barely looked up at me when I walked up on him near one of the ponds..no telling when the last time he ate. Double wrapped him in contractor trash bags and buried him deep with the backhoe)

Thanks for the info. 12.5 gauge the best. I think we will start w the smaller safe pen then branch out. He follows me around at chore time and gets pasture time when we can watch him. Hes been fine. I just don’t want him getting hit by a car or shot by someone who doesn’t recognize him.

So today was operation hot fence. Need better grounding. I’ve kept my flock off the big pasture and no trouble. Dog got out today but chasing coyotes and came right back but couldn’t be convinced to climb back over. So the frog march back home. We will heat up the fence tomorrow and hopefully close this chapter.

that it all goes according to plan.

Fence is hot and they ( he and the other gymnast) have figured it out. I missed the aha! moment but they are sitting at the fence giving me the stink eye. At least they’re contained.

That is so funny! I busted out laughing!