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Default Wire fence hold-downs?


KenK wrote:

I'm sure someone must make stakes with a hook or notch at the top to hold
the bottom of wire fences next to the ground. What do I look for? Lowes?
What are they called? Or how to easily contruct a few such stakes? All I
can think of off-hand is wire coat hangers but I'm sure they'd be much too
flimsy. I don't have a power scroll saw to construct some out of wood
slats.

I'm trying to keep the neighbor's dog out of my yard. Asking them was
unsucessful.

Barbed wire strung along the bottom of the fence is a possibilty but it's
very stiff and hard to cut, fasten and otherwise handle.

Suggestions please?

TIA

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"Where there's smoke there's toast!" Anon


Rent a small trencher (Ditch Witch) and cut a 4" wide x 24" deep trench
under the fence. Lower the fence so that it's a few inches down in the
trench and then fill the trench with cement. Anchors the fence and
prevents most rodentia i.e. dogs from digging under. If only there was a
similarly easy way to keep the rodentia's noise pollution restricted to
their irresponsible owner's property.