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All About Dog Fences
When we first got involved with
removable-mesh pool fencing in 1988, people from all over the U.S. wanted to
use this system for their pets. Most of these inquiries involved dogs, but some
were about other pets.
In the beginning, we sold our pool fence system to pet owners because we thought
it would do the job. We found out how wrong we were.
The animals were clawing the mesh. In a few minutes, a few hours or sometimes a
few weeks or months, the fabric would be shredded!
We then told new customers that it didn't take much for a dog to get through the
material. Some homeowners bought our product anyway -- and some of their pets
destroyed the pool fence.
(This is our 5 foot tall black mesh fence. Because this 60 pound Aussie
couldn't reach the top border material, she could not penetrate this system. Her
claws scratched at the mesh until she was worn out without damaging the mesh!)
In 2002, at a fabric trade show, we found what seemed to be a perfect
mesh for pet pool fencing. We tried it out at a kennel. It worked! We
then started to produce a new pet pool fence only to find out that the
mesh we thought would work ... didn't. This started a search that has led us
through dozens of mesh materials with one failure after another.
In 2005, we were shown a video by a manufacturer that showed dogs trying to get
though a mesh fabric. We tried the material, but it too turned out not to be as
resistant to pets as we required. But the way the mesh was constructed gave us
a new direction in our search for
a mesh for pet pool fencing that we would be comfortable with.
Today, we offer two different pet mesh materials that have proved quite tough:
Standard
Pet Mesh Fence
If you have a pet that is not particularly aggressive, we recommend our black
polyester mesh, which we spent five years working on. The holes in this mesh are
very small. Pets find it very difficult to claw through this mesh because
their claws are too large to fit into the mesh material. This mesh is very tough
but also see-through.
Wire Pet
Mesh Fence
If you have an aggressive pet that claws and chews, go with our wire pet mesh.
It has a border material sewn onto the outer edges. The mesh is small enough to
prevent claws and teeth from putting a hole in the fabric. This wire mesh
fencing is available in 48" height only. The
wire pet fence must be
installed
a MINIMUM of 60 inches from the edge of a pool or spa in order to comply
with National Electrical Codes.
Dog Fence
poles
We needed a strong pole that a big dog couldn't bend. Our first dog fencing used the
very
same pole we used on our
Original pool safety fence. This worked very well until the larger animals
started jumping on the fence. Eventually, these aluminum poles cracked from
metal fatigue. When we switched over to Guardian's Premier Pole we realized that
even the largest dogs couldn't cause the
pole to break!
Now when we ship this pet fencing system we believe that there is
no equal anywhere on the planet! The Guardian Dog Fence Systems are
truly unique to the dog fence industry.
Additionally, you can take the dog fence down anytime and re-install it
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