A dog run will prevent your dog from straying from the property.
Dog runs prevent dogs from wandering from a designated area and from chasing other animals. A 20-foot dog run gives the animal sufficient room. Aerial dog run cables are made from galvanized steel, with a protective shield, which extends their life. With the correct equipment, any one can build a dog run.
Instructions
1. Call the North American One Call Referral Service, 1-888-258-0808, to ensure you are not digging over utility lines that may lie below your property.
2. Measure the area you intend to use as the dog run, marking each pole's location at 4-foot intervals.
3. Dig each post hole to a depth of 4-feet and width of 18 inches using the post-hole digger. The hole should have been centered on the mark made in Step 2.
4. Throw approximately 5 inches of gravel into each hole. The gravel helps with drainage, extend the durability of the pole.
5. Mix the quick fix cement.
6. Request an assistant to hold the first pole in an upright position in the hole. Use a spade to fill the hole with quick fix cement.
7. Use a level to ensure that the pole is standing straight.
8. Hammer a metal, 3-foot long stake into the ground at a 45-degree angle on each side of the pole. Tie a piece of rope to the pole and anchor it to the first stake. Tie a second piece of rope to the pole and anchor it to the second stake.
9. Leave the cement to cure for five days after all of the holes and posts have been anchored in the same manner.
10. Place one of the half-round poles so it spans the first and second poles. The horizontal half-round must be positioned with its flat surface against the sides of the vertical poles just below the top. The half-round pole should cover only half the diameter of the second pole, enabling the next half-round pole to be nailed to the same vertical pole.
11. Nail the half-round to the first pole. Move the ladder to the second pole while an assistant continues to hold the half-round. Nail the other end to the second pole.
12. Nail the second half round, in line with the first, onto the second and third vertical poles. Repeat until all five half-round poles have been secured to the vertical poles.
13. Screw the first stainless steel eye hook into the horizontal half-round that is attached to the first vertical pole.
14. Screw the second stainless steel eye hook into the horizontal half round that is attached to the last vertical pole.
15. Attach the 20-foot cable to the eye hooks, using the snap bolts on either end of the cable.
16. Attach the 10-foot lead to the 20-foot cable, using the snap bolt on the lead.
17.Attach the dog's collar to the 10-foot lead with the snap bolt.
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