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Bury Bricks for Dig-Proofing

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Building a DIG, Climb and CHEW Proof Dog Run

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What happens here

To create a dig-proof barrier, bricks are buried along the bottom perimeter of the fence. This involves transporting numerous bricks to the fence line, digging a shallow trench along the base of the fence, and then laying the bricks end-to-end within the trench. The video shows the use of a utility cart (Kart Mate by Dawson Manufacturing) pulled by a lawnmower to efficiently transport a significant quantity of bricks, highlighting the heavy nature of this task. The owner also explicitly mentions choosing cedar for its aesthetic appeal and ability to be stained, accepting the trade-off of faster rot compared to treated wood, but prioritizing animal safety over fence longevity. This ensures that even if the pet attempts to dig, it will encounter a physical barrier.

Tools and materials

  • Shovel/Digging tool
  • Bricks or concrete blocks

What they say

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my dog likes to dig a lot i mean otherwise yeah i mean you can see where i went i mean i didn't really chew nothing up oh yeah you can see the path drink right there yeah no it's wet let's show these guys when frankie says it's wet he's not really exaggerating yeah all right well i think that's enough bricks to start right yeah that's kind of a fat load for a little lawnmower [Music] so yeah my dog likes to dig but she's not really this bad that i have to bury bricks this is just in case i ever want to get another fox or another animal that just instinctively has to dig i know that they need to actually bury bricks underneath the fence so that as they dig down they hit it and it instinctively stops them yeah that's not animal proof right there by any means so we're trying to build a dig proof enclosure and uh you know we've got the bottom of it exposed and we could pour concrete all the way around so i'm gonna guess some of you says well why don't you just you know use your new cement mixer to pour concrete all the way around inside and outside but like any good landscaper i've got all the materials i need because i've got a lot of extra block lying around i don't know a landscaper yet that i haven't gone into their yard where they don't have spare pallets a block that's too good to throw away but then it just sits in their place for three four five years and doesn't do anything i'm that guy and i'm gonna try to use that up no sense of killing a good fishing worm [Music] no one of the things that we do know is we know when we bury the fence like this it will rot this is cedar and we bought cedar we should have got green treat if we were really technically more worried about it we went with cedar for the look of it because we want to stain it kind of make it blend in with the rest of the house and we don't care if the fence rots we care more about keeping the things that need to stay in and and the things that need to be out out so we're kind of sacrificing the fence so if you guys are building your own fence i wouldn't recommend burying it like this unless you realize it's going to make it rot a lot faster a lot faster how long do you think it'll last being buried like that the last few years the last few years yeah right and that's all we need you gotta do once you touch the rock you cut it off and then to show above ground level with sawzall then you got your rest of your fences thick like a regular privacy the only reason i buried it because of the…

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