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This post was previously published on Mom Home Guide—I am sharing it again with new updates since it ranks among one of the best DIY projects that my husband and I have completed for our home!
Today I’m sharing a project my husband and I completed—or, I should say, HE completed! When the weather gets nice, I like to spend a lot of time outside. The only problem I have is that our yard isn’t fenced, and I have a 7-year-old Shih Tzu who wants to be with me all the time! Plus, he is not one to listen to commands, so having some kind of fencing is essential.
Inexpensive Patio Dog Enclosure
So I looked into all sorts of fencing options, including making my own fence with wood and wire, or using various no-dig fencing panels. But most no-dig fencing options are expensive. Because I wanted to keep the budget down, I settled on the Yaheetech Heavy Duty Metal Dog Playpen, which I ordered from Amazon.The Yaheetch fencing (which can also be used as a stand-alone dog pen) has a ton of rave reviews on Amazon and is pretty inexpensive.
I bought 24 of the Yaheetech 40-inch-high panels, which I knew would be a good choice since they are made out of rust-resistant metal. My purchase cost me just over $577. The panels are lightweight and sturdy. The spacing in the wire grid part of each panel is small enough to keep my pup out of trouble. I knew I could trust Yaheetech, since I have a recliner from Yaheetech that has become a HUGE favorite with my husband and pup—it’s their spot!
It turns out the fencing was a VERY GOOD CHOICE—now, more than three years after installing the fence, it looks just as great as it did when it was first installed! Plus, it securely keeps my pup on the patio.
Yaheetech No-Dig Dog Pen Details
These are the specifics on my Yaheetch fencing:
The panels are sold in packs of 8.
Each panel is 39.4″ tall and 31.5 inches wide
The panels can stand upright on their own or can be anchored into the ground with the included stakes.
The panels have a premium weather-hardy black finish
One panel of each 8-panel set is a gate. (So, I received three gates since I purchased three sets.)
The panels can be set up without tools—my husband only needed a mallet to anchor our fencing into the ground.
The Yaheetech Heavy Duty Metal Dog Playpen is available on Amazon.
No-Dig Dog Fencing
The panels of the Yaheetech Heavy Duty Metal Dog Playpen work very well as an outdoor dog fence. They come with very thin metal stakes to connect the panels to each other. The stakes can also be pushed into the ground to secure them. We have hard clay in our yard, so the stakes were a little difficult to get into the ground. My husband had to take over the installation (I had started it) since I couldn’t get the stakes into the ground on my own. It took him about 2 hours to put up our fence—he installed about 63 linear feet of fencing (24 panels).
Since we couldn’t get the included stakes that deep into the ground, we secured the fencing to a few T-posts that we had on hand too, which my husband drove into the dirt with our mallet. My pup is a little dog and can’t jump too high, so the fencing is plenty high enough to keep him from escaping our patio. The fencing would’t be enough to enclose a large dog, however. You can see the t-posts we used more clearly in the photo below. (NOTE: Our pup is a fairly small dog and is about 25 pounds; he might look bigger than he is in the photo below because his hair was really long then!)
We are REALLY HAPPY with the fencing – we just make sure to warn our guests when they use the gates, since they have to step over the bottom panel to exit the patio; it can be a tripping hazard. But nobody has tripped yet! If you’d like to do this project, you could always purchase regular garden gates instead of the ones that come with the fencing if you prefer.
I like how the fencing coordinates with our patio furniture. It goes well with our wrought-iron patio table set. It also goes looks good with our black chaise lounges. You can see that I have added my pup’s little plastic pool to the patio.
Now that the weather is warming up, I am looking forward to spending more time on the patio with my pup!
Don’t forget, the Yaheetech Heavy Duty Metal Dog Playpen that I used to enclose my patio is available on Amazon.
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