Kaylee
Once again I began my weekend with a plan for new projects.
I got the material for three projects (to include the new workbench) only to
realize that someone else had another idea. I couldn’t blame this one on Mother
Nature. No, instead this time it came from an unsuspecting source. This time it
would be KAYLEE!
Kaylee is our hound dog.
Her mother was a Treeing Walker Coonhound, though we have no idea what
dad was. Kaylee fooled us from the beginning. Initially, we all thought she was
a rotty mix.
As she grew, those little Rottie features morphed into the
hound dog she is today.
At fourteen months old she has taken it upon herself to test
the confines of her home. This has resulted in the realization that the same fence
that kept in a Collie mix, a Rottweiler, and a Labrador was entirely inadequate
to hold back the will power of this 40 pound hound dog.
Kaylee, who is named after the mechanic on the TV show, "Firefly" (and just
as sweet natured), could fit her head through the hog wire, jump over the hog
wire, or just miraculously barrel through it without any sign as to how she got
out. Once out, the scent of the world would overwhelm her finely tuned hound
nose and call to her luring her off to some heavenly paradise (i.e.: big pile of
crap to roll around in).
At first, the project was simple. I had to replace about 80
feet of three foot hog wire with 80 feet of horse fence. At four feet tall and
much smaller holes, she would be forced to stay in. That was the plan anyway. I
also decided to add about 6-7 new T-post just to strengthen a few areas. Of
course, no good deed goes unpunished…
As I wrapped up the replacement of the old section, I looked
to the other side of the yard (in a heavily wooded area, not otherwise visible)
something wasn’t quite right.
Not only did another tree fall last night, it crushed a
section of fence that some friends help me replace just two months ago! Colorful
adjectives filled my brain as I got in the truck to go get more fencing, more
wire, more T-Post!
Two hours later, I was back. No more patching! The entire
fence would be replaced. All new four foot horse wire would run through the
woods. Once again, the chain saw came to life as yet more hardwoods landed on the
drying rack. The original pine took out a nine inch oak and an eight inch
birch before crushing the fence.
It is not hard to run this kind of fence. Actually the most
time consuming part is just tying the new fence to the post. In my case I also
tied it to the old hog wire. So by the end of the day, 320 feet of new fencing
had been set.
Kaylee is now content with her back yard which she shares with big brother Kringle.
Kringle
As for those three projects? Well progress was made on one
(more about that on Thursday) while the other two got postponed.
Until next time,
Kevin
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