Picket Fences And Big Feet

I love fences.

Not so much when it comes time to mow

along them or when they need repairing 

but here on our farm we need them.

We have wire fences to protect our

chickens from wild

critters and two of our three dogs

plus horses to keep from 

eating our neighbors crops.

The picket fence however is to give the little dogs

Chelsea and Bubba and the cats

 a break from ...

THIS...

Well OK...sometimes it's not all Shep.

These photo's were taken around 2 years

ago...Shep has grown even larger

since then.

Chelsea has not.

These two race around like this every day.

Sometimes several times a day.

Oh the damage those big feet can do

when they are running or digging!

Shep can be a real PEST.

Another reason to have the picket fence

which is only close to the cottage

is to protect our new gardens.

The shade garden above...

and the sunny garden below.

Henry below can play outside the picket

fence but when he was smaller

as in the photo below...

he didn't venture far from it's protection.

Can you blame him!

Below shows the pasture fence on the left

and on the right you can see where we 

quit with the picket fence. 

A welded wire fence continues along the 

lilacs but one day we'll extend the

picket fence part way down our

'lilac lane'.

In the meantime we enjoy our space

that's free from the pesky giant dog

and his big feet!

:)

I'm joining with 

Jan and Jer

for 

Friday's Fences