Run an offset strand or two of electric high tensile along the area the dog has access to - he'll learn very fast that he didn't really want those chickens after all...

 

I wonder if you could use housewrap (typar?) We have a huge building that has been wrapped with typar while we construct (slowly...very slowly) the cordwood walls. It is extremely durable having withstood 2 winters, 100 km winds, blazing sun and rain. It hasn't broken down at all. My DH used 2x4 cross bracing to attach the typar to the building.
Just a thought, and it's not as expensive.

 

Here's a picture showing the typar, cross bracing and the very beginning of the wall

 

I Got Some Cheap Taffeta Type Camo Fabric Off Ebay And Made An End For One Barn.....strung Clothesline Rope Threw The Top And The Bottom, And The Grands Got Up There And Nailed It On About Two Feet Apart All Across The Top. Just Slightly Pulled The Slack On The Bottom Rope....pulled The Top Rope To Make It Fit Tight.

Then I Have A Fake Field Wire Fence On Both Sides Of My Back Door steps for 6 feet each way, About 4 Feet Out parallel to The House. Until I Got Vines Growing, I Clothespinned a Large Sheet Of That Same Camo on both fences on the side next to the house...looked kinda neat from the road....you could see the acu camo[green/grey] thru the field wire - For A Privacy Screen.

Mom

 

Electric wire will be extremely effective, and cheap if you already have a charger.

 

Thanks for all the ideas! I do have a x-tra charger that i use every now and again for the goats when they start pushing it.....hmmm. I'll go try that today. I'm also abit concerned with those mutts jumping the fence, could a dog jump a 6 ft fence? i've been told by a few people they can thats why i was wanting to just block the view all together. Just talked with a friend and they suggested the call the lumber yards and ask for lumber wrappers as they apparantly will give them to you for free??? Might take a drive down and talk to someone??
thanks again!
corry