Keeping the View While Containing the Dog in Lynnwood, WA

When the Hendersons moved into their Lynnwood property, the backyard came with a tall stand of fir trees, a nice slope down toward the greenbelt, and no fence at all. That wasn't a problem until their new rescue dog, a border collie mix with a habit of testing every gap in a hedge, started treating the property line as more of a suggestion. They wanted containment without losing the view of the trees or boxing in the yard.

We walked the property with them and landed on a hog wire fence with cedar posts and a top rail, open enough to keep the sightline but solid enough to hold an energetic dog. The layout stepped down the natural slope of the lot instead of running flat, closing off the gaps a determined dog could squeeze under. Posts, footings, and a walk gate near the side yard were all in place in two days.

The Hendersons said the difference was immediate. Their dog now has free run of the backyard, the tree view stayed intact, and the project came in under $9,000, a clean example of the right fence style solving a containment problem without sacrificing what made the yard worth having.