How to Rig a Dog Run With Multiple Poles

Dog runs prevent dogs from wandering from a designated area and from chasing other animals. A 20-foot dog run gives the animal sufficient room. Aerial dog run cables are made from galvanized steel, with a protective shield, which extends their life. With the correct equipment, any one can build a dog run.

Things You'll Need

  • North American One Call Referral Service telephone number
  • 6 10-foot pressurized poles, 6-inch diameter.
  • Measuring tape
  • Post-hole digger
  • Level
  • Gravel
  • Quick fix cement
  • Spade
  • 12 metal stakes, 3 feet
  • 12 pieces of rope, 2 feet
  • Hammer
  • 5 4-foot half-round poles, 6-inch diameter
  • 12 nails
  • Assistant
  • Ladder
  • 20-foot galvanized steel dog run cable with snap bolts
  • 10-foot dog lead with snap bolts
  • Two stainless steel eye hooks
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Instructions

    • 1

      Call the North American One Call Referral Service, 1-888-258-0808, to ensure you are not digging over utility lines that may lie below your property.

    • 2

      Measure the area you intend to use as the dog run, marking each pole's location at 4-foot intervals.

    • 3

      Dig each post hole to a depth of 4-feet and width of 18 inches using the post-hole digger. The hole should have been centered on the mark made in Step 2.

    • 4

      Throw approximately 5 inches of gravel into each hole. The gravel helps with drainage, extend the durability of the pole.

    • 5

      Mix the quick fix cement.

    • 6

      Request an assistant to hold the first pole in an upright position in the hole. Use a spade to fill the hole with quick fix cement.

    • 7

      Use a level to ensure that the pole is standing straight.

    • 8

      Hammer a metal, 3-foot long stake into the ground at a 45-degree angle on each side of the pole. Tie a piece of rope to the pole and anchor it to the first stake. Tie a second piece of rope to the pole and anchor it to the second stake.

    • 9

      Leave the cement to cure for five days after all of the holes and posts have been anchored in the same manner.

    • 10

      Place one of the half-round poles so it spans the first and second poles. The horizontal half-round must be positioned with its flat surface against the sides of the vertical poles just below the top. The half-round pole should cover only half the diameter of the second pole, enabling the next half-round pole to be nailed to the same vertical pole.

    • 11

      Nail the half-round to the first pole. Move the ladder to the second pole while an assistant continues to hold the half-round. Nail the other end to the second pole.

    • 12

      Nail the second half round, in line with the first, onto the second and third vertical poles. Repeat until all five half-round poles have been secured to the vertical poles.

    • 13

      Screw the first stainless steel eye hook into the horizontal half-round that is attached to the first vertical pole.

    • 14

      Screw the second stainless steel eye hook into the horizontal half round that is attached to the last vertical pole.

    • 15

      Attach the 20-foot cable to the eye hooks, using the snap bolts on either end of the cable.

    • 16

      Attach the 10-foot lead to the 20-foot cable, using the snap bolt on the lead.

    • 17

      Attach the dog's collar to the 10-foot lead with the snap bolt.