The dog problem continued and repeated warnings had no positive effect.  We finally got fed up and decided to install the dreaded fence this summer.

The first week of August found us hauling posts and renting a post-hole auger.  It was supposed to be a one-man auger, with wheels and a beam with the "bit" on one end and the engine and hydraulic pump counterbalanced on the other end.  However, in order to get any "purchase" in the soil, my wife had to sit on the beam at the bit end while I leaned down on it while holding the forward lever in place to turn the bit.  Then we hit hardpan and the bit turned but didn't bite into it.  That's when my wife and I alternated with my own clamshell digger and we eventually broke through the clay layer.  Then, back to the auger drilling down as far as it would go.  But I wanted 3-foot holes, so it was back to the clamshell digger for the final foot or so.  Fortunately, we didn't run into many rocks.

Here's my wife holding the level on the very first post.

Here I am, preparing to set the final post (in the middle).  I'd sighted down the posts to align them and got them close enough.

It took us the full 24-hour day rental to accomplish this task and another day of setting in the posts.  We're in our sixties, so we took frequent breaks.

The finished fence post line...

Then we went home to take a longer break.  And I purchased 35 5-foot cedar fence boards and ripped them in two with my table saw.  The idea being to fasten one strip on either side of the poles to provide a surface on which to fasten each panel.

Early on the following week, we transported fifteen lattice panels that I'd been storing in our backyard to add to the twenty panels we already had on our property.  A load of panels and fence boards in our Suburban didn't leave much room for 'extra' gear.

Bright and early the next morning, we started installing panels.  Here's my wife after the first dozen were put up and time for a break.

By late afternoon, we'd finished the project and were quite proud of our accomplishments.

I made wood brackets to hold various panels to make them easily removable.  

AND...we're hoping this keeps the doggies out of our pasture!