You guys that have built one recently or called of late for estimates to do so I have a question.What was - is the average cost per foot to have one built ?
To be clear : 1. Do it myself and 2.Have it done turn key.
Hunt6 David P.
Building a Running Pen
Moderators: Pike Ridge Beagles, Aaron Bartlett
David, it can get expensive really quick if someone is doing it for you. I paid $3,700.00 to get the fence rows cleared on a five acre pen then about $1,400.00 for the coated fence wire out of Maine then you have to get the T posts and lumber that's another $2,000.00/$2,500.00 throw in another couple of hundred for hardware and gates then about a $1.00/$1.25 a foot to put it up. I cut some of the cost by doing a lot of the extra work not mentioned myself. There may be trees that you'll have to cut that's to close to the fence after the row are cut also. As you can see it can be expensive and time consuming. John
It seems that joining a beagle club would be cheaper than building a start/running pen but, there are draw backs with beagle clubs and the many members they contain. You'll never have to drive that 20 or 30 miles to the beagle club after a long day at work just to have someone running in your favorite spot. Many advantages to having your own pen just be careful that your hound(s) don't become pen wise. John