Neighbour's boundary fence

andy444

Hi, I am looking to adopt a dog from a dog shelter and one of the stipulations for me to get one is to have garden fences that are at least six feet high. I have three boundary fences forming the boundary of the garden and two of them are six feet high but unfortunately one of them is only five feet high and this is the fence that the neighbour owns and is responsible for.

My query is basically if there is any way to possibly put a free standing structure in front of my neighbours fence which would increase the height of that boundary enclosure? It would need to be separate from the neighbours fence in order to avoid getting into any conflict with them. Is there any solution to this?

koalakoala

You’re quite entitled to put up a fence on your own land

Norman_Castle

I'd ask the dog shelter if one fence being 5 foot is ok. How big is the dog you're hoping to home?

andy444

Norman_Castle said:

I'd ask the dog shelter if one fence being 5 foot is ok. How big is the dog you're hoping to home?

Other shelters I've spoken to have said five feet is fine but this particular one wants six feet high fences.

The dog I have an eye on is an abandoned puppy and a crossbreed so it's unsure how big it'll be as an adult but it's guessed to be around a labrador size.

Grumpy_chap

andy444 said:

Hi, I am looking to adopt a dog from a dog shelter and one of the stipulations for me to get one is to have garden fences that are at least six feet high. 

That is a fairly strict criteria for adopting a rescue dog - there are several roads and locations near where I live that bylaws prohibit that height of fence and the LA does enforce.

If you do have to make the fence taller, and in the interest of neighbourly relations, a trellis may be less obvious if the dog shelter would accept that.

You almost think it looks like the dog shelter are putting obstacles in place just to prevent the rescue dogs going to a loving forever home.

Jeepers_Creepers

Hi Andy.
I presume you get on ok with this neighbour? If so - and always best to do even if you don't - have a chat with them to explain your situation. Suggest the easiest solution for you would be to add your own posts - best spaced to fit in between where theirs are so's their founds don't foul - and just run a strong trellis between them to provide the extra height.
I did exactly this when the in-law's neighbs redid their fence, but cut all the clematis that ran along the top too, so that the in-laws now had a cracking view straight into their garden... I made up the 6' x 1.5' trellises out of roofing battens (tanalised 2x1), and these were strong enough to be self-supporting over the 6' spans.  
If your neighbs are super-nice, they might even suggest simply adding post extensions to the existing, and fitting trellis to that. All it would need are ~1.5' post pieces, screwed through on to the existing posts to provide the 'extra'.

TELLIT01

From the OP I infer that relations with that neighbour aren't great.  If the OP wants to put their own posts in with trellis to make up the require height there is no need to discuss it with the neighbour.  As suggested, place the posts so the can't affect the existing posts and just do it.

In the rescue dog adoption situation, my biggest concern would be adopting a pup with no knowledge of the size it would grow to.