Building a dog yard, August 24 - August 31, 2007

We're building a new dog yard. Click on the med, lg, or full links below each image to view the images at different resolutions.

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Posts, rails and gate
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Assembling gate door frame
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Assembling gate door frame
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Posts and rails
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Loaded trailer
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Loaded trailer
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Loaded trailer
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Assembling gate door frame
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Most of the old fencing removed
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Dog shed, upper yard
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30 yards of wood chips along fence line
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Chips right in the way of the fence
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Chips right in the way of the fence
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Trailer loaded with old fencing
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30 yards of wood chips along fence line
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Path out to “dog island”
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Wood chips, dog yard from dog island
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Piper in the woods
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Slough
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Slough
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Slough
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Creek from dog island
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Creek from dog island
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Goldstream Creek
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Nika swimming
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Nika coming out of the Creek
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Piper in the woods
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Piper in the sun
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Nika in the woods
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Blurry photo of the trees
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Andrea cutting in
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The red wall becomes cerulean
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Dogs on the bridge
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Piper in the woods
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Piper in the woods
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Piper in the woods, Creek
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The forest behind our house
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The back cabin from the other side of the Creek
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Nika in the sun
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Nika and Piper in the woods
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Nika and Piper in the woods
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Piper in a high contrast forest
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Goldstream Creek
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Goldstream Creek
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Piper
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The woods, trail
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Nika and Piper going home on the bridge
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Andrea removing foxtails, fence line
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Another shot of the moved wood chips
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The dog yard from the corner of the deck
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First coat of paint on the red, erm, cerulian wall
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Augering, setting posts
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Piper sleeping on the deck
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Nika on the deck
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Working down the other side of the yard
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Augering
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Augering
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Augering
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Augering
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Augering
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Scooping muck out of the auger hole
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Post hole digging near the deck
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Running the auger near the deck
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Seconds before the auger almost breaks my arm against the deck
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Installing rails
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Most of the rails are done
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Getting ready to hang another rail
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Installing rails
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Marking and cutting a rail to length
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Drilling pilot hole in the rail
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Starting the lag screw with a socket wrench
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Driving the screw with a brace
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Driving the screw with a brace
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Driving the screw with a brace
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Finishing the lag screw with a socket wrench
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Finishing the lag screw with a socket wrench
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Posts and rails are done!
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Dog yard from the deck
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Dog yard from the corner of the deck
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Dog yard, house from the driveway
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Dog yard, house from the woodshed
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House from inside the dogyard
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First section of fencing installed
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Rope-a-long and tow chain fence puller
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Right side of fence finished
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Getting a drink of water
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Removing an overgrown garden box from the yard
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Dave holding the broken pulaski handle
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Digging a shallow trench for the fence
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More trenching
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Dave supervising
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The completed dog yard fence
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Another view
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Another, very similar view
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Yet another virtually identical view
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The morning after we moved in
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Another shot of the living room during the day
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The living room and dining room
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The gate up on the deck, Nika drinking
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The finished dog yard and stairs from the deck
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Koidern at the top of the stairs
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Koidern at the top of the stairs, Kiva
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Koidern at the top of the stairs, deck gate
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The dog yard gate, dog houses, sheds
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Buddy trying to eat grass through the fence
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The dog yard gate
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Buddy on a house
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Our house from the dog houses
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Koidern jumping off a house, Buddy
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Koidern on a house
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Koidern on a house, again
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Koidern on a house, yet again
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Koidern on a house, still not very good. . .
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Piper peeing on the wood chips pile, Buddy and Nika
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The dogs in the yard
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Piper chewing on Kiva's toy
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Me petting Deuce
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Another Deuce shot
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Still looking for a perfect Deuce photo
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Deuce again
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Piper digging, Koidern and Buddy
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Piper digging, ripping out some grass
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Piper moving
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Piper, Koidern and Deuce working on the grass
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Piper pulling up some grass
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Another shot of Piper digging
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Piper with her head in the dirt, Kiva
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