Fencing backyard on the lower side of a retaining wall

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Trying to fence my backyard, so that the dog has some room to play and burn some energy, as well as joining us outside during gatherings.

My backyard sits on the low side of a retaining wall, which slopes down from approximately 8 ft tall down to 4 ft tall. My original fence outline is shown in blue on the drawing below; pretty much was gonna use the wall as a side of the fence. However, last week I found out that my dog can jump up the portion of the wall that is only 4ft tall.

Putting fence against the whole wall would add about 100 ft of fence, which wouldn't be cheap. Additionally it would cause a nightmare, if my neighbor ever needed to repair the wall. Thought about only fencing the 4 ft tall portion, but think that would look kind of weird…

Any ideas on what to do here, so that I can keep the dog in the yard without sacrificing yard space or adding 100 ft of fencing?

Thanks,

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Best Answer

Add some planter boxes or some other pleasant looking obstruction to the 4 foot section. enter image description hereenter image description here if you are not interested in planter boxes you could do something like a gas pipe railing enter image description here I'm a gas fitter and I love the look of this stuff. But it may be a little costly if you want dense coverage like in the photo.

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