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ok i dont know if its just me or not. but, ive been looking at properties all over south dakota and one thing i hardly ever see is fences. does everyone just let there animals run loose or something? i even look at google maps street view to check out the neighborhood and again see no fences. nothing at all in the way of showing whos property ends where. i mean i know sd is alot safer and all but what does everyone do with keeping there animals penned up. id hate to buy a house and find out i cant put up a fence to keep my animals from roaming.
I notice that too, I will not buy a home without tall fencing up for my privacy on a smaller lot, but if I could only find one nice house with some acreage in rapid city somewhere for under 230k, that would be a small miracle in itself.
I tell my dog "get over here". Seems to work after a couple tries. Rare chance he gets beyond our place, doesn't last long. One of our old leashes allowed for him to roam nearly the whole backyard. A lot of people just use a small kennel in the daytime then take their dog everywhere otherwise.
And FYI - Google maps only shows the front in street view - I see lots of fences in the backyards of homes. And really they aren't that hard to put up as long as they are allowed (most covenants allow for 4-5 ft fencing in the back of home).
Its just easier to drink beer with the back neighbor if you don't have to walk all the way around the block too. Also if there was a fence my dog couldn't run up and get treats from them either, nor could the others come by and visit me as easily.
South Dakota does have a lot of open range. Remember. out west.that range laws apply. Fence cattle out and fence sheep in. What. that means is that you must protect from cattle. If my cattle are in your garden, you are required to build fence if you don't want them there. Sheep are more distructtive and I must fence my sheep in myself. These laws are still applicable from back when it was all open range and "sodbusters" were starting to farm. They had to fence cattle, out so they. wouldn't get into their crops.
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