About the wire, get some kind of solid wire. Those woven nylon plus tiny electric wires damage so easily, you'll forever be making repairs or pieces of woven wire.
Connie
Well, I'm having so many puter problems, I couldn't go thru all 6 pages of this post so if I'm repetitive, I apologize.
Electric fence is WONDERFUL for lots of things. Go to a Tractor Supply or a large, well stocked ranch and farm store. There are push-in or step-on plastic electric fence...