Hardware Cloth - How Far Up Run and Run Floor?

[DuckDuckSook]

I have a 3 ft apron of hardware cloth. There is dirt, mulch, grass above it. Multiple predators have come all the way up to the hardware cloth enclosed chain link panel run and proceeded to try and dig. Then they hit the hardware cloth apron and try further along. I've had critters digging at almost the edge of my 3 ft apron, but nothing has got past it yet. I would fully enclose everything except the bottom of the coop/run and put as large an apron as you can afford. All hardware cloth. I like to smooth out the small mulch and check in the morning to see the little dig holes the predators leave behind. Seeing every single hole stymied by the hardware cloth makes me happy!

Yes. That would be very satisfying. Hoping that happens for me too!