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The oak tree vs. the dog house

July 20th, 2006 at 10:12 pm

Poor Anna, Jake and Bear. They are homeless today. Luckily they are still alive to be homeless...but homeless none-the-less.

We have about 40 black oak trees on our property and one of them decided to keel over last night....took out the dog house and part of the dog kennel fence.

Those oak trees are so unpredictable. I have one that is dead, one half dead...and both of those are still standing tall. But one of the live ones just snaps in half with no warning signs.

The dogs still have plenty of shade and have a soft place to sleep until DH can get them a new one built.

Makes me a little leery of all these HUGE oaks around my house...they definately could do damage if they fell.
I guess thats why we maintain homeowners insurance. Frown

Time to look into some major tree trimming.

Posted in general thoughts | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “The oak tree vs. the dog house”

  1. Carolina Bound Says:
    July 20th, 2006 at 10:28 pm 1153434522
    1153434522

    Glad your dogs are ok! Do get your trees trimmed and checked out -- but what are the odds that another will fall? Probably not high unless there is something wrong with them.

  2. mjrube94 Says:
    July 21st, 2006 at 01:46 pm 1153489588
    1153489588

    We have the same problem. We know some of them are dead or half-dead, but on the other hand it costs SO MUCH to have someone take them down (especially the 100-footers!).

    We have a tree guy that we hire offseason (Nov-Mar), and he gives us a daily rate rather than a per-tree rate. It seems to work out better when there's a lot to be done...

  3. ima saver Says:
    July 21st, 2006 at 02:35 pm 1153492540
    1153492540

    Glad your dogs are ok!!

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