In the not too distant future I am hopefully moving to another part of the country to a property with a small paddock out the back. At the moment it has an immature hawthorn hedge growing along the boundary along with a 3ft stock fence. Most of my dogs will respect the low fence but one in particular (the nightmare Hattie) will clear it without thinking.

Can you think of a cheap and easily erected system I can put in without having to go for 6ft stock fencing requiring posts driving into the ground? I was thinking of the panels you see around building sites that slot into bases, but they don't look very nice and I don't think the neighbours would be too impressed. It needs to be something I can put together on moving in day if possible (or possibly before if I can get the current owners to agree once contracts are signed).

What makes it tricky is that the new place is about 2 hours away from where I currently live, so it's very difficult to get local quotes.

rather than rush into something why not keep Hattie on a lead/flexi when in the paddock until you have it sorted?

Similar situation, we needed to make a lot of land dog proof. We put in tall posts then 4ft wire stock fence then 2 rails above (like post and rail). We planted quick growing bushes / conifers on front and now you cannot see the fence, but we know it's there. It still cost, but we bought the stock fence cheaper through a farmer friend, and with the 2 rows of post and rail above it is just over 6ft high and enough to keep  the Boxers in.

I think weldmesh panels will be as expensive if not more so than taller posts. You could temporarily put post extenders on and run another line of stock fencing higher up. I did similar in my old place but left the top foot of the stock fencing (second run, so it was over 5ft tall anyway) to overhang inwards which kept all our dogs in without problems.

I'm a fan of deer fencing, I rent so never want to spend money on good fencing that's going to be left behind. I bought a 100m roll a few years ago for £90 can't imagine it would have gone up huge amounts since. Because it's so light you don't need very thick posts so it's really cheap compared to panels and pretty quick to erect. Climbing plants love growing up it too

This is what I was initially thinking of (http://www.farmforestry.co.uk/deerfencing.html?gclid=CNurgND_u7ICFUELfAodf3wAnQ) as I thought I'd be able to install it myself. Is this what you used Pookin? As there is already a galvanized stock fence in place I thought this might be substantial enough until the hawthorn establishes.

Yes thats what I have, its also called jumbo release netting (or something close) at some places so its worth googling that too when looking for the best price.  
In my current house there were a few places were the hedge looked a bit gappy and inviting so I sharpened the ends of some long hazel and willow switches out of the hedge and jabbed those in to hold it up with (also stapling it to the stakes already there for the stock fence).
When stapling it to the poles on the bigger patch it was a bit wonky to start with and doesn't look a hundred percent perfect because my patch is on a slope but I havn't lost any dogs through it yet :)

Thanks Pookin :)

How about some of the Cat Fencing to contain cats?

Hi Pookin,

How strong is this deer netting? Would it hold a dog jumping/leaning against it (the poles are congreted in so not going to move)...
The dog that I'm thinking might try is a 50kg dog so has some power/weight behind her.

That was my concern, although Hattie (the main problem) only weighs in the region of 30kg, but is quite likely to throw herself at it.

On the site linked above they do metal wire fencing that is almost the same price that their deer fencing so maybe that would be for us with leapy dogs :)
Probably not quite so easy to work with though...

I don't know, my lurcher is 30kg and it used to put up with him leaning on it at our old place, I would think that if there were any worn spots on the mesh from scrabbling or whatnot that it may snap if then repeatedly jumped at.

I would think that if there were any worn spots on the mesh from scrabbling or whatnot that it may snap if then repeatedly jumped at.

I currently have the strongest available weldmesh for my male dog's kennel run. We have to repeatedly replace it as the mesh gets torn to bits by the OTHER dogs pawing at it, wanting to get in to him. We're in the process of changing it for proper kennel panels. I wouldn't trust it permanently. Likewise even chainlink can get ruined. Many years ago our next door neighbour acquired a GSD and he was tearing at the chainlink from his side until it came apart.