When my husband and I purchased each of our homes (we are on our third house since getting married) the first thing we did was erect a fence for each one. I love the fact that my dogs can race and do zoomies whenever they want to.There is a condo near me and fences are not allowed. I see many good pet owners walking their dogs every day. I know that takes a high level of commitment to crawl out of bed on a day when it is raining/sleeting/snowing outside to bundle up and go out and walk your dog. I totally admire those folks. We have a 6' wooden privacy fence along the front and sides. Across the back we have a 4' picket fence because our property backs up to woods and hubby wanted to be able to enjoy the view. Fortunately neither Bella nor Ripley are jumpers.
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To answer the original question, I think that allowing a dog to be adopted out to folks without a fence shouldn't be a strong issue, but I can understand why someone with a fenced yard might just get the *edge* over someone without. There were lots and lots of questions on my application for Ripley. I think if the applications are detailed enough, you can get a pretty good idea what kind of pet owner the person would be. In my opinion, anything is better than living in a shelter.
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