I don't like electric underground fences. They don't work for huskies in general. Daisy, my neighbor's dog who spends 90% of her time at my place, has an underground fence. It works great until she hears howling from my place or gets bored. Then she doesn't care about the shock, she's going to see her buddies. It does sometimes prevent her from going home. She doesn't want to get zapped going back across so she won't go home. Kayleigh has chewed Daisy's collar off repeatedly for her! I think the fence is shut off most of the time now!

My other concern with them is that they don't keep other animals out. A roaming dog could still come in and attack your dog; a twisted person could do the same or steal her with great ease. A couple winters ago we had a real problem with wolves killing pet dogs in my area. Several of those dogs were taken out of electric fenced areas. The wolves walked right in and the dogs were easy prey for them.

Can you build a double gate system? In my yard to get into any pen or out of the yard you have to go through a minimum of two gates. To get into Raven's pen, you have to open 4 gates. There are small "holding pens" between each gate. If one gets left open or a dog figures out how to open it, there is another gate to stop them. I also put clips on each latch--Ozzy knows how to flip gate latches!

When she does escape, don't chase--with my dogs chasing them, just makes them run faster and farther. You'll look like an idiot doing this but it really does work. Make a LOUD, screeching "OH I"m hurt" sound and throw yourself on the ground. You have to loud enough to get the dog's attention. Make yourself more interesting than whatever is down the street. Most dogs will come back to see what is wrong with you. It's worked with my escape artists!

Good luck!