anna_66, I'm relieved to hear that the fence, up til now, seems to be working. For your sake and the poor dogs sake.

When I was a kid in my teens we lived in a suburb of Columbus that had heavy vehicle traffic. Because I had "better" things to do with my time rather than be responsible to my dog, we would just let him out to do his business. He was free to roam the neighborhood. Until one day a guy driving down the road ran him over. He had to have 3 surgeries to repair his broken back legs.

It wasn't my dogs fault that he got ran over. It wasn't the guy driving to works' fault that my dog darted in front of him. So who does that leave that was at fault?

Advance 25 years later and my 2 boys have a fenced in back yard that have locks on both gates. My wife and I know where they are at all times they are outside.

The boy I had when I was a teenager was a cocker spaniel named Mike. He did recover eventually.

Mike had to pay for my stupidity and laziness. I will never allow that to happen to any of my boys, ever.

It's the dog that pays the price...not the irresponsible owner!