[MamaLeigh]

We were terrified of letting Elizabeth off-leash in our yard. 3 acres of it is surrounded by an "invisible" fence. The floks at the shelter warned me that she may not do well in it. Our entire 38 acres is fenced, but Elizabeth is a fence climber. We spent about 10 days teaching her the fence boundaries. She's done really great, but we only allow her to off leash within the invisible fence when we can watch her. Her buddy Raider has helped out a lot. When she gets close to the boundary, he herds her back in. A true German Shepherd! Most of the time she winds up sitting on the front steps. Still, I'm not sure I'll ever allow her off leash away from home.