An HOA-friendly boundary for a Midlothian subdivision home

Subdivision covenants routinely prohibit visible fencing in a front yard, and plenty of them restrict the back as well. That leaves owners with a dog needing the whole lot and a rulebook that rules out the obvious answer. It is the single commonest reason a Midlothian household calls us.

A full-lot loop that contains front and back without anything standing above the grass, so nothing goes to the architectural committee and nothing changes the look of the street. Flower beds and foundation planting can be excluded inside the same loop where owners want those left alone.

Three short sessions rather than one long one, on a lead, with the boundary flags up throughout. On a small lot the boundary is never far from the door, so the work is mostly about the dog learning the line rather than about distance.

Wire three to five inches down around the lot line, saw-cut across the driveway and any paved path. A quarter-acre lot is usually a single visit.

Containment across the whole lot with nothing visible from the street once the training flags come down, which is what the covenants were protecting. Installation warranted 30 days, equipment under DogWatch's own warranty.