the thing you can do with this type of wire fencing (we have the same fencing for our Bloodhound)is you dig a trench first, about 6-8 inches, and install the fencing, then return the earth over where the fencing was placed that way the fencing is partially underground, if your dog is an avid digger like mine, while you have the trench, and fence in place, before putting teh dirt back, you can evenly space some stakes, to help prevent a digger from getting the fence up. We used pieces of bent rebar, as they are heavy duty and hard to pull up!hope this helps!