My sister's dogs do stay in their yard because they are tied out 99.9 percent of the time to go potty...otherw ise they are house dogs...Chopper comes back when called & is trained to stay with my sister & her family while walking to the car, etc...He is good about this...Honey is being trained to do the like but they got her fairly recently & she is still in training...Tha t is the dog that was kicked...The woman that kicked Honey is a real bit**!!...That family has gone through 4 dogs in the short time they lived there & with the exception of the 1st dog who THEY let run & was never confined the others have lived tied way out back in their yard in an open kennel...B.t.w ., the 1st dog bit my sister's son, my kids, & other neighbor kids after the idiot neighbors forwarned everyone in the neighborhood it would do so but they refused to confine it...We are pretty sure they shot the dog because that is what he said he would do...Dog problems & negleect of the dogs on their part is only part of it...She also tried to run my sister's dog over infront of my sister's house among other crazy things...Fenci ng is not an option because the my sister's yard is so uneven & odd shaped...To level it is not really feasible...Whe n Honey went into the neighbors yard my sister went to grab her immediatly...S he doesn't let her dogs play outside of the yard on the rare occurance they would be off leash...I would like to know the perfect dog & owner whos dog always goes where they want it to every single time...Who's dog has never, even in training, stepped outside of it's bounderies...I'd like to shake your hand because that is simply amazing!!!...I mean would you kick this dog?