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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3466859" data-attributes="member: 19675">From what I understand, they work quite well...for some dogs.  I don't trust them, though.We currently have a situation similar to yours in our house.  We recently had to euthanize our oldest dog (a 15 1/2 year old Border Collie) and aquired a new Border Collie puppy.  Our other dog (an 8 year old Border Collie) was not pleased with either development, but she's adapting.While our fence is in good shape, the puppy is small enough to get through the metal sections or under our motorized car gate.Solution part #1: We have a couple of dog tether spikes we used when taking our dogs out for a day in the great wide open spaces (so they could romp in the wildflowers).  They consist of a 18" long metal spike, the top of which has a ring to which is attached a 15' long tether of woven steel coated by plastic- not unlike some of those bycicle security cords.Properly placed, the dog could run around and get to shelter and water.However, it was a tad short for Miss Puppy's happiness.  She couldn't quite get enough slack to keep up with chasing our other dog.Solution part #2: I took the cord from one dog tether and attached it to the other tether via a carabiner- now the pup has a 60' diameter circle of access to the yard.</blockquote>