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Installing a PetSafe In-Ground Dog Fence (With a Broken Trencher)

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Sep 27, 2026

Installing a PetSafe In-Ground Dog Fence (With a Broken Trencher)

Installing our PetSafe in-ground fence should have been a straightforward day with a rented trencher -- instead we got a machine missing a part, a lost wing-nut, and about twenty feet of hand-digging. Here's how it actually went.