hmm.. Well personally we never let Waffles free roam our yard. She goes potty in her exercise pen on the grass, or inside the house on her potty pad and we stay outside with her. Around here its not just rodents,racoons, possums, birds, koyotes, hawks, owls, its PEOPLE that I have to protect her from.
So We never let her run free in our yard. Ive had many people peer over our (from city sidewalk) 8 foot tall wall into our yard( wall from inside our yard is only 5 feet tall) in the 15 years weve lived here.
So anyways, Id not let pup free roam. But thats me.