Are you asking me if, in the situation where my failure to build a $12k-$30k fence (for materials alone, not including labor, and the environmental impact survey that has to go along with 1200 linear feet of 6' high fencing in a wildlife corridor) gets my dog shot, will I wish that I spent tens of thousands of dollars when the ~$1000 or so I spent on equipment, and a few weeks' worth of after-work training should have done the trick?
No, I won't wish I had fenced the property. I'll wish I'd done a better job of training my dog.
> a dog that likes to roll in dead fish and coyote shit
that is like every normal dog, at least I know exactly what you describe!