I might have to give him up!

[jocoyn]

Ok that all helps. Sometimes we assume the worst.
I would definitely go out with him and stay with him until you resolve any such issues.

We live in an HOA community and they are very restrictive but I am learning to work around the system some. I have been buidling a separate dog area within my fenced yard that is not visible from other houses or the street. After seeing neighbors just do things without "asking" for permission I am doing the same.

I want to be able to leave my working dog out to be acclimatized to the weather else it would not be an issue and he would only be out with me (which is how it was before I got my fence up anyway)

and, yes, he does dig if left alone during the day so I am going to put him on a stabilized pea gravel fenced area. He digs to get cool but right now he would be covered in mud without a gravel area because I want to give him a cooling pool. The other dog wants to run the fence where the neighbor dog gets out and runs our fence.

[Snickelfritz]

You can try installing a shocker wire along the fence line where he's chewing. They're really pretty simple to hook up. We do that for our garden and the dogs learned quickly not to mess with it. Usually it's turned off at this point (if a weed or stick or something is touching it it will ground itself out) but sometimes I'll turn it back on just to keep them on their toes. I hope that helps. It's about the only advice I can give except to watch your dog when he's outside. Good luck!