Like you I am looking in the Villages, and intend a 2nd visit this year, and maybe a purchase if the house here sells.
I have a doggie door here, and my German Shephard, and Mixed up Lab of 13 years are very used to it, and I don't want to change their lives at this late stage.
I personally want a Villa with the walls, and privacy fence, as there can be critters that will be "less" likely to get in the yard to bother your dog. Depending on the area I have read about poisonous snakes, and aligators in folks yards in T.V. a guy last year got a big write up in Orlando paper about saving his dog from a gator here. You can find the past threads on it on TOTV.
Hope to meet you all one of these days.
My friends call me Puppymomma
