It is a beautiful fence panel, not for an area where animals are playing. Getting the panels into the ground would have been easier, and more stable, if the stakes were metal. I was scared to use the rubber mallet on the tips of the PVC to get the stakes in to the ground; luckily they didn't break. The panels lean and my dogs chew on the PVC tips (they are already ruined). If you're looking to fence off a small area with dogs, go with metal not PVC. I'm now looking in to metal fence panels.