Thanks for the suggestions Sanders. I checked a few of those out, however when i tried out the command myself i noticed that my fence is not narrowing down the features listed in delete feature. I have tried toggling it Inside, Outside, etc with no change in the features listed in the dialog box. I am wondering if he was not narrowing down his features as he had intended and was deleting a much larger group than he thought.
What could be causing inroads to not recognize a fence for its commands?
Thanks again!