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Wireless Fence Anyone?; for a dog.
Topic Started: Aug 3 2006, 01:12 PM (180 Views)
Mark
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http://petsafe-warehouse.com/wireless_fenc...stant_fence.htm

Does anyone have any experience with this type of thing?

I would love to let Shadow run free in the yard but he bolts (he's intact) every time trying to find himself a good time.

Most times he ends up at the bar down the road cruisin' for bitches. He bellys up to the bar and the bartender usually calls us within minutes of his arrival.

So, it's leash or inside the house.

I would love to give him more freedom outside.

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My son has one for his Border Collie, and it works great. I would think that adapting would vary with breeds.

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Our neighbors had one in Maryland for their beagle. It worked great. They loved it.
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My neighbors had one for years, and it worked great. However, I hear it might not work so well with big dogs. It's what I hear, but I can't back that up with anything.
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Definitely depends on the dog.

If you have one (I did) that really zeroes in on something on the other side of the wire, it'll take the hit and keep on truckin'.
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In my experience, absolutely nothing will keep your dog inside your property line if there's a dog in heat anywhere within smelling distance.

Absolutely NOTHING short of a strong, tall, deeply built real fence.

No way will an invisible fence do it.
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This is what we've used with two dogs now:
Invisible Fence

They come out and train your dogs with you- either one or two sessions, I can't recall which. We haven't had to deal with an escapee yet! Part of the training, actually, is making the dog breach the boundary and get zapped. The collar beeps and vibrates a bit as the dog gets near the boundary. Depending on the dog, it might not even want to get anywhere near the edge.

Our current dog is pretty big, and has a thick neck with lots of rolls of skin. We actually have two collars on him, just in case.
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I believe in visible fence. Invisible fence is fine in that it keeps your dog in.. probably. I've known a lot of dogs that just ignored it. If they can learn that going over it whacks them they can learn that once they're past it goes away.


But it does not keep other dogs or other critters or kids out of YOUR yard, and so does not protect your dog from them or them from your dog.
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(have to take this opportunity to brag).

Oliver is our 5 year old mutt. His sire was a Bichon Frise, and the bitch was a Cockapoo. We bought him from a lady that's breeding these dogs.

Anyhow, last night he had to pee (it was around 10 PM) so, I took him out to the backyard (such as it is here in Wisconsin). As he was doing his business, he kept looking at the trees - intently. Then, when he finished, he took off.

I yelled a sharp resounding "NO!" "NO!" "NO!"

He stopped dead in his tracks and came back to me. Lotsa love and praise.

Good dog.
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Damm you humans!

Always trying to run a cockblock on us!


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Aug 3 2006, 01:59 PM
(have to take this opportunity to brag).

Oliver is our 5 year old mutt. His sire was a Bichon Frise, and the bitch was a Cockapoo. We bought him from a lady that's breeding these dogs.

Anyhow, last night he had to pee (it was around 10 PM) so, I took him out to the backyard (such as it is here in Wisconsin). As he was doing his business, he kept looking at the trees - intently. Then, when he finished, he took off.

I yelled a sharp resounding "NO!" "NO!" "NO!"

He stopped dead in his tracks and came back to me. Lotsa love and praise.

Good dog.

The unit I am considering does not use an underground wire. It uses a radio frequency transmitter and receiver. Proximity detection is the method it uses to determine if the dog in is the designated area.

The dog cannot make a running start and dash through the shock because the shock will continue until he returns to the designated area.

edit. Or the battery in the collar dies.

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Mark,
I was just about to post a problem my friend had with theirs, but I see you've already worked around it. I'll post it anyways, in case anyone is interested (I'm bored).

They lived out on a farm, and they got the invisible fence to keep the dog in. For the most part, it worked. But when I deer ran across the back field, the dog bolted for the deer, got zapped, but kept going. He returned later that day, but wouldn't come back into the yard, because he realized that the fence would zap him. So he sat just off the property until the owners got home. He was a pretty clever dog to do that, but they were worried about using it from then on.
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