Invisible Dog Fences

[bj229r]

DON'T BUY THE CHEAPO MODELS from Lowes or Home Depot. They suck! Get one of the professional grades and turn that bastage WAY THE F UP THERE!

Comes from lots of calls and searches for the stupidest dog in the world...anyone want her?

The fence is a pretty low-tech thing--the wire puts out a field---crank it up...the field reaches further. If the COLLAR sees the field, it discharges the capacitor into Fluffy's neck. (It REALLY @#@#$@#ing HURTS too!) If a Dalmatian, possibly the stupidest dog there is, can figure it out, any dog can be trained to it

[kamori]

In time you can shut off the system the dogs will remember the boundary as long as the collar is on.

[Baitman]

Works with cats too

[mbailey]

Thanks for all the responses guys. Did anyone install it themselves or did you have someone do it? Im really handy and can do most construction myself, can do electrical also( switches lights breakers etc), so my thoughts are do it myself, but im a tad concerned as i dont want to do something wrong and it not work. Any ideas? Im not overly concerned with the cost of me doing it or hiring someone.

I really appreciate all the feed back gents

[bj229r]

Thanks for all the responses guys. Did anyone install it themselves or did you have someone do it? Im really handy and can do most construction myself, can do electrical also( switches lights breakers etc), so my thoughts are do it myself, but im a tad concerned as i dont want to do something wrong and it not work. Any ideas? Im not overly concerned with the cost of me doing it or hiring someone.

I really appreciate all the feed back gents

It's easy to install yourself (albeit tedious) Use an edger to make a slit in the turf, stuff the wire in. In the end, there will be ONE long wire leaving the controller, going around the yard, and coming back to the other terminal. If there are areas where you DONT want Fluffy to get zapped, plan the wire run out ahead of time, and twist both wires together in a braid for that length (for instance, in the basement, on the way to the garden that you want to keep Fluffy out of, etc) Going under sidewalks, etc, is a pisser, but not impossible

[Coshy]

We put one up for our dog. Easy and simple. Read the included directions and be sure to plan where the wire will run, where you want the dog to have access, where you want restrictions, etc. The simplest is a circuit around the perimeter of your property, but you can get more complex by "fencing" off gardens, driveways, etc.

The collar or controller should have settings that regulate the distance from the fence where the tone vs. shock will be delivered, as well as the severity and frequency of the tone and shock.

A common misconception is your dog gets shocked each time it breaks the outer "zone". In our research the dog gets a warning tone from the collar, and if it continues, then a shock is administered and re-administered until the dog leaves the zone. Most also come with a hand-held remote control which allows you to administer tone and/or shock.

One demand I had was that both my wife and I get zapped by the collar before we put it on the dog. Ours had variable settings and on the lowest settings the shock was just a tingle, while on the highest setting it did hurt for a moment, but quickly wore off.

Training your dog is critical to the invisible fence being successful. Use the flags (which should be supplied with your kit) and the training DVD (should also be supplied) to properly train your dog as to where his/her boundaries are. Approach the flags (which should be set at the perimeter where the tone starts, not where the wire is buried), then quickly retreat to a safe distance. Do this multiple times in multiple places around your yard. Too may people just throw the fence down, slap on the collar, crank up the regulator and are surprised when it doesn't work the way they thought it did.

Good luck!

[curry1]

Works with cats too

[morfiend]

 As far as I know these fences work ok for some breeds of dogs but not all!

 Dogs with high prey drives may just ignore the collar and cross the wire,remember it's not the wire it's the collar that does the work. You can get different size shockers for the collar and this is were the problems are,most simply dont use a large enough shocker to stop the dog.

 Personally I dont like these types of devices and would suggest either a dogrun{kennel} or a perimator fence,as someone has said the fence only works to keep your dog in and will let other animals or dogs pass which isnt fair to your dog.

 Of course this is my oppinion and you can take for what thats worth.

   

[Halo]

Here is a sketchy summary of a confusing electronic fence / electronic collar incident that never should have happened.

My adult daughter was driving in the country near her farm when she stopped to photograph a horse in a fenced pasture. A large dog came loping down the road but seemed friendly enough. As it got near it suddenly became agitated and bit her leg, drawing blood. She jumped on her SUV as the dog ran around and then got under the car. Eventually the owner came driving up and retrieved the dog. Apparently the dog had one of those electronic collars on but still somehow got out of the electronic fence area.

When the dog escaped like that, the owner was in the habit of sending a shock to the collar to get the dog back home. In this case, the dog reacted to the shock by biting my daughter. Unfortunate escape, unfortunate solution.

Fortunately the owner happened upon the scene and produced documentation of rabies vacinnation. The owner and the dog both seemed civilized although responsible for an unprovoked attack on an innocent person. In the brief instant of the attack, anyone seeing the bite probably would have been inclined to kill the dog had a weapon been available.

Another example of Murphy's Law. For future eventualities, I bought my daughter a retractable steel baton like law enforcement uses (yes, that's legal in my area).  Still, as in most attacks, this was entirely unexpected and in its suddeness probably could not have been prevented no matter what armanent was available.

[morfiend]

 Halo,your story is exactly why I wrote my post!

 IMHO there is only 1 legitimate reason to use electricity to train a dog,thats to teach a working gaurd dog not to take any food that might be thrown into it's working area. To me this is a last resort to save the dog from ingesting poison and or seditives and only for "real working gaurd dogs".

 I know a couple of dog owners who lost their dog to cars because the dog ignored the fence to chase a cat or squirrel.As much as I hate to see a dog chained I'd rather see that used than risk my dog's life to an electric fence/collar combination.