We just moved to a new house on a pretty busy street (our house is pretty far back off the road though..). I'm so careful about keeping the dog tied up or on a leash, but the other day he got so excited about my mom in the driveway that he bolted out the door, then continued to cross the street where another dog was. He almost got hit, and then almost again on his way back. I'm scared this will happen again soon and this time he will get hit. We are considering a normal fence, but with growing children, the gate can be left open by accident! I figured an invisible fence will be safe from human error-- even if he does escape out of the front door when a friend comes over, he wont leave the yard and no one can leave the "gate" open... Please, if anyone knows if they work, let me know! I love my dog!
2006-10-18 15:47:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Yes they work and work well ,it's a god send. As you said you don't have to worry about gates being left open accidently ,or the dog bolting out of your door into the road. I've had the e-fence for 5 years . There's different kinds of fences. I invetsed in the one that's professionally installed and a trainer came to my house and trained my dogs. It was well the extra money and piece of mind.There's some days where my dogs don't even wear the collars , but I like to keep the collars on just in case.To me they seem to work better then your traditional chain link fence.Read up on them ,then choose the one that'll work for you. If you would to know more please feel free to e-mail me.
2006-10-18 16:19:05 · answer #1 · answered by pitbullmom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they work -- and they are not cruel. What is cruel is to not address this problem and have the dog killed by running out into traffic.
Many folks have them in our subdivision and they work great. We don't have one, but my wife and I go for walks and when we walk by a couple of houses that do have them, the dogs will be in their yard and come right up to this fence area and then they completely stop.
It's amazing.
The only down-side as far as I can see is that the yard has a worn down path or even the grass erodes away right where the dog(s) come up to the fence-line.
But for what they are intended, these things work great.
good luck.
2006-10-18 16:00:34 · answer #2 · answered by BShakey 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, yes, yes!!!! I had one put in for my puppy and believe I would have paid twice the price!
It is great! Now i can just open the door and let her out without worrying.
a word of advice - spend 2-3 day walking him/her around the area so she will know when she hears the beep beep she will know she will get this vibration that she doesnt like.
It is NOT electrical it just makes a vibration- we put the collar in our hand and walked thru it and all we felt was an uncomfortable vibration.
BY ALL MEANS GET ONE YOU WONT BE SORRY
2006-10-18 15:54:00 · answer #3 · answered by ekleinert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the kind of dog,
I've had a husky, Shepard. Wolf and Great Pyrenees and it didn't work they just ran through it. I finally got a chainlink fence. An invisible fence can't be trusted.
2006-10-18 16:13:07 · answer #4 · answered by HUH!!!!!!! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes they work well and are great. The only thing that I advise is make sure you always have spare batteries on hand that way if one set goes dead your dog is always protected
2006-10-18 16:33:28 · answer #5 · answered by greatestmomntheworld 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
WOOOW now they have INVISIBLE fences, we could use one a those on the boarder >-<0
2006-10-18 15:49:52 · answer #6 · answered by electro- hamburger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if its real then yeah probably as long as the dog don't hert himself!
2006-10-18 15:50:09 · answer #7 · answered by dogloverfav 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you tried calling any pet stores
2006-10-18 15:55:51 · answer #8 · answered by divajester6786 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they work but i think it is cruel
2006-10-18 15:50:03 · answer #9 · answered by cc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YUP!! They work great!!
2006-10-18 15:54:28 · answer #10 · answered by kitkatish1962 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋