Electric fence for dogs?

Question

I just purchased an electric fence with dog collar for use round my boundary walls to keep my dog from going out of this area. Ive not put it down yet has anyone got one and what are their views or tips on it?

Thanks for all your replies so quickly. I would love a boundary wall of course, but dont have the money for one and boundary is BIG! Ive waited and waited on a promise for a small dog enclosure outside but the promise didnt get fulfilled. In the meantime my dog is causing me much stress and embarrasment at running out and biting peoples ankles. I work full time, we have thousands of abandoned dogs in this Country and she found me I didnt find her, she is a wild one believe me. My only option would be to have her put down but I cant, so the fence was purchased and yes I know I have to wait until I can take 4 days off work to train her.

Sorry folks, just one more question then I will choose the best. I need to run a bit of the cable on the outside of my low brick wall and then bring it inside the boundary again, does anyone know if works through a wall? I realise I must put flags my side of the wall for visual recognition.

Answer 1

I have no idea but in my opinion electricity is cruel. Why couldnt u buy just a normal fence?

Answer 2

I also have a electric fence. I didn't take 4 days off work to train her though. I find they work great, as long as you don't pile snow from your driveway on them(my question). Anyways. When I trained my dog for it, I walked her around the inside of the little flags without the collar on, then I put the collar on and walked around again so she could hear the beeping. After that I let her run around as usual. She got a few zaps but she learned very quickly what those little flags were for, and what the beeping meant. During the night and while at work, she would be a on a dog run, just in case. We slowly started letting her loose for longer and longer periods. Now she's free to run aroung the yard all the time. We did have a problem though, since it snows here I'd pile the snow from the driveway on the wire. BAD idea, it gave her enough hieght to get out without a zap. I stopped pile the snow on the wire and she stopped running off.

Answer 3

I think the brand with the collars, sold at pet supply stores are over priced, and if you have a really stubborn dog you have to upgrade the collar for a bigger shock.
My best friend has 2 pit bulls that would visit her neighbors yard, they are very nice and sweet but she was very worried about them getting out of a fence all together and someone doing something to them. She spent $50 at a Tractor supply center (here in Texas) and bought the kind of electric fence you nail the runners into the wooden privacy fence posts and string the wire through. She didnt have a problem with them after that. Another friend I have that shows dogs has the kind you are talking about and her dogs run through as fast as they can get a small shock but once they are on the other side the dog runs the neighborhood.
There is a certain amount of training you have to do with these kind of collars and not leave them unattended with them at any time.

Answer 4

I think electric fences are ideal for some dogs, especially larger ones, becuase smaller dogs are more prone to escape. But they work really well. Dogs are smart, and will learn not to leave the yard becasue of teh invisible fence. They will only get shocked maybe once or twice in the beginning and the shock only lasts a second. Besides, they look nicer and are cheaper than regular fences.

Answer 5

Look every one has opinions on this subject. Unless you've had the invisible fence no one can really say what they think.Ive had the invisible fence for 6 years ,installed by Dog Watch. I've had 3 APBT trained to the boundry lines successfully. It's not cruel ,it works ,and it's a god send.In the 6 years i've had the fence I think my dogs may have been shocked twice. Once in training and once when they learned the boundries. Now my dogs can go out with out their collars and go no wheres near the boundries. Once you put the fence down you have to take the time and train your dog to the boundry lines. You just can't take the dog ,throw on the collar and expect the dog to know what's going on. It wont work.It'll take about a week of walking the boundry line with your dog and the boundry flags until your dog learns.

Again it's not cruel .It's not like a shock collar that you can shock your dog when ever you want with a transmitter. Once your dog learns he wont go near the boundry.

Answer 6

they work pretty well for most dogs, some larger dogs dont care about the shock tho, but i have seen it backfire once on the owner, the dog got out, but then was afraid to go BACK into the yard because it knew it would get shocked. a few people that live down the street from my BF have them, the dogs just run around the yard and sit at the edge of the property, i have never once seen them try to escape, and they are all large labs. i will tell you that dumb dogs wont care about being shocked. we have a spaniel thats as dumb as a rock, and we used to have the shock collars for barking. she killed 2 of them, not like ran the battery out, like destroyed the shocking mechanism cause she just didnt care (it was only a 9 volt shock, so its not like it was a lot, just lick a battery to find out for yourself if you think its cruel, mostly its just a surprise) so we knew the fence would never work for her.

just take it slow with learning how to use it, dont expect your dog to understand right away, i hear it can take a few weeks of working with the boundry line for them to learn where it is, and what the beeps mean.

Answer 7

I am always amazed that people that say they love their dogs would use this kind of torture on the animal.
Would you use that fence to train your child not to run into the street? Why would you inflict a shock of electricity to run into your dog's body??

Fence in your yard or walk your dog. Better yet, if you want to shock your dog, why not give him/her away to someone that will care for him and train him the right way?

Answer 8

My brother in law uses one for his Wiemerieners (sp?) and it works great for them. You do have to take the time to train your dog where the boundries of the fence are. I think that's one thing people who get these don't think about. You can't just set it up and let your dog loose, you have to take the time to properly train the dogs. Not sure how long it takes tho.

Answer 9

personally, i don't trust them. up the street from where i used to live there were a couple of curly coated retrievers. the female learned to get out between the ticking sounds the fence made. the male would just follow her. i recently had a conversation with a guy that told me his rotti is impervious to the shocks he gets when he goes through. once they're on the other side of the fence, the shocks stop unless they try to come back through. so it seems like the fence can make them afraid to come back.

Answer 10

I know my neighbor had one you could install unground and it worked out well for humans.....as for the dog,after he started using the collar,it got all twitchy and jumpy,and scared to pee,no kidding. Just think of it this way (no sarcasm meant) how would feel if every time you went to the water closet,if you steped one wrong step,you'de be shocked out of your wits. Not a pretty picture.
Hope this helps!

Answer 11

never used the underground fence just above ground....it is not cruel you are protecting you pet from getting out good job wish everyone took the time to be sure their animals were housed properly we would have lees animals in our garbage & getting hit in roads

and as for martina yes i would use on my kids it keeps them out of the road too