[sheezbusy]

I have two acres and am considering an invisable fence. Has anyone had any experience with it? A friend of mine has this and swears by it. I don't want to leave Lexie unattended in my yard, but I don't want her to ever take off. It would be nice if it would teach her the boundries of our property. Much more cost effective than a containment fence. Plus we just put a fence around a pool and the ground in areas are not ideal for digging fence post holes.
Lisa

 

[MandysBlackRoses]

My mother contains her two GSD's with underground invisable fencing. She loves hers. But it takes months and months of training every day. You have to walk the dog near the lines, and teach them not to go out of bounds. Mom's dogs don't even ware there callors anymore, as they already know what happens if the cross the lline. Mom had hers installed by the company, and they did a session on how to train. Also there is a video, and book. It comes with flags to mark out the boundries if you need them. They say "This Dog is contained by Invisable Fencing" also a sticker for your Mailbox that says the same.

Cons to it are, people will not know your dogs are contained. The mailman will have no idea. Other dogs can also still come into your yard. And it's not really something you can leave them unattended with. Sometimes her dogs have run out of bounds so quick, and they were zapped when they tried to cross back in. (Of course she also put them in the truck and drove off forgetting thier callors.) Duh!

 

[MIA]

Personally I think it's more usefull to boundary train your dog, for the amount of time you spend training for a shock why not train them properly. The invisible fence doesn't keep OUT other animals and some dogs will go right through it.

 

[CoAl-s-Mom]

I've used one before and wouldn't recommend it. I used the flags and taught him the boundaries just like the video explained. Most of the time he respected it, but if he saw a deer, he was gone. He knew he would get shocked, you could see him brace himself for it, but he didn't care.

When I was house hunting 2 years ago, a fenced yard was my first "must have" on my list. It's so nice to have that anxiety gone and know that my pets are safe.

 

[Wegs813]

We have it and really like it. But I live in the city and do not have as much land as you. We only have 1/4 of an acre or so. Copper was very easy to train on it. There have been times that she has gotten out with out the receiver on and she stays within the boundaries. I do keep an eye on both of the dogs when they are outside.

 

[Wegs813]

If you do a search, I asked this question a few months back before we installed our fence. Got a lot of responses.

 

[Jenny]

No such thing out here - most all houses come with a standard 6 foot block wall. Never heard of invisible fences until we went back east to visit relatives. They all had them. I remember walking through the neighborhood and a giant rottie came running out from behind the house at full speed barking and my aunt reaction was don't worry they have an invisible fence. And sure enough that dog put the brakes on and stopped. He followed us the length of their yard and then went back up by the house. Since I grew up out here (Phoenix) I always wondered how people kept dog in their yards without fences. Also though it was very strange to be able to look out the window and see your neighbors.

 

[MyTrixie143]

I wouldn't recommend it. For one, you can't keep other dogs or animals from entering your yard. And two it doesn't always stop dogs from going out of their boundaries.

My dad had a invisible fence for their chow mix and the dog new her boundaries and knew what would happen if she left them. But all it would take was a squirrel crossing the yard, another dog or a cat and she would go right through the invisible fence. She knew she would get shocked but she could care less.

I think the traditional fencing is the best way to go. At least that way you know they will be safe and will stay in their boundaries.

 

[Luvbirds]

I have one and I am in the process of starting to train Petey. I used it with one of my Weims and a German Short-hair Pointer, the latter only went out a couple of times, because he was close to being blind and deaf when we trained him. One of my Weims never left the yard, so he didn't need it. Funny thing is....I'm much more nervous leaving Petey unattended even for a moment then I was with all my other dogs. I don't think that I will leave him outside by himself until he is much older, but will use the fence to keep him from running into the street.

Carol

 

[Riagogogo]

I have 1/4 acre. I installed one myself. It took about 5 hours. My back yard has my neighbors 4' chain link down the right side, a split rail across the back and a very dense hedge down the left side. The front yard is all open. I trenched most of the line and it has worked out very very well for Rudi and I. I don't generally let him out for too long without keeping my eye on him. He trained pretty easily. I had a wire breakage along the split rail fence in the back. I think it was damage caused by me. The alarm immediately let me know there was a fault in the line. (I staple gunned it to the split rail and weaved it along the top of the chain link with permission from my neighbors)
The reason I chose a radio fence (invisible) was that I wanted Rudi to utilize my entire yard since it's only 1/4 acre. I also felt he would be a good candidate since he is soooo laid back. I think he has gotten buzzed a few times........whenever I put on the collar, he doesn't leave the front porch area. If he goes out without the collar on......he will roam within the boundary. The best part for me is watching people go to the other side of the street to walk past my house. If they only knew what a love bug he is!
Oh well!

 

[Kratty]

I'm not a fan of invisible fences. Even though they keep the dog in the yard, there is no way of preventing another animal coming in the yard. The fence is used for the dogs protection as well as containing them. I have a neighbor that swears by them, but they had problems with there latest dog. He would still bolt through the barrier and take the shock just to me Nikita in the street. The first 6 months, most of the other neighbors would bring the dog back to them on many occasions.

 

[Mama&PapaTeak]

My uncle had one when he had two english labs. He lives in a great neighborhood which is great for an evening stroll after dinner. When they wanted to take the dogs on the walk he would have to load them in the car and drive them accross the property line then unload them for a walk. It was a total pain in the rear. Also when neighbor kids found out about the fence they would tease the dogs.

When we lived in our last home we were on 80 acres. There was an abundance of deer on the property. We used a training collar for a dobe that we had rescued. Once she saw a deer, forget the collar. No matter how high of a setting or how long you pressed the button, she would continue after the deer at a dead run.

So personally as someone else had posted nothing can replace good and propper training and don't leave them unattended. It is the same as a small child and you nevr know what can happen when you are not right there.

 

[joce]

I really think boundry training is the same-I see so many dogs who go right through it that if they don't respect the line the shock doens't matter.

On a husky forum I heard about one just laying across the line because through all the fur it liked how it felt:11doh: I think its crazy to put a husky on one though!

And of course there is the yellow lab who used to show up on my deck every once in a while with his invisable fence coller on.

 

[LapDog]

On a husky forum I heard about one just laying across the line because through all the fur it liked how it felt

haha awww