[mmctaq]

It sounds like you have "poisoned" the fenced area by moving too quickly. Did you follow the training protocol which came with the equipment?

 

[mmctaq]

I've seen something similar with a Vizsla at hunt training. They put the collar on for training, and he wears an invisible fence collar at home. He panicked and wouldn't go more than 2 ft from his mom because he had no idea where the boundaries were now.

This is actually one of my main criticisms of electronic fences... I like e-collars for training, and using a collar in both contexts makes the collar much less clear to dogs, I think. When I have a customer who wants to purchase an e-fence, one of my first questions is whether or not they intend to use a collar for training.

 

[mmctaq]

I am also of the opinion that you did not train for the invisible fence and now your dog has no clear Idea of why he is being shocked, only that it happens when he has the collar on and when in the yard. To me it's pretty clear the E-collar has to go.

You can never go wrong with a fence.

To me, it is clear that the fence/collar needs to be re-trained from the beginning (or, from before the beginning, actually). There is no need for the collar to go.

Don't know about the whole universe, but where I live more and more homeowners' associations are prohibiting physical fences... sometimes, that simply is not an option.