Looking for an electronic dog fence.

[MacGyver]

Turned out old Jake was caught in the beam,paralized and in shock,not moving. I ran over and called to him,he was unresponsive and shaking.I grabbed him and pulled him free. He seemed OK but must have been freaked out for a while.The neighbor he noticed the "statue" a couple hours ago.

That poor dog. I'll stick to my sport collar.

 

[Rookie]

Need help finding an electronic fence for the dog. He's an 8 month old Basset that we have grown to love as our first family pet. We live in the country and he has a couple of neighbor dogs to play with during the day. Problem is he likes to follow one of them around to areas that we consider too far away from home.

I don't want one that has the wire I have to bury underground as a perimeter. If you would like to take a pick to your driveway and try to bury this wire in it you would understand the type of soil I have to deal with.

I have seen one I like but cannot find it anymore in my searching. It had a transmitter that you plugged in at a central location in your house. This transmitter would transmit a signal about 150-200' and make a perimeter that the dog could not leave therefore eliminating the need to bury wire. Now if I could just find the product again I would be in business.

Buck

I use the Petsafe wireless fence. It is a great product you can adjust it from about 20'-180' diameter. I have it centrally located so it covers my front and back yard. You can also series another transmitter to extend the range. Another thing you can take it anywhere, if you go camping or your cottage just plug it in and adjust the boundary.

My dog is trained off of the beep of the collar not flags. The collar beeps before it delivers the shock. If the collar starts beeping he knows that he is close to his boundary. After a few shocks he has learned the lesson.

The other good thing about the wireless fence is if he is out of range the collar still keeps shocking until he is back in range, or it will stop after 30 or 60 seconds. It is not like the under ground fence where if your dog figures out if he runs fast enough he can break the barrier and only get shocked for a second.

Hope this helps,
Jason


http://www.petco.com/product/6533/P...r:referralID=NA&GANTrackingID=petco_108897252

 

[Ratickle]

I use the Petsafe wireless fence. It is a great product you can adjust it from about 20'-180' diameter. I have it centrally located so it covers my front and back yard. You can also series another transmitter to extend the range. Another thing you can take it anywhere, if you go camping or your cottage just plug it in and adjust the boundary.

My dog is trained off of the beep of the collar not flags. The collar beeps before it delivers the shock. If the collar starts beeping he knows that he is close to his boundary. After a few shocks he has learned the lesson.

The other good thing about the wireless fence is if he is out of range the collar still keeps shocking until he is back in range, or it will stop after 30 or 60 seconds. It is not like the under ground fence where if your dog figures out if he runs fast enough he can break the barrier and only get shocked for a second.

Hope this helps,
Jason


http://www.petco.com/product/6533/P...r:referralID=NA&GANTrackingID=petco_108897252

Thanks, hadn't heard about that one. How long have you had it? And any issues at all?

 

[Madpoodle]

Really? Mine seem to work better in the water??? I have 2 Goldens and when the fur gets wet the collar seems to work better.

We live on the water. Walked out about 15' into 3ish' of water and set the Dog Watch standard wire on top of the silt held down with some rocks. Works perfect, only bummer is the look in Max's eyes when I lame out and toss the frisbee out in the lake when he's wearing the collar... :willy_nilly:

 

[Madpoodle]

My next door neighbor had a bad experience with his underground fence.He went out of town for a few days and left it on to keep his big lab in.I left for a while and when I came back,another neighbor asked me about the dog statue next door.Turned out old Jake was caught in the beam,paralized and in shock,not moving. I ran over and called to him,he was unresponsive and shaking.I grabbed him and pulled him free. He seemed OK but must have been freaked out for a while.The neighbor he noticed the "statue" a couple hours ago. My neighbor never used the fence again. Maybe an isolated incident,but because of that I would not use one.I have a real fence for my crew.MIght be fine as long as you are home to watch out for problems,but leaving it unattended seems like a bad idea.

The new ones do not continue to buzz the dog. They will turn off rather quickly. Did you hear the buzzer going off when you grabbed him? He may have just frozen in fear and stayed rather than risking moving again..??

BTW, at this stage, my dog turns and backs off when I am walking the line carrying his collar and setting off the buzzer to test it..

 

[Ratickle]

We live on the water. Walked out about 15' into 3ish' of water and set the Dog Watch standard wire on top of the silt held down with some rocks. Works perfect, only bummer is the look in Max's eyes when I lame out and toss the frisbee out in the lake when he's wearing the collar... :willy_nilly:

He should bite you then.......

 

[fund razor]

He should bite you then.......

Or at least pee on his foot.

 

[Magicfloat]

The new ones do not continue to buzz the dog. They will turn off rather quickly. Did you hear the buzzer going off when you grabbed him? He may have just frozen in fear and stayed rather than risking moving again..??

BTW, at this stage, my dog turns and backs off when I am walking the line carrying his collar and setting off the buzzer to test it..

This was about 10 years ago.Yeah,I could hear the buzzer when I got close. Good to know the newer ones don't do that

 

[Rookie]

Thanks, hadn't heard about that one. How long have you had it? And any issues at all?

I've had it for 10 months, bought it off of Craigslist for $125. The guy I bought it from said it was about 2 years old at that time. The collar takes a special battery that you need to replace. I have used 3 in 10 months. The batteries are $8 for a pack of 2.

 

[Madpoodle]

He should bite you then.......

Or at least pee on his foot.

LOL, that oh so sympathetic look he gives me as if to say "ya ain't real bright are ya? I'd suggest you get your fat ass in the water and fetch that frisbee, cause I ain't going in there with this collar on" is bad enough. :ack2:

Once the collar is off, all bets are off though. I swear he planes off when he swims..

 

[buck]

I use the Petsafe wireless fence. It is a great product you can adjust it from about 20'-180' diameter. I have it centrally located so it covers my front and back yard. You can also series another transmitter to extend the range. Another thing you can take it anywhere, if you go camping or your cottage just plug it in and adjust the boundary.

My dog is trained off of the beep of the collar not flags. The collar beeps before it delivers the shock. If the collar starts beeping he knows that he is close to his boundary. After a few shocks he has learned the lesson.

The other good thing about the wireless fence is if he is out of range the collar still keeps shocking until he is back in range, or it will stop after 30 or 60 seconds. It is not like the under ground fence where if your dog figures out if he runs fast enough he can break the barrier and only get shocked for a second.

Hope this helps,
Jason


http://www.petco.com/product/6533/P...r:referralID=NA&GANTrackingID=petco_108897252

This is the one I have focused on the most. I think it will suit our needs best due to the features you mentioned.

Thank you all for your input.

Keep in mind we moved out of town about a year ago so we wouldn't have to worry about boundaries. In other words, a fence is out of the question. We own 5 acres on a wooded hilltop. There are 4 other homes and families up here spreading out over 150 acres. We want our kids and animals to roam freely and have fun. It's just that our dog wants to spend more time running around with the neighbor dogs than he does at home. He has started spending time at the bottom of the hill by the highway. This is not even an option in my eyes.

Wish I knew how to copy satellite pics from googlemaps and I would post it on here to show you what it looks like.

Thanks again guys. As always, you have been a great source of info.

 

[MacGyver]

Wish I knew how to copy satellite pics from googlemaps and I would post it on here to show you what it looks like.

In Google maps, click on the "link" tab on the upper right, then copy and paste the link Google gives you here

 

[cuda]

If I ever saw anybody strike a dog across the head with lumber or pipe, the police would be at your door in a few minutes. Thats animal abuse....period.

Marry Christmas.

Call them. Dragging you dog with a leg hanging off isn't fun either. The cops won't come. I'm the first one that doesn't like animal abuse, but if your going to try to tell me how to best keep my dogs alive, I'm not above being abusive to someone who should know better.

 

[cuda]

I have the "no pain feeling breeds" too. Invisible fences are worthless if they see something they want to go chase after.

I too believe in tough love but to me, tough love means an open hand swat on the rump that is more loud than qanything else and only in the rarest of circumstances (almost always two of them are scrapping it up). I may have used it once in 2 years.

Cuda, I understand your objectives but I have to say I just don't believe your dogs understand what you are trying to accomplish when you whack them with a stick. If you need the get the message across that you are boss (and you are) pin them to the ground, (letting them breathe freely and some room for them to squirm), they will eventually capitulate. No harm done and you don't have to break their spirit.

I think Caesar Milan is probably the best dog trainer out there. He understands that dogs are happiest when they have a strong leader.

Spot doesn't run off anymore. He gets on a bench right next to me. Whether he understood the reasoning or not, he got the idea that it wasn't a good idea.

I read all the dog training guides by Wolters, but they were for game dogs. Dixie is easy to train.

Just to be clear, I've never hit my dogs with a pipe, and I don't kick my dogs. I love my dogs. The more I learn about people, the more I love my dogs.

 

[cuda]

U should not do that to any animal ,,,,,,,,just sick and not right,,,,u need to learn alot my friend ?!

If u all train your dogs they will not run off , no matter waht.
Mine knows exactly how far he can go , even if a cat or something would sit across the street he will stay in his yard.
I never whip a dog.

Tell that to my three legged dog.

 

[buck]

Let's see if I can get this to work.

The house furthest to the left is ours. It's actually almost dead center in the screen. You can see the other homes that are on the hilltop with us. It's mostly wooded, and pretty much solid rock. The highway below our home is about 80 or so feet below the house.

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=36.153461,-94.504673&spn=0.003097,0.006963&t=h&z=18


Here's a closer look. There is about a 10-12' elevation difference from the front to the back of the house. After that the hillside drops fairly quickly into a ravine. In short, building a fence here is far beyond practical. Not to mention, who wants a fence in the country anyway?

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=36.153359,-94.505198&spn=0.000774,0.001741&t=h&z=20

 

[Ratickle]

Sweet looking place Buck. I bet the dog really enjoys it too......

 

[buck]

Thank you Rat!

And thank you all again for your input. I think I've found the product that will work for us. Just have to rebound a little from Christmas and I'll be making a purchase.

 

[Tommy Gun]

One more thing, whatever you use get a good surge proetector. My old invisible fence got fried during a lightning storm one night. Poor dog was lying on the floor minding his own business and get totally zapped when the lighting struck. From that moment on he was terrified of thunder and lightning; would go and hide.

That and the vacuum cleaner would activate his collar if it got too close.

 

[Padraig]

If you can't control your dogs without beating them maybe you should consider not having dogs.