Invisible Fence Installed-Rosé not Reacting as I Expected - Page 2

Jody
Where does your information come from that a dog is more sensitive to shock?
 

Great advice all.  We have only 2. 5 minute sessions and Rose is still fine going outside.  I think the installer told me that covering the prongs removes everything, including the beep; so I will hold it in my hand.

The motivation for the fence is couple of things.   

I live in the country, lots of things to explore and do.  I made the mistake when we first moved in of taking the dogs for walks down the country road.   Now, for them, going off exploring is the greatest play day.   Problem is, they are doing it without me.   Ranchers are calling about the dogs being near calves.  Dogs are coming back injured.   I have worked to resolve this with training, but nothing is working 100%; temptation is just too great. 

Straw that broke me to finally get the fence.  Max was chasing a squirrel in the yard and it ran across the road.  Luck had it that a car came by at the same time and Max got hit.  Max is ok.

To put in the kind of fence that will keep the dogs in (I have a climber) for my whole place is just not feasible.

Put in a cheap field fence using T posts. For the climber, install livestock Hot Wire and fence charger...no more fence climbing and that stuff is cheaper than invisible fence. Take it back..save yourself and the dogs future heartache. Sounds like your "installer" was clueless. Listen, if you really think that inv fence is going to keep your dogs home a week or month from now, after they have been trained that going for "walks" down the road is ok, you are in for a big disappointment. And Invis fence won't care.

You don't need to fence the "whole area" , they don't need that much room all day. You want a dog to accompany you, take ONE dog at a time out to hang out with you. One dog will stick around, two will buddy up and go off "exploring" and wind up shot or road kill.

Fawn, I live on 5 acres of partly grassed, and the rest trees/rocks/bush.    We regularly have deer, elk, turkeys, moose, and even black bear wandering through our yard.    Before getting my pup, we bought several pre-fab chain-link "runs", and put them together using one side of the house as a wall to form a 30' X 25' run with a smaller run inside that.    Because of the wildlife in the area, and the fact that we are not very far from the major roadway going through the area (the highway), the dogs are in the run when we cannot be with them outside.   To fence our property is not practical or feasible at this time, as the ground is rocky and not easily dug for fence posts.  

My question is, why would you not just put up a run instead of using the invisible fencing?    Is it a matter of cost, convenience, or something else?    I'm just curious, as I have never considered the invisible fencing as an answer to dog containment.   Please do not think that I'm bashing your choice, merely asking a legitimate question.

Leashes work for dogs running off by themselves, as do fences. Not invisible fences. Invisible fences don't protect the dogs from anything and if they're unsupervised long enough to run off and be seen near calves, then they're unsupervised long enough to be attacked in their own yard. A real fence is your only choice if you don't want to watch your dogs. 

Case in point (with lots of explicit words).       The big boys got out this morning.   20 miles of ranch land.   I won't see them for hours.

Only one has the collar on. 

I am not using the invisible fence as the only containment.  I got it as a back up plan.  This fence will not be used as the only containment.

90% of the time, my dogs are contained in their run, with me, or in the house.   It is when:

1 I am switching out the big dogs and one gets out of my hands..... They are both gone like lightening.
2. Lab decides to eat or dig through yet another fence.... Resulting in both big dogs gone and the pups if they happen to be outside then too.
3.  I let the inside dogs out to go to the restroom in the morning and they decide to chase a squirrel or go investigate the torn down barn across the road.

 

The only good use for invisible fenceing is to correct fence runners by placing invisible fencing along real fencing and setting a distance to it... IMO 
 

No pups in your household, Fawn - they are adult!