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electric fence or gps collar advice please
Posted on 4/24/24 at 6:46 pm
Posted on 4/24/24 at 6:46 pm
Evening,
We have two bigger dogs that like wonder over an acre or two. I have to start containing them better. Do you use a electric fence or gps collar? Anything that works well for you?
thanks.
Also I'll go ahead and downvote this just to get it kicked off.
We have two bigger dogs that like wonder over an acre or two. I have to start containing them better. Do you use a electric fence or gps collar? Anything that works well for you?
thanks.
Also I'll go ahead and downvote this just to get it kicked off.
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Posted on 4/24/24 at 6:50 pm to tadman
Knew someone with the electric fence that you bury in the ground. Male lab learned he could just run full speed over it and just get an initial shock. Female lab would go lay close to it and when close it beeps and vibrate I think. That would drain the battery fast and she would just walk on out.
Have heard other similar stories of the dogs just running past it. I know nothing about the GPS ones.
Have heard other similar stories of the dogs just running past it. I know nothing about the GPS ones.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 6:51 pm to tadman
Electric fence works. Once they get hit a few times and figure out the danger is at the fence, you can turn the juice off. They will give the fence wide berth.
We are on 2 acres and our lab got popped pretty good smelling the wire. I saw the arc myself. For 5 years she stayed 10 feet from the fence and never went close to it without dropping her tail down.
We are on 2 acres and our lab got popped pretty good smelling the wire. I saw the arc myself. For 5 years she stayed 10 feet from the fence and never went close to it without dropping her tail down.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 7:18 pm to tadman
I have a gps collar. Spot on is the one I got. It’s a life changer. No subscription required.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 7:32 pm to tadman
I have the spot on as well and it’s great. Fortunately I only need it for one dog. My other dog sticks around. Pricing it out, 1 gps collar was not much more than doing a fence for 7 acres… but economically, for 2 dogs, an underground wired fence would be better. Both of them require proper training to prevent them from learning how to escape.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 7:49 pm to tadman
I use a wireless electric fence. Works great. Bring it on trips and set the distance. The dogs know the beep means they are about to get shocked. And learn quickly not to go past it.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 8:03 pm to tadman
I've had 2 underground fence systems, first one was a Tractor Supply special and the little JRT would pin his ears back and charge through it. That one worked until lightening hit a big pine and it scattered the control box all over the garage. Insurance paid me for it and I called one of the companies to come install one. We turned it up a good bit and the JRT took off with his ears laid back, he got about half way across and decided it was too strong for him to stand and he turned back. He never escaped again after that.
Moral is pay a professional to do the job once and do it right.
Moral is pay a professional to do the job once and do it right.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 8:13 pm to tadman
I had the base station forget which brand but it was about 1/4-1/2 ac. It kept my 7yr old choc lab for a year or two then one day he broke out and from then on it wouldn’t keep him. I watched him walk through it taking the shock and then just walk off down my driveway. One hour later he would act like he couldn’t cross the line in my side yard and I had to make him follow me across even with his collar off.
It may work on some dogs but they don’t work on all dogs
It may work on some dogs but they don’t work on all dogs
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:45 pm to ReadyPlayer1
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Knew someone with the electric fence that you bury in the ground. Male lab learned he could just run full speed over it and just get an initial shock. Female lab would go lay close to it and when close it beeps and vibrate I think. That would drain the battery fast and she would just walk on out.
Turn it up enough to make them piss themselves to start and they won't learn to cross it.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 2:19 am to tadman
I have a Pet Safe wireless electric fence.. Dogs quickly learn the boundary. I did have to set the collar to the highest level.
One thing is replacing the battery on collar. The tabs seem to get stuck under the battery and don’t make connection. And you have to hold reset button for 15 sec to drain off any residual power before replacing battery.
Overall….. I recommend the wireless electric containment.
One thing is replacing the battery on collar. The tabs seem to get stuck under the battery and don’t make connection. And you have to hold reset button for 15 sec to drain off any residual power before replacing battery.
Overall….. I recommend the wireless electric containment.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 6:36 am to chrome1007
I used to use the pet safe one. It worked for two diff dogs. And you can just bring it with you on vacation.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:09 am to tadman
We have the Halo collar. It was on sale for $600 not long ago. The subscription is around $60 a year. It works great. You can set it to beep first, then vibrate if they get closer, then shock once they cross. He doesn't go further than the beep. When he's acting an arse, i can make the collar beep from my phone and he chills out. We've got fences drawn at our house, the camp, and both our parents house. You can hit a home button in the app and it whistles on the collar. He's learned that and I can see him coming on the map. We are on 3 acres.
Spot on is the other option. It's more expensive up front, but no subscription. If you want to see your dog on a map if they escape or just in general, you have to get the subscription though.
Spot on is the other option. It's more expensive up front, but no subscription. If you want to see your dog on a map if they escape or just in general, you have to get the subscription though.
This post was edited on 4/25/24 at 9:12 am
Posted on 4/25/24 at 6:04 pm to tadman
had mine in the ground 15 years now, 6 acres.
dogs won’t go near the perimeter and they are hardheaded and spend all day chasing things
it even kept my bloodhound in the yard (RIP)
dogs won’t go near the perimeter and they are hardheaded and spend all day chasing things
it even kept my bloodhound in the yard (RIP)
Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:07 pm to chrome1007
This is the one I have. But I have the rechargeable collars.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:32 pm to cgrand
This. I’ve had the underground fence on 5 acres. Keeps my blood hounds in. Have to get the batteries from ole boy that installed system. I tried to get them from Amazon and they weren’t the correct size.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:42 pm to tadman
quote:
We have two bigger dogs that like wonder over an acre or two. I have to start containing them better. Do you use an electric fence or gps collar? Anything that works well for you?
Mine wear Fi collars. I have been nothing but impressed with them from the minute I got them.
Even at our lease in South Arkansas with little cell service, I can track them in damn-near real time.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 8:31 am to tadman
We had the in ground one at our last house, that worked well but now that we have 20 acres I'm not real keen on running that much wire. Probably will one day.
We tried Halo, my GSP would be about a half mile out of the boundary before the GPS caught up with him, too late. Durability wasn't there for him either, he is rough and runs through the woods and plays all day. He broke 2 of them in 6 months.
We have Tractive now, GPS collar that doesn't shock. It does allow you to set a boundary and you get a notification when they leave the boundary. I spent 2 weeks watching them on the app, every time they left the boundary I would beep the collar until they came back. They stay pretty close now but if they get on a deer or something, they will go a good ways before I get them back.
Training is more important than the type of fence in my opinion.
We tried Halo, my GSP would be about a half mile out of the boundary before the GPS caught up with him, too late. Durability wasn't there for him either, he is rough and runs through the woods and plays all day. He broke 2 of them in 6 months.
We have Tractive now, GPS collar that doesn't shock. It does allow you to set a boundary and you get a notification when they leave the boundary. I spent 2 weeks watching them on the app, every time they left the boundary I would beep the collar until they came back. They stay pretty close now but if they get on a deer or something, they will go a good ways before I get them back.
Training is more important than the type of fence in my opinion.
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