“Invisible” dog fence

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Anybody have a recommendation on invisible dog fences? Wireless or bury the wire?

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I have the sport dog with the wire for around 4 years. It's worked well on a stubborn lab and a black mouth cur. IIRC I chose the wired version over the wireless due to a larger coverage area and the ability to keep the dog off the driveway and porch.

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got one to sell if you want it

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. I mean, yeah probably

I live on an acre but the neighbor owns everything around me. I just don’t want the idiot dog going for the road which she does when she gets free. She’s a Doberman, so I imagine she’ll learn real quick not to cross the line. She totally respects the leash, and knows when she’s not on it

Yeah if it’s an acre you want to go the wired route.

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This is the one I got. Can go up to 100 acres. Idk who would would want run that wire though

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Everyone that i know that has\had the inviso fence without an actual fence the dogs sooner or later get the Leroy Jenkins attitude and run right through it. One yelp is all you will hear.

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I have an actual fence and one dog will sit there and dig under the fence getting shocked the entire time.

Dig, dig, Yelp, dig, dig, Yelp. There he goes.

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Everyone that i know that has\had the inviso fence without an actual fence the dogs sooner or later get the Leroy Jenkins attitude and run right through it. One yelp is all you will hear.

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Yep. Then they won't come back across. Invisible fences do a poor job. They don't keep other dogs/animals for coming into your yard. The batteries die. Power goes off. A real fence works much better. I started out with invisible fence, and now have a real fence.

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keep the dog off the driveway and porch.

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I have the Sport Dog

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I have Sport Dog as well and have had it for 5 years.... never had an issue with my lab! Highly recommend Sport Dog

Invisible Fence is not an electric fence. With an electric fence, a shock is given when the wire is touched. With an Invisible Fence, the dog's collar first gives an audible beep if the dog approaches the wire (which is not electrified). If the dog does not back away, the collar then provides a "static correction" to the dog.

The dog is then trained, on leash, by approaching the wire (marked with little flags) and, when the collar beeps, jerking the dog back on the leash with a "BACK!" command.

Both of my dogs were trained this way. The Great Pyrenese took right to the training . . . after the first time or two approaching the wire on a leash, the Great Pyrenese would refuse to be brought up to the fence on a leash. I imagine he was thining "Why are you dragging me to this point. . . my collar is going to beep and you are going to make me go back, what's the point?"

The goofy, dimwitted Great Dane also caught on within a short time of training.

After that, they never crossed the wire again. They loved to chase deer...they would chase deer through the yard but slam on the brakes once the deer got close to the wire.

Does the Invisible Fence work 100% of the time on every dog? No, but it worked 100% of the time with my dogs. The fence wasn't working in the backyard (the GP was jumping it, despite all attempts at correction). No more fence jumping after the IF was installed. Even had it installed in the unfenced front yard, where they would chase the deer up to the point of the wire. They never crossed the fence to chase after any other animal, jogger, etc. that would pass by either.

So perhaps if you have a personal experience with the Invisible Fence, I would suggest you not cast aspersions upon other dog owners who have successfully used the Invisible Fence. I was skeptical before I got one, but I am a true believer now.

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irst off i do and have trained many dogs. Second you, me and everyone on this board knows as soon as you are out of site and your well trained dog see's another dog, he's gone!!
Third, you are either trolling or don't have a dog, never had a dog or an electric fence.

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Yes that’s what I do. Troll dog owners.

I’m not the only one who said the same thing on this thread. My GSP sits on my front porch all day and watches cars, bikes ,people and pets pass. Doesn’t even have any desire to chase. That was taught well before I even put him in his fence. The fence training was easy.

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Second you, me and everyone on this board knows as soon as you are out of site and your well trained dog see's another dog, he's gone!!

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This is not true for my 2yr old border collie. When he had his collar on and it is working (battery not dead) he will not cross, even after another dog. We've watched hidden and out of site of him.