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Getting a Chocolate Lab. Any help with underground fencing
Posted on 12/19/19 at 11:31 pm
Posted on 12/19/19 at 11:31 pm
Don’t want to use a pen. Want to let it roam free in yard. Use of a shock fence would help that but what if I want to take the dog out. Ride with me in truck or boating? Will he be hesitant to come out or will it cause more trouble? Want be able to roam free but also take out when wanting to. Any other suggestions.
This post was edited on 12/19/19 at 11:41 pm
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Posted on 12/19/19 at 11:33 pm to shoelessjoe
A meth lab?
Posted on 12/19/19 at 11:33 pm to shoelessjoe
I would’ve built a fence before I got a lab
Posted on 12/19/19 at 11:47 pm to shoelessjoe
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but what if I want to take the dog out. Ride with me in truck or boating? Will he be hesitant to come out or will it cause more trouble?
It's not a problem with my two dogs or with my father's lab, as we both have hidden fences on our property. I change the collars out from the yard collar to their regular collars when I take them places.
Dogs are pretty sharp animals and they will pick up on it quickly. Mine know they are going places when I break out the two regular collars and they get excited.
This is the system I purchased: Stubborn Dog Fence System.
I then bought this wire as it is a better gauge than what would normally come with a full system: Extreme Dog Fence Wire
This post was edited on 12/19/19 at 11:51 pm
Posted on 12/19/19 at 11:51 pm to shoelessjoe
Depends on the dog. I installed an underground fence around my entire yard, in August. Bitch of a job. Worked for a couple of years, and then my mutt realized he could run through it, take a shock and enjoy freedom.
He's restricted to the fenced-in backyard now.
He's restricted to the fenced-in backyard now.
Posted on 12/19/19 at 11:59 pm to shoelessjoe
I guess you don’t have an actual fence on your property?
Posted on 12/20/19 at 12:52 am to shoelessjoe
A chocolate lab? Who are you, Willy Wonka?
This post was edited on 12/20/19 at 12:55 am
Posted on 12/20/19 at 4:31 am to shoelessjoe
Pet Safe makes a wireless shock collar system. It sets a 360 degree radius from a transmitter inside your house. You can adjust it to cover a pretty big area. We've used one for our Golden Retriever for the last few years and it works great. Seems like the system ran us a little over $300.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 4:33 am to adavis
Posted on 12/20/19 at 4:50 am to adavis
I had a underground fence in my backyard. As another poster said my dog learned he could haul tail across it and get loose.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 5:08 am to shoelessjoe
Had a black and chocolate lab.
Install underground fence but as others have said they realize they can cross it.
Eventually fenced in back yard, +/- 1/2 acre, they had room to run around.
Two things to remember.
Don’t leave the shock collar on for weeks at a time, they will cause irritation.
If you’re getting a puppy, pick up every and anything that is chewable.
Install underground fence but as others have said they realize they can cross it.
Eventually fenced in back yard, +/- 1/2 acre, they had room to run around.
Two things to remember.
Don’t leave the shock collar on for weeks at a time, they will cause irritation.
If you’re getting a puppy, pick up every and anything that is chewable.
This post was edited on 12/20/19 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 12/20/19 at 5:15 am to shoelessjoe
I have a mutt that has always been a huge flight risk so I got an invisible fence to put a stop to it. After I got it I decided I wanted a collar that worked with a remote too so I could stop him from jumping and barking at the door when people came to the front door.
Before putting the fence in I tried just using the remote to stop him from running off. It took all of 15 minutes for the dog to learn to stick close. A year later he doesn’t even think about running off whether he has the collar on or not and that electric fence is still sitting in the box.
You want a SportDOG fence brand new?
Before putting the fence in I tried just using the remote to stop him from running off. It took all of 15 minutes for the dog to learn to stick close. A year later he doesn’t even think about running off whether he has the collar on or not and that electric fence is still sitting in the box.
You want a SportDOG fence brand new?
Posted on 12/20/19 at 5:30 am to Bill Parker?
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my mutt realized he could run through it, take a shock and enjoy freedom.
Exactly the same story with my uncle's Jack Russel.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 5:37 am to shoelessjoe
We had a Chocolate Lab for 12 years. He could climb fences and dig like a backhoe. Loved to go for a boat ride.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 5:53 am to Armymann50
Why a chocolate? They're dumb as rocks compared to yellow or black labs, hope you don't plan on hunting with it
Posted on 12/20/19 at 6:08 am to shoelessjoe
You'll never go back
Posted on 12/20/19 at 6:17 am to SeafoodPlatter
What an uninformed statement.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 6:37 am to shoelessjoe
IF you do get one the easiest way I have found to install it is with an edger. Just cut a line along where you want it to go, lay the wire in just below the grass, and step along both sides of the cut to close the grass back over it. You can drizzle some sand along the top of the cut if you like.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 6:43 am to shoelessjoe
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:00 am to SeafoodPlatter
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Why a chocolate? They're dumb as rocks compared to yellow or black labs, hope you don't plan on hunting with it
I have a chocolate and she's highly intelligent. Except when she eats socks. And baby wipes and batteries.
She found a way to get her shock collar off, dug a hole and burried it in a flowerbed. She gives 0 shits about getting shocked.
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