re: Tell me about invisible fences for pets

Don't use the cheap wire it comes with. There's 14 gauge that Amazon sells that works great.

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to the question 'are they humane' I say this: PROPERLY trained, the dog only needs to be shocked ONCE to understand the situation. You then need to invest TIME, walking the dog on a leash up to each flag, and then say "NO" and pull them away. Repeatedly during the first several days...the training is crucial. Properly trained, with ONE shock, my golden never got shocked again.

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THIS 100%. I used it on 5 different dogs over the years on 5 ac. Works great. Problem, outside dogs coming in the yard.

Depends on the dog. If the dog is hyper or stupid, they wont work. We had two goldens. It worked perfectly. After a short period of time they wouldn't even test the perimeter. We list the collar once for 2 months. Didn't matter. We rarely put the collar on them.

Have used the Invisible Fence brand at 2 locations.......both around 2 acres. Have had minor issues that were not too difficult to remedy. Product works as advertised. You will need to take the time to train your dogs but they figure it out quickly.

Moved to a new house. Walked my dog around the perimeter twice. She understood. Got an electric fence right here.

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Tell me about invisible fences for pets

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Fun Fact: Dogs can’t see the color red.

Guess what the most popular color is for dog toys?

(HINT: It’s Red)

Wait....pets experience the ghost turd too? How’s that possible when they don’t use toilets?







Nvm, misread the title as “feces”

I purchased the PetSafe Stubborn dog system without the factory supplied wire last year and bought the better wire on Amazon.

It works well from my experience. Took my Lab/Border Collie Mix about 2 days to figure everything else out and year later no problems.

I also acquired a Blue Heeler this past weekend and he is learning the system and so far everything has gone well. About a week later take the flags down and you probably won't need them at that point.

The key is to keep the flags up so they get a visual Que to where the perimeter wire is at. This way you don't have your dog running at all corners of your property and getting shocked.

My uncle also has the same system and has stubborn catahoula that it contains effectively. You can see a path in his yard where she runs the whole property line constantly and it is about 5 feet from the wire.

Have the shock collar with base transmitter - set to around 100 feet -- works well on the lowest setting -- i tried just to use the beep setting, but that didn't work as well

had it on the high setting at the beginning and it shocked the shite out of the dog -- he looked like a dolphin doing spins when it hit him...felt really bad -- dog wouldn't go outside for a couple days

Have one for our dog. It took her 3 shocks to realize not to cross the flags.

Has only run across it 2 in 8 months times and both were decisions where the rest of the family walked somewhere and she decided “frick it. It’s worth the shock”