Ideas for installing an electric dog fence?

[Machinewars]

Anyone have any cheap ideas for burying a wire for a dog fence?

Unfortunately I can't weld so I'm looking for options. The places I've called are quoting $1000 for installing one.

 

[brin]

When we got our dog 4 yrs. ago we looked into an electric buried wire pet fence...problem is when they run through it and get shocked ...they can't get back in....Not good...

Instead we went on ebay and got a shock training collar....We only had to use the shock feature a couple of times ...then we could use the vibrator button or the whistle button....after a couple of weeks our dog was trained and always stays in the yard now....When we first got the dog and the collar we would let him outside and when he got to the edge of our property...as far as we wanted him to go...we would call him...if he did not come we shocked or vibrated him...he came back....then it went to vibrate...now just calling him and he always comes....so we used the collar for a few weeks ...$39.00 on ebay...sure glad I did not do the fence.

 

[gwdixon]

Does the wire HAVE to be buried? If it can be above ground then you can save a lot of money. Plus, the dog doesn't have to wear a collar all of the time. Once the dog learns that the fence bites he/she/it will stay away from the wire and it can be shut off.

Anywhere you go and take the dog, like camping, over to a friend's house, etc. you can take some wire and set up a boundary. The dog won't cross it. A solar charger can be purchased if you want the wire hot.

Not sure how welding is involved.

 

[brin]

Does the wire HAVE to be buried? If it can be above ground then you can save a lot of money. Plus, the dog doesn't have to wear a collar all of the time. Once the dog learns that the fence bites he/she/it will stay away from the wire and it can be shut off.

Anywhere you go and take the dog, like camping, over to a friend's house, etc. you can take some wire and set up a boundary. The dog won't cross it. A solar charger can be purchased if you want the wire hot.

Not sure how welding is involved.

You are supporting my point....Just like the fence will not longer be needed nor the collar...so will the shock collar for only $39 not be needed after a few weeks....I would sure rather train a dog for $39 vs. $1K....just me though...

 

[msb1766]

I put ours in with a middlebuster from Tractor Supply, took off the large blade and just used the small blade.


CountyLine® Sub Compact Middle Buster and Sub Soiler Combo - Tractor Supply Online Store

 

[J F]

We've used this since 2010 Amazon.com: PetSafe Wireless Pet Containment System, PIF-300: Pet Supplies , and I'd buy another in a heartbeat.

We have little heel-nippers so keep that in mind, but it keeps 'em corralled very well. It's been a few years, but as far as I remember, it didn't take the little guys long to learn the "little white flags" were just about where they were going to get lit up like Christmas trees.

The squirrels love the fact that the dogs will only go so far when chasing them.

 

[gwdixon]

You are supporting my point....Just like the fence will not longer be needed nor the collar...so will the shock collar for only $39 not be needed after a few weeks....I would sure rather train a dog for $39 vs. $1K....just me though...

The problem is that with a shock collar you have to constantly monitor where the dog is and what it is doing. Most farms, like mine, have "outdoor" dogs that can't be watched all the time. An electric fence works great, it also works on cattle, horses, and to a lesser extent, hogs.

I don't denigrate shock collars. They are used for my three hunting dogs. After a little training they never need shocked again...well, almost never. Dogs do forget or get feisty. Just wearing the collar is an indication of what limits are in effect. Collars can be abused so must be used cautiously.

 

[drjay9051]

I'm a big fan of electrobraid. Works on anything from foxes to Moose !

Easy install, easily moved. Lots of horse people use it when they travel (portable corral). If permanant needs a post evry 40-50 feet as opposed to every 8 for fencing. Here is a link:

ElectroBraid Horse Fencing

Check out the videos

 

[Soundguy]

hogs? i've never had an electric fence that would deter a hog.

I have had large 10 and so called 50 mile fencers. ones that will KILL birds and other small animals. lizsrds / frogs.. etc. and none of em ever deterred a hog that i could see. some others may have had better luck...

 

[gwdixon]

Hogs are interesting regarding electric fence. I'd bring home a load of 20 or so hogs from the auction and put them in a large holding pen made out of pallets. About 6" above the bottom of the pallets was a run of wire all around the pen. The next morning all of the hogs would be in a pile in the center of the pen just about equidistant from each wall.

Granted, they couldn't see beyond the pallets but one wall was field fencing (hog wire) with electric and they didn't challenge it.

What they do is routinely test the wire to see if it is on. The hogs are willing to take a shock every once in a while. Clever buggers. That is why I wrote that electric fence could be used with hogs "to a lesser extent".

In spring they were allowed out in the pasture to feed and the pasture has electric fence like the pen had. It was all field fenced. They would test that, too. Every so often the fence would be shorted out and a round of pig herding was necessary as they would immediately root under the fence.

Can't say they are missed. But home-raised pork is quite good.