In ground dog fence

deere755 · Jan 27, 2011

I have a golden retriever that is my best friend in the whole world. He goes everywhere with me that I can possibly take him. A few months back we learned that a lady walking by here everyday while we were at work was coaxing our dog with treats to go on her walk with her. She wold get the dog to follow her all the way home and then just before we would get home she would load him up in her car and bring him home. When my wife and I learned of this we told her not to be doing this and then someone took him to the pound. We later learned it was her so a call went to the Sheriff. The Sheriff had a talk with her and now she doesnt come this way on her walk anymore. The problem is though that now a dog that used to stay home all day and never go anywhere goes over there on his own now. She lives in one of these rural subdivisions. Now all the people over there are having a fit about him roaming the neighborhood during the day. I perfectly understand their frustration. We have had a few calls and one nasty letter in our mailbox. We have been keeping him locked up in the barn until we get home but I hate doing this and it seems unfair to him. I wish the lady would have just left him alone we didn't have a problem until now. We are going to buy one of those in ground fences tomorrow night and try working with him Saturday while we are home. Has anyone had any luck with these. Menards has one that is good for 25 acres according to my wife. I am not sure what else to do except move. I am getting to the point where I hate neighbors. We used to live in a real secluded area and now its getting more populated all the time here. I will quit complaining now.

MikeInEburg · Jan 27, 2011

We had good success with in-ground fence in the past. We also have a Golden and haven't needed the fence with him (because he won't leave my side). Good luck.
Mike

beersngars · Jan 27, 2011

Can't blame the boy for stepping out a bit with the lady during your absense. :laughing: Just kidding. We are on our second unit a I swear by them. You do need to train the dog on the fence and put up the little flags to give him a visual boundry, but no big deal. Ours has contained 2 German Shorthaired Pointers, a rotweiller and a big mut.

ljellio · Jan 27, 2011

They are fantastic we have a black lab who was a runner before the fence and two retriever bullmastiff mix and they don't go anywhere you do need to work with them but they learn real fast. It's a little disheartening the first couple times they get zapped but worth it in the end. Most days now I don't even have the collars on them and they stay put. Would definitely recommend them. Ad a side note we are in the sticks not alot of traffic but we get the odd bicycler in the summer. You would be surprised how fast people that don't know we have the fence can peddle up the hill when the mastiffs go flying through the yard barking to beet the band .

rcurrie · Jan 27, 2011

We have had an inground fence on our 2 acres for about 4 years now and it works great for a golden retreiver and a german shepard. The thing is you have to train them to know where the boundaries are. Best of luck to you. Rob

ljellio · Jan 27, 2011

The lab is to old to run off these days he will take off like he is going to from time to time but he looses intrest quickly and comes back he is 14 and I think we will be poising him soon sad.....

jamesjaggersbluetractor · Jan 28, 2011

i have had 2 models. the one thing i here the most of is bad collar. ifthey get wet they bite it. stay away frome those . i have a nwer innotec. i encased the wire in 1/2" conduit with a in line junction box every 200' in case i need to pull it. havent had any problems since i did this. where i live it is pretty wet. so whenever we had a big lightning storm it would short out the cable an i would have to find it. but it now keeps my 170lbgreat dane OTTO , and his smaller ( 80lb ) mut brother BANDY in real well. And they really want to get out a lot due to other dogs that taunt them at the fence line. but they r happy with the 3 acres they got. GOOD LUCK

Gizmo2 · Jan 28, 2011

We have about 6 acres fenced with the in ground fence, would not be without it. Been using it for about 12 years. I would also say that 25% of the wire I have just laying on top of the ground, on the upper part of our property. A Friend of mine has 2 retrievers and also the in ground fence. Both dogs will lay down close enough to the boundary to get the warning beeps, when the beeps stop and the collar battery is dead off they go. Those retrievers are smart dogs. Good luck.

tcartwri · Jan 28, 2011

Should work well with your Golden. It did not work for our Jack Russel.

He's a runner, and imune to pain so it seems. He also figured out that the collar is directional, so if he runs with his nose to the ground he can sprint through the boundary with only a little zap.

He now has a run between two telephone poles, with a cable and a drop line. So he can run his little arse off and work off some energy. He still gets off it about three times a year though.

forgeblast · Jan 28, 2011

I think too you will see your neighbor relations improve when they see that you are doing something about your dog running.
I cant tell you how much I get into it with my one neighbor over his shepard, been to court twice, probably a third time coming up.
My dogs are fenced in, and never left free to roam, because if they did they are boneheads and would be out all night long.
I would make sure that i put up a sign or two that you have the invs fence and are training your dog.
Good luck.

jejeosborne · Jan 28, 2011

We had very good luck with them as well. The key is to take your time during the training time. Once they learn that they can run through the boundary then it is difficult to retrain them. We took two weeks total before leaving our dog alone. The first days are on a lease letting your dog walk up to the flags and receive a correction. You then reach down and wiggle the flag to let them know to stay away. After a couple days you can let your dog off the leash but monitor every move of your dog and verbally warn your dog when they get close to the flags. After a couple weeks, we started removing every other flag every three days. Our dog never left our yard in ten years. You will be successful, just take your time.

bdeboer · Jan 28, 2011

deere755 said:
I have a golden retriever that is my best friend in the whole world. He goes everywhere with me that I can possibly take him. A few months back we learned that a lady walking by here everyday while we were at work was coaxing our dog with treats to go on her walk with her. She wold get the dog to follow her all the way home and then just before we would get home she would load him up in her car and bring him home. When my wife and I learned of this we told her not to be doing this and then someone took him to the pound. We later learned it was her so a call went to the Sheriff. The Sheriff had a talk with her and now she doesnt come this way on her walk anymore. The problem is though that now a dog that used to stay home all day and never go anywhere goes over there on his own now.

Sounds like we have the neighbor, albeit in another state. We have an Australian shepard that was rewarded for coming to her porch when we were calling him more than once. Then we would get the phone call that our dog wouldn't leave???

I haven't tried the underground fence with him, let us know how it works out. I did try a training collar when he was younger (now 5) but the pain didn't seem to phase him then.

blackie65 · Jan 28, 2011

we recently installed the Sport Dog inground fence. We have appox. 4 acres fenced in and have had not problems keeping our beagle/english setters where we want them. Where we used to live they had free reign and would like to travel. Moving to the new location and training the dogs, as others have mentioned, was a piece of cake. The training needs to be your focus for a couple weeks but after that it is no worries for us. Good luck

Sport Dog In-Ground Fence SDF-100 America's Farm & Home Store

beersngars · Jan 28, 2011

Gizmo2 said:
Both dogs will lay down close enough to the boundary to get the warning beeps, when the beeps stop and the collar battery is dead off they go. Those retrievers are smart dogs. Good luck.

I thought my dogs were the only ones to lay there and wait for the batteries to die. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

ljellio · Jan 28, 2011

As far as the zap not affecting dogs I was worried about that when we bought our fence so I bought collars for "large stubborn breeds" they have 5 levels of correction and in 5 they sure do pay attention

deere755 · Jan 30, 2011

Sounds like most of you leave the collars on the dog all the time. The training video that came with ours said to work with them and not to leave the collar on them. I am thinking it would be better to leave it on them for a good while. I worked with him several times today and he got zapped a few times. The last time we worked together he didn't want to get anywhere near the fence.

Gizmo2 · Jan 31, 2011

deere755 said:
Sounds like most of you leave the collars on the dog all the time. The training video that came with ours said to work with them and not to leave the collar on them. I am thinking it would be better to leave it on them for a good while. I worked with him several times today and he got zapped a few times. The last time we worked together he didn't want to get anywhere near the fence.

Nope. Our dogs hardly ever wear the collars, maybe once in while for a little refresher class and during deer season when the deer are continually running through our yard.

blackie65 · Jan 31, 2011

deere755 said:
Sounds like most of you leave the collars on the dog all the time. The training video that came with ours said to work with them and not to leave the collar on them. I am thinking it would be better to leave it on them for a good while. I worked with him several times today and he got zapped a few times. The last time we worked together he didn't want to get anywhere near the fence.

I have only had the fence for a few months. Haven't had the courage to take the collars off any longer than to give the dogs a nice rub and cleaning around the neck. Plan on giving it a try this summer though.