need help.. Dogs and electric fences..

[Soundguy]

i think we may end up seeing as many animals killed by electric fences as we see cars blow up getting gas while using a cell phone..


soundguy

 

[dmccarty]

... So we got an invisible fence setup. On this particular model the collar would emit a tone to warn the dog before the shock. It worked well for the first couple of weeks. Then Titan got out again. The battery in the collar was dead. Now this battery was a high output photo flash type. About $6.00 each. So I put a new battery in the collar. This kept him in the yard about 1 week, then out again! Checked the battery and it was dead. Another 6 bucks for another new battery. This one lasted less than a week. It thought the collar was defective, but then I noticed Titan sitting near the fence one day. I watched carefully and he would patrol the fence staying about 3 feet away. He had figured out that when the collar stopped making noise, because the battery was dead, it was OK to jump the fence!!!

We had a dog named Chase. My nickname for her was Lady because she was a Lady. :thumbsup: Lady kept getting out of electric fence and the wifey could not figure out how. The batter would be dead so a new expensive battery was installed. This went on for a couple of battery changes. :laughing: I forgot who saw Lady in escape mode, the wife or the neighbors, but Lady would run along the fence waiting for the beep to stop. No beep and she was FREE!

Miss Lady I do.

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

Why do I think you are starting a battle of wits with a pair of dogs?

My experience has been that if a dog wants out, it is going to get out of a fence. Digging, climbing, and persuading a neighborhood kid to open the gate are all common.

:laughing::thumbsup: In our city house we had a four foot tall chain link fence in the back yard. My GSD would dig near the fence. I do not think she wanted out but was bored. She was NOT a dog that would run away. I left the gate open one afternoon. That evening I let her outside and a few minutes later I heard a bark at the front door. Twas Kelly sitting there saying, "Hey dummy, you left the gate open.<tail wag> <tail wag>"

I had to put chicken wire on the ground along the fence to stop her digging though.

The neighbor kids would pet her over the fence so the Kelly could not wear a collar. A very high chance she would get hung up on the fence and strangle.

Then the gate had to be locked because the neighbor's kids would come into the yard to play with Kelly. Scared of a ferocious GSD they were. NOT. Course she was not vicious. Unless she needed to be. :thumbsup:

I miss Kelly. Best Dog Ever.

Later,
Dan