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My acreage is part field, part woods (not too dense, but out of sight)
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Don’t stand near the dog when it’s first learning where the perimeter is. It will look at you when it gets shocked like you did it. (Indirectly, you did).
My daughter has 3 golden labs. She weighs maybe 120 lbs, in her early 40s. The dogs are about 80ish pounds each. They live next to a forest. They have one of those underground fences, installed by a company. The dogs wear electronic collars when they’re outside. They work pretty good. They break out now and then chasing animals.
I would not recommend it. I saw a story where a small dog suffered a terrible scare and ran out of the yard with one of these collars. When it tried to enter the yard, it would receive a shock. It ended up starving to death outside it’s yard.
I don’t mind the GPS part. It will help you locate your dog when it does get out, but nothing beats old fashioned fencing.
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A—>> When it tried to enter the yard, it would receive a shock. It ended up starving to death outside it’s yard.
Latest versions allow Dee try with no shock
I suppose if you can get one programmed with a pass/back, it might be OK.
I have a friend in CO who uses the GPS geofencing successfully for 3 Karelian bear dogs.
The shock doesn’t hurt the large dogs, just gets there attention, there’s an adjustable setting on it to gradually increase/decrease that. I would not recommend it for small dogs, big dogs are stronger.
I assume the question pertains to a GPS tracker probably with sound or vibration but not a true shock training collar. In any case the key is training the dog to obey the stimulation.
It isn’t the shock itself that I’m concerned about. You have train the dog to respond properly by backing away from the fence line. If the dog is trained to do that and ends on the other side of the fence, it will stick to it’s training and not be able to enter the yard.
If a dog gets out, they bring the others in, turn off the system, get the dog back, turn the system back on.
Tell that to the dog that starved to death.
Unless the dog can enter the yard, I would not want that system. I would consider alternatives.
The dog may not get out but plenty of critters can get in. ANd if those critters are bigger than the dog, the dog is now trapped.
But speaking of invisible fences... Had a friend with a big dumb Chessie named Roxie. We were hanging out one day and Roxie saw a squirrel in the distance and went full on sprint. As Roxie approached the yard boundary, we saw her brace herself for the shock. Roxie took the pain and was so proud of herself she almost forgot she was chasing a squirrel. Realizing she was free, happily wagging her tail, off she went in search of the squirrel with my buddy not far behind, “ROXIE!!” :-)
They can and do learn to run through the shock.
My brother had an electronic fence for his dog (neutered Brittany Spaniel) & his partner had one for his Chesapeake Bay Retriever (not neutered).
Both dogs figured out they could run through the fence & although they knew they would get shocked, they were willing to take the ‘hit’. The partner’s dog, being a stud, was highly motivated to run through the fence to find females. The partner said you could see the dog ‘steel himself’ for the shock just before he ran through the fence.
My brother’s dog was not motivated by finding females, but he was a hunting dog & was always looking for something with feathers or fur & once he figured out the shock was temporary, the fence didn’t hold him.
Could you fence off part of the acreage for the dogs to roam? Include your door, of course, and any area that’s easy to see and monitor. ??
There’s a few. You can set radius. I think a company in Texas makes ones you can adjust and program a shape into.
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