Invisibal Fences- shock!

Tormenting kids can torment just as well through a physical fence.  We have a "wireless" electric fence for my setter and pointer.  It is a wonderful thing.  We have it set up just in the back yard so that they won't be "tormented" by people and critters passing by in the front.  You don't have to worry about the dogs digging under the fence, climbing over the fence or someone leaving a gate open.  It is the best doggy investment we have made.

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Jackie is right ... even if you can train your dog to stay in, it doesn't keep other dogs out.  And if there are kids in the neighborhood who enjoy tormenting dogs (doesn't every neighborhood have a few of those?) they will most definitely take advantage of the fact that they can get to the dog but the dog can't retaliate.

Joyce

I have a few little $hit heads in my neihborhood[:@]. Is there anyway to reverse the invisable fence so that it shocks rugrats comming into my yard? [8D]LOL.

That's the reason why DH and I are saving to put up a real fence.  Right now he is on a tie out when he goes outside.  Kids in my neihborhood taunt my dog.  They make faces at him, throw sticks at him, and then they complain that he barks at them when they walk THROUGH MY YARD!  One little 8 year old that I yelled at for making faces at Joey, came up to my door and asked me why my dog was so mean.  I responded with "He actually likes kids, but not ones that make faces at him.  Do you like people that make faces at you?"

My aunt had a rat terrier/border collie mix that would run right through it, no matter what.
 
I actually hate them.  I don't like seeing a strange dog barking and running at me full speed and having to guess whether it's behind an invisible fence or not.  I had a horse take off on me because this idiot off our horse trail had one rather than a physical fence, that he had it set up RIGHT next to the trail.  I would also never have one for my dog--other animals/people can get in, and I would rather have the privacy of a physical barrier if I'm going to spend the money on a fence.

i would never trust my huskies on one of the invisible fences.my dogs are so prey driven that a shock wouldnt stop them once she figuered out they could get through...thats why i am so happy we got a stockade fence for so cheap recently..

 as for the little you know whats comming in your yard,i always thought it was pretty stupid that someone could trespass ont your property ,get bit by your dog,and then sue you.

 there was a recent topic on one of my auto boards about a woman getting judgement against a man for $54,000 for the man intentionally running over her dog. I said he got off lucky,if i had been there or had run into him,i would have lost it and beat him into the hospital with my bare hands,or the nearest available heavy object.i feel the same as i would if someone intentionally hurt one of my kids.i guess you have to be a dog type person to understand..

For those of you who are happy with invisible fences, what type do you have (wireless or underground wire?) and what brand? Also, do you train the dog yourself on the fence or did you bring in a trainer.

I have a lab/golden and boxer/lab. I want the fence so that they can hang out with me while I do yardwork or read a book outside. Actually I can do that with the golden lab, as he is well trained. But the boxer/lab is an extremely exuberant 6 month old, and needs a bit more guidance. 

Pet Safe is what the store I used to work for carried.  Great customer service.  They'll actually talk you through putting the fence in, while you're doing it.

I have regular "visits" from a charming black Lab who regularly slips his e-fence collar and lands in my yard.  He has to cross a state highway, speed limit 45 mph, to get here:-((
In the neighboring town, about 10 years ago, I remember that two dogs were stolen out of their e-fenced yard.  Neighbors saw them go, but thought it was a friend of the homeowner and didn't think to take the number or call the cops.

We have the PetSafe Instant fence.  It's wireless.  I have two very high prey dogs, a field bred english setter and a very intense field fred Pointer.  It works great.  It is true that it doesn't keep other dogs out o the yard, but we have never had a problem with that yet. 

We trained the girls ourselves.

The one thing that makes this fence really great is that it is portable and we take it with us to our cabin, when we travel and when we camp out.  We set it, test where the boundaries are and walk with them to show them where it beeps - no problem.

It's pretty hard to "run through" this one because it will pulse for 30 seconds or until their receiver detect the radio transmission again.  Not like a "zap" that you would get from an "in the ground" wire. 

My best friend does sales and trainings for Moriarty's Invisible fence in Rhode Island. Invisible Fence is the brand name, it is different then the fences you can buy at radio shack and Home Depot / Benny's. When you say someone has it and their dog gets out it most likely isn't Invisible Fence brand, or it is and the dog wasn't trainined properly. There are very few dog's / breeds that can't be trainined, I heard Husky's are tough, but they have had success with some. Also there are many development's that do not allow real fences so Invisible fences are popular there, better getting a correction than getting hit by a car. 

We have had an invisible fence for the past seven years and it has been very successful. Because the fence beeps before shocking, the dog gets a warning. 100% of the time I see our dog back away from the boundry when he hears the beep w/o being shocked. My sister's dog would come over occasionally and we trained him on the fence. A couple of times we forgot to let him out with his collar on, and seeing as he is a beagle this caused a big panic when we realized what we'd done! But to our surprise he wouldn't leave the yard, or even approach the boundries. He came right back in after being let out.