Steff Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Anyone have one? Pros? Cons? Ginger is 3, Abby is 2.. not to late to train them with it, is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I just don't if you will have any luck training Jim... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 03:15 PM) I just don't if you will have any luck training Jim... LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aboz56 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Dad has one for Rajah (our yellow lab), I think we got it when he was around a year old. Its real nice for a dog that needs to be outside and able to roam a lot. Early on he ran through it a few times and got shocked but now he doesnt even really go near the line. It doesn't take them long to learn, you just need a good choke collar, then walk the dog near the flags and when they are about to cross, jerk them back and run away from the flags. They show you how to do all of this when they set it up. Then gradually you work the collar into the equation where they hear the high pitch noise when they go near the flags. The flags gradually come down and then they can just sense they are getting near the area by the sound they hear from the collar. Main problem is you have to let them get shocked a few times, which is kinda hard to watch since they yelp quite a bit but after that its well worth it IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 My neighbors have one and it works great. I have a dog, they have two dogs. Their dogs are overly friendly and love to run up to people, but they never cross the fence line and stay about 5' away from the line. Problem is that other neighbors, when walking down the street not knowing there is an invisible fence there, get a little scared when this bog ol' dog comes running at them barking. We have actually had one annoying neighbor send out a neighborhood complaint letter about it. But their dogs have never crossed the fence. Unlike the pitbull we have in the neighborhood that runs wild quite often. But that pooch never got a complaint letter. Someday I will install one after seeing how well they do work with my neighbors dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 Thanks Boz. In reading the site, the ongoing expense sucks. The batteries need to be replaced every three months at $30 a pop. That's another $240 a year after the $1K+ investment. I'm not sure I want to do that considering we have it made right now with them being box trained. I'm thinking of just waiting it out for another year since we're likely building another house with a bigger back yard that we can have a fenced area for them. I have correction collars for them - never shocked them though as they respond to the "beep". I don't know if I could handle seeing them yelping. QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 03:23 PM) Someday I will install one after seeing how well they do work with my neighbors dogs. To self install the complete system is less than $500, which is decent, IMO. But I wouldn't do it for fear I would hit a gas line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juddling Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 My In-laws got one a year or two ago and it didn't take their dog long to learn to stay in the yard. They were really happy with it up until recently. If i understood my father-in-law right (like that will happen) i guess the guy who came out and installed the fence only put it 3 inches in the ground instead of 6 inches. After the week of rain wae got a month or two ago the fence doesn't work. Luckily for them the dog is already trained and doesn't know the wiser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aboz56 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 04:25 PM) Thanks Boz. In reading the site, the ongoing expense sucks. The batteries need to be replaced every three months at $30 a pop. That's another $240 a year after the $1K+ investment. I'm not sure I want to do that considering we have it made right now with them being box trained. I'm thinking of just waiting it out for another year since we're likely building another house with a bigger back yard that we can have a fenced area for them. I have correction collars for them - never shocked them though as they respond to the "beep". I don't know if I could handle seeing them yelping. One trick to the batteries is that we've gone long periods of time without replacing them because he really has no interest in leaving the boundary. In fact sometimes if he doesn't have a collar on he still thinks he does and doesn't try anything. Now for dogs who want to test their limits so to speak this wouldn't work. As far as them getting shocked, he maybe yelped the first time but the second time he went through he just kept running. Now that he's older he rarely tries anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 03:29 PM) One trick to the batteries is that we've gone long periods of time without replacing them because he really has no interest in leaving the boundary. In fact sometimes if he doesn't have a collar on he still thinks he does and doesn't try anything. Now for dogs who want to test their limits so to speak this wouldn't work. As far as them getting shocked, he maybe yelped the first time but the second time he went through he just kept running. Now that he's older he rarely tries anything. Ginger I think would learn fast, Abby (the rat terrier) is smart as a whip, but stubborn as Henry. She would keep running to the thing just to hear the noise. Like I said they are box trained right now so they don't have to be out there to use the bathroom, so I think it might just be best to leave things the way they are. The only time they want to go out there is when we are out there which is rare since I'm hardly ever off the deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I think both of my dogs would be stupid enough to just keep running through it. That and their fur is so thick I'm not even sure they'd feel anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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