[Dollydog]

Has anybody ever used this?

It's where you plant some kind of electrical thing around the boundary of where you want your dog to run, and he wears a collar with another electrical thingy on it.

If the dog attempts to go outside these boundaries he get a slight shock from it.

I'd just be interested to know of others experiences.

[luvdanes04]

I don't know, I was wondering the same thing, but a lot of the users tell me the buzz thing is cruel (see shocker collar post). I never saw a negative effect in my animals (I guess others have). I have even had vet and trainer recommendations for this stuff....

Others have swayed my opinions on this issue, though. Hearing horror stories about tumors and such puts it into perspective a little more than all of the positive things you hear. It doesn't hurt me (as I said in a previous post it feels like a vibrator on a phone) and certainly doesn't look like it is hurting the dog (and they def. don't act like it and are totally happy campers... but like the other users say, you aren't the dog)...so you can never be 100% sure. I certainly don't want to do something that is going to affect them years down the road either.

I'm putting my shocker collars away. :-D

[doggerbank]

My dog always gets lost because of my father. He always forgets to close the gate. I don't blame him. He is kind of old. It takes hours to find my doggie. It's frustrating. I think this is THE solution. I'm hesitant because it might be cruel.

I'm interested to hear stories about this product.

[Pupcake]

Well I honestly would not recomend an invisible fence to anyone because I have seen to many dogs get out of the fence because they have seen something that is more interesting to them and they just run right through the fence and then they are out and cannot get back in.

[luvdanes04]

That's scary and kinda sad. Getting out and can't get back in because of the shock. There's no tellin where they could go then.

Anyone else know of any other dog proofing yard options?

[ilovethebeach]

I have a rescued dog that had been rescued because the orig. owners did not want to chase her anymore! After 3 years of doing absolutely everything in our power to contain her within a yard we decided on the wireless containment system. One that delivers "pulse-rate" charges (intermittent, short charges) while the dog is out of range. Please note however, this was used as a last resort.Her running became a health and wellbeing issue when I found her stranded on a rock in the middle of a fast moving river adjacent to our home. We had tried everything previous to this (this dog even chewed right through several steel tie outs and understand this is a dog who was never left outside for long periods of time). This system was able to train her to stay in the yard - but keep in mind it is imparitive that you follow all instructions carefully as if you do not it can have deadly results.

I do have a second dog who does not run off - sometimes he wanders but I would never think of having him on this system because he is "containable" and has an exciteable sort of temperment and would find himself outside of the designated area often despite training. This is not a tool for a dog who just wanders off occasionally - and only should be used if all other methods have been exhausted. If it must be used in that case, I urge the use of the wireless "pulse-rate" system as the old systems deliver a constant charge that could kill the dog (systems which I think are very inhumane) - also the wireless system continues intermittent shocks until the dog comes back into range - so ther is no issue with the dog wanting to come back. My every diligent dog only got shocked once and she is a dog I thought would even find a way to beat this system! I do reccommend as does the manufacturer that you not leave the collar on all the time. I remove hers at night (I must leave it on the rest of the time as she will run out of any open door).

PS- sorry if I misspelled anything - am burning a pizza while I write!

[SeeSpotRun]

I don't really care for the invisible fences. First, the batteries in the collar eventually die, and the dog seems to know that the fence is down. My neighbor's dogs always escape this way. Second, my dog figured out that the collar was shocking her, so she just wouldn't go outside with it on.