My neighbor had one put in and I agree with a few of the posts above. Their dogs are reluctant to go back to their yard after crossing over, and I can't imagine a good quality invisible fence would be that much less expensive than the real thing.
Invisible Dog Fence
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We have put one in about 10 years ago, and during that time have trained 2 goldens on it. My son and I ordered it through petsmart, and we put it in using a spade. The whole thing took us a couple of hours. The hardest part was running the wire out the east side of the house, under the front porch, through a flower bed and then into the yard where she can run.
Be sure to use the white flags that are included and to put the collar on the dog and walk the fence repeatedly with her, before you plan on leaving her alone. Set the fence to high, you can back it down later. As she approaches the fence, it will beep, if she walks closer the beeping will get closer together, and if she gets too close, it will shock her.
Only problems is if the line is cut it will not work, we plugged our unit inside the basement and ran the wire through the wall. The wire must complete one loop around the area you want to keep your dog in. So plan carefully, which door you take her out off, and how she can get to the area.
On our lot, Daph, "the Golden" can go out the back door and on the deck, and half way down the ramp, if she goes to the end of it, she will get shocked by the collar. She is not allowed to go on the driveway or past the west flower bed. She gets to the yard exiting off the West side of the deck, where she is free to roam in the back yard up to the fence in front of the back alley. She knows the boundaries of the fence and will walk up too it, but then stop. Right now I am not even sure it works, we do not put the collar on her and she is fine.
Last thing to remember if you take your dogs on a walk, take her out a different door than the one she goes out with the fence. In our case that is out the front door, if she has on here walking collar, she knows what we are planning on doing.
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Just because you have a big yard doesn't mean you have to size the invisible fence for the whole yard. If the dog can 'function' in a smaller area I see no reason not to place the fence in closer.
Also remember that, unlike a physical fence, it may keep your dog in, but other stray or aggressive dogs are not barricaded out. So another dog could just waltz into your yard and attack your pup.
Also remember that, unlike a physical fence, it may keep your dog in, but other stray or aggressive dogs are not barricaded out. So another dog could just waltz into your yard and attack your pup.
