Im looking into one of these for my dog. Has anyone used one? Do they work good? Do dogs understand whats happening?

 

There's a lot to it . You have to train the dog following included instructions . At first you put up provided red flags and walk to dog around it . http://www.canadapets.com/instant_fence.htm . One problem is if a dog wants to chase an animal across the wire it may be going so fast it crosses it then will not come back in due to the shock .

 

Not me personally. But my neighbor has. Border collie. Smart dog. Eventually learned the perimeter to which was safe zone. Eventually graduated off radio collar. Ran off. Went right back on collar. Neighbor turned up collar power and then we he ran off to perimeter again, he got zapped so hard that it ruptured a blood vessel in dogs eye. All the white part turned red. I guess you can say its effective.

 

Kewl!!
That'll teach em.

 

Determined animals will make it through easily. I wouldnt mind using them to keep the dog(s) away from a garden, your work area, favorite face of the house thats a chew toy, etc. But for restraining, not at all.

Itll keep them from wandering around but if theres a person, a car, a bike, a dog a cat, anything thats tempting in their sight they're gona run and a shock wont stop em as theyll be past the perimiter by the time they respond to the shock.

 

Thats what I figured. He's pretty good at sticking around right now, but our last dogs were too, until they made it down the road to where people would feed them leftovers, and someone took em home. I dont want to build a fence cause Im about to get my own place and be going back and forth from my place back to the ranch for work. I may find a place with a fence though, and Ive got a pen for him here on the ranch. Im sure he can be trained to stay around though. Thanks for the input everyone.

 

If you're talking about the buried wire Invisible Fence, I have used one for about four years now. I have two bull headed Rotties and a Shepard. They know where the fence is now even without the collars on. The Pit Bull I had a while back was a little hard headed and would jump across every now and then. They will not cross the line even to walk around town. I have to put them in the car (collar off of course), drive across the line and park, get out of the car, walk around town, get back in the car, drive across the line, and get out of the car.
As far as safety for the dogs (not running into the street) and safety for people walking up and down the street (not charging into the street after them), it has been the best thing I have bought in years. The collars are expensive but I have found batteries at batterybarn.com for about a third the cost of what the dealer wants. Lightning took out the controller one time but they came and fixed it for free. All in all, I'd say it is a very good investment. You can sit here and argue about how humane it is, as I did with a woman in 7-11 one day, but what would you rather see, your dog get a little tingle every now and then or mashed flat in the road or worse. I have been able to turn the gain back on mine to where they can get within about three feet of the fence before the collar beeps. Once it beeps, they know what is next and will turn around.
Send me a PM if you need more info.

 

or you can do like me and have two labs that love to see the sites of the neighborhood. and i put a small charger on a couple strands of electric fence,and they just learnt to time it with the pulses and get out,so i went and got a heavy duty cattle charger and ran it across the fence. lets say they pretty much stay towards the center of the yard

 

I've got 2 Mastiffs that I used an underground fence on. To tell you how effective it is, the first time my female went across the wire, it flipped her. It didn't take long for them to figure it out and if they were after something (cat, deer, another dog) they would still cross the wire and would not come back across. I would have to load them the back of the truck to get them home...didn't matter if the fence was on or off, they were not going to cross it.

I took the collars off because my dogs were different animals when they had those transmitters on. They just acted beat down or something. The instant I would take those collars off my dogs would come alive and their spirit would come back.

 

Some dogs will react like that. It don't seem to bother mine in that respect. They do know where the line is though.

 

No, I train my pets.

 

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...d.php?t=157551


i have a STUBBORN Akita. it keeps her in the yard.

i think some of the above comments are from older systems

i have a Innotek basic contain and train system,

and it has a adjustable gain.

all the way up, the feild is about 10 feet wide, and a dog WON'T make it through that if you have thier neck shaved and the correct (long) prongs on the collar.

there is a LOT of training that goes into per the video.

for us, training was much easier.

we just walk our property line with any animal we get, at least 3 times when we first bring them home, then every time we take them out to potty, or off the chain.

so our dogs know thier territory, before we start.

and we have ditches that clearly mark our boundaries, so that serves as a visual aid after the training.

i could probably find my CD and send it to you, or maybe INNOTEk has them on the website.

now, our Akita wears her collar so loose, it can't shock her, but it beeps, and she TURNS around.

our puppy has his at full tight with a fresh battery (you can't hear it as loud with a weak battery) and he gets beeps all the time.

i would not have a dog in a city area without it.

 

I actually bought one of the innotek underground fences for my in laws lab pup and he did the whole training thing with the dog. You could say he was a hard headed dog or what ever but when he went after a local stray cat he ran straight thru it and got killed on the road.

Both my Rotties know the area they are allowed to go and will come past there line if you call them but if I say yard they both run for the yard. I would hate to guess how many hours training I have into them though

 

i know on my Akita, i had to keep it tight & keep her neck shaved, long prongs, and keep the gain on maximum for ~3 months to make she got knocked a loop when she hit it.

she's a valuable guard dog now.

if i take her collar off and take it to edge to test it, when it beeps, she heads for the porch.