Posted by dognutter | Posted in Dog Supply | Posted on 09-09-2010
Tags: dog fence, pet fence
Many owner are worried when their dog leaves and they are forced to look for it. Dogs can sometimes wander too far off, and get hurt. The worst part is that some don’t come back at all. It’s time to consider putting up a dog fence. Some pet owners are sceptical about this kind of pet containment system, so here’s more info on the matter to help you decide.
The fence is not visible to the naked eye
An dog fence essentially aims to prevent your dog from leaving the designated area. The same effect of keeping the dog inside boundaries is also possible with the traditional physical fence. The inconvenience there is even if you pay contractors to install the physical fence, your dog might find away to scale it, or injure himself trying. And it’s impractical to set up an electric fence in an urban setting, unless you want passers-by and other people’s kids to get hurt.
The solution is to have an electronic fence installed. These can work in a number of ways. Many electric fence set ups simply involve a wired buried in the ground surrounding a designated space, say your front lawn. The dog wears a collar that sends out a warning tone when the dog gets near the boundaries. If the dog ignores the warning and continues to move past the boundaries, it receives a corrective shock. Over time, and with some proper training, your dog will remain in the area – even though there’s nothing visually keeping him inside.
Other systems of containing your dog work along the same lines. In one set up, radio signals are sent from a central location. When the dog leaves a specified radius, the collar it wears sends out a warning, and later on a shock. Another way is to rely for marking the area and tracking the dog on the Global Positioning System. Both methods avoid having to bury wires around a designated area.
Aesthetic and humanitarian benefits of electronic dog fences
Renters are usually constrained by their contracts – meaning they may not be able to put up physical fences if they want to, to keep their dogs inside. And then there are area where ordinances prevent the same installation. The work-around, to protect your dog, is to install electronic dog fences. Clear benefits include not having to ruin the landscape and not making it seem that your dog is in prison behind physical fences. Physical fences can have that walled in effect, and with an electronic fence, your dog can still roam free, to some extent.
With an electronic dog fence, you can effectively deter your dog from gallivanting as it pleases, bothering passers-by, and running after cars


