In ground dog fence

[jejeosborne]

We had very good luck with them as well. The key is to take your time during the training time. Once they learn that they can run through the boundary then it is difficult to retrain them. We took two weeks total before leaving our dog alone. The first days are on a lease letting your dog walk up to the flags and receive a correction. You then reach down and wiggle the flag to let them know to stay away. After a couple days you can let your dog off the leash but monitor every move of your dog and verbally warn your dog when they get close to the flags. After a couple weeks, we started removing every other flag every three days. Our dog never left our yard in ten years. You will be successful, just take your time.

 

[bdeboer]

I have a golden retriever that is my best friend in the whole world. He goes everywhere with me that I can possibly take him. A few months back we learned that a lady walking by here everyday while we were at work was coaxing our dog with treats to go on her walk with her. She wold get the dog to follow her all the way home and then just before we would get home she would load him up in her car and bring him home. When my wife and I learned of this we told her not to be doing this and then someone took him to the pound. We later learned it was her so a call went to the Sheriff. The Sheriff had a talk with her and now she doesnt come this way on her walk anymore. The problem is though that now a dog that used to stay home all day and never go anywhere goes over there on his own now.

Sounds like we have the neighbor, albeit in another state. We have an Australian shepard that was rewarded for coming to her porch when we were calling him more than once. Then we would get the phone call that our dog wouldn't leave???

I haven't tried the underground fence with him, let us know how it works out. I did try a training collar when he was younger (now 5) but the pain didn't seem to phase him then.

 

[blackie65]

we recently installed the Sport Dog inground fence. We have appox. 4 acres fenced in and have had not problems keeping our beagle/english setters where we want them. Where we used to live they had free reign and would like to travel. Moving to the new location and training the dogs, as others have mentioned, was a piece of cake. The training needs to be your focus for a couple weeks but after that it is no worries for us. Good luck

Sport Dog In-Ground Fence SDF-100 America's Farm & Home Store

 

[beersngars]

Both dogs will lay down close enough to the boundary to get the warning beeps, when the beeps stop and the collar battery is dead off they go. Those retrievers are smart dogs. Good luck.

I thought my dogs were the only ones to lay there and wait for the batteries to die. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[ljellio]

As far as the zap not affecting dogs I was worried about that when we bought our fence so I bought collars for "large stubborn breeds" they have 5 levels of correction and in 5 they sure do pay attention

 

[deere755]

Sounds like most of you leave the collars on the dog all the time. The training video that came with ours said to work with them and not to leave the collar on them. I am thinking it would be better to leave it on them for a good while. I worked with him several times today and he got zapped a few times. The last time we worked together he didn't want to get anywhere near the fence.

 

[Gizmo2]

Sounds like most of you leave the collars on the dog all the time. The training video that came with ours said to work with them and not to leave the collar on them. I am thinking it would be better to leave it on them for a good while. I worked with him several times today and he got zapped a few times. The last time we worked together he didn't want to get anywhere near the fence.

Nope. Our dogs hardly ever wear the collars, maybe once in while for a little refresher class and during deer season when the deer are continually running through our yard.

 

[blackie65]

Sounds like most of you leave the collars on the dog all the time. The training video that came with ours said to work with them and not to leave the collar on them. I am thinking it would be better to leave it on them for a good while. I worked with him several times today and he got zapped a few times. The last time we worked together he didn't want to get anywhere near the fence.

I have only had the fence for a few months. Haven't had the courage to take the collars off any longer than to give the dogs a nice rub and cleaning around the neck. Plan on giving it a try this summer though.