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Anyone use wireless dov fence?

jon f mn

jon f mn

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We will be moving to the farm this weekend and we have a large dog that likes to explore from time to time and I was thinking about one of those wireless fences. There are the radio based ones and GPS based ones. Seems like each has bennifit and problems. I was wondering if anyone has used one and if they work.
 
Neighbors dog would run at the barrier, take the shock, yelp a bit and keep right on going. Didn't slow him down a bit.
 
I have and so has a neighbor. If the dog/s are car chasers, and or attack/chase other animals with an attitude, the fence can become irrelevant to their charging. I and my neighbor had no problem (Australian Shepherd, and Border Collie) Jim
 
Ours is border collie/chocolate lab. He doesn't chase, he just likes to explore. What kind do you have and how far does it go?
 
A lot depends on the dog. I have several friends who have had excellent luck with them, but the common themes are that they all have smallish well-trained dogs of reasonable intelligence and they took the time and effort to properly train the dog to know the boundaries, respect the fence, and come when called. Other friends have not had as good an experience. One friend's german shepherd was smart enough to stand in the zone where his collar would beep but not shock him until it ran the battery down, and then would take off for parts unknown. Other dogs would, as mentioned, be fine until something really grabbed their attention--a car, a cat, another dog, etc.--and off they'd go, yelping until they got the beyond the transmitter's range. Others just didn't care if they got shocked--another friend's Rottie would just wander in and out of the zone at will, and yes the collar DID shock hard enough to draw a yelp and some Very Expressive Language from the owner when they tried it to see if it was defective! He was, apparently, just too dumb to care, as he was well-behaved otherwise. Also saw a case where another friend was dog-setting and put their spare collar on the dog they were setting without thinking she'd never been trained on the fence. She wandered off, got shocked, and bit my friend when she ran to pull her back into the "safe" zone--this from an old hound who'd never hurt a flea, but, quite understandably, thought my friend was purposely hurting her and returned the favor. In short, they're no cure-all, and for it to have any chance of working you will have to take the time and trouble to properly acclimate the dog to it, and even then it may not be enough for a big dog with wanderlust.
 
The type I used (10 yrs ago) is not available now. It worked well and with no side affects on the dogs. Pet safe (brand) seems to be a current quality brand. Available from several sellers including Petco. (might be costly there). I would choose a wire based system for a farm because I could taylor the area controlled by shape. The radio type have a circular (variable) zone hat might be blocked by metal buildings or fences. Jim
 
(quoted from post at 12:31:18 09/06/18) A lot depends on the dog. I have several friends who have had excellent luck with them, but the common themes are that they all have smallish well-trained dogs of reasonable intelligence and they took the time and effort to properly train the dog to know the boundaries, respect the fence, and come when called. Other friends have not had as good an experience. One friend's german shepherd was smart enough to stand in the zone where his collar would beep but not shock him until it ran the battery down, and then would take off for parts unknown. Other dogs would, as mentioned, be fine until something really grabbed their attention--a car, a cat, another dog, etc.--and off they'd go, yelping until they got the beyond the transmitter's range. Others just didn't care if they got shocked--another friend's Rottie would just wander in and out of the zone at will, and yes the collar DID shock hard enough to draw a yelp and some Very Expressive Language from the owner when they tried it to see if it was defective! He was, apparently, just too dumb to care, as he was well-behaved otherwise. Also saw a case where another friend was dog-setting and put their spare collar on the dog they were setting without thinking she'd never been trained on the fence. She wandered off, got shocked, and bit my friend when she ran to pull her back into the "safe" zone--this from an old hound who'd never hurt a flea, but, quite understandably, thought my friend was purposely hurting her and returned the favor. In short, they're no cure-all, and for it to have any chance of working you will have to take the time and trouble to properly acclimate the dog to it, and even then it may not be enough for a big dog with wanderlust.
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xcellent summary, Tim, that reflects my experiences with black labs.
 
We have the PetSafe wire type. It encloses the 3 acre farmstead. Our 60 pound Heinz 57 breed always stays in bounds - except when the grandkids walk or ride their bikes in the road outside the boundary. He is also afraid of stormy weather, and that, too, will cause him to leave the reservation. He barks at the passing deer, hogs, & varmints, but doesn't cross the line to pursue them. So, our results are mixed.
 
I used a petsafe buried wire type for years with good results. As my dog got older she got smarter and maybe more deaf ? and would go to where is just beeped and drained the battery !
Neighbor has the wireless type. Those you can take with you on vacation etc. I was reading up on them and it seemed to me they way it read was when the signal stopped it would shock. So I am also thinking if the power went out the main unit would loose signal and shock the dog ? I would want to try one out before buying one.
Now if I were to get another dog I'd do what we did for my Daughters dogs. Got 300 feet of fence at Rural King and some T posts. Keeps the dogs in and everyone else's out !
 
The wire based ones can do some odd things around steel buildings. The mutt doesn't go near the steel quonset even though the wire runs about 30 feet behind it. Not necessarily a bad thing.
 
I have used them for over 20 years. The first one was made by Inoteck and had rechargeable collars. Worked real good until battery in the collar went dead. Collar had to be sent in to have it replaced and it would cost more than the whole outfit cost. Next one was Pet Safe worked very good but it had a feature that if the dog stayed in the shock field for 60 sec. it would quit shocking. Our chocolate lab would sit in this field and take th shock then get out. I found one by Radio Fence that you could shut this feature off and increase the shock. After he got a dose of that a few times he was not getting out anymore. I had 3 acres fenced in and they were in the pond a lot. I had a lot of problem with the collar getting wet even so the company said they were waterproof. I had a Pet Safe here and it got hit with lighting. It blew the unit off the post in the pole barn and all I ever found was the cord and bits of plastic. I had to replace all the wire because the shock melted the wire center out leaving the hollow insulation that was around the copper. They work very good just make sure you get the right length probes for your dog
 
(quoted from post at 13:27:03 09/06/18) Ours is border collie/chocolate lab. He doesn't chase, he just likes to explore. What kind do you have and how far does it go?
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If he was not made fruitless as a puppy, once he gets a whiff of FeeFee down the road, he will be gone.
240v or zero.
 
Neighbor has one that kind of works. It keeps his dog from coming home when he does come back. LOL The dog is part Beagle. Laziest dog you ever saw other than chasing rabbits. So if he is chasing a rabbit the fence does not even make him yelp. Then he will sit on the out side of the fence and howl until his owner goes an takes the collar off so the dog can come home. LOL

I know it works on the owner too. I was over visiting and he took the dog's collar off to show me how good he was chasing rabbits back toward you. He walked across the buried wire holding the shock collar in his hand. It sue made him holler and say a few choice words. LOL.

Seriously my SIL has one and has had lots of trouble with lightening strikes ruining them. She rarely can get one to last over a year. They use the buried wire.
 
I had one in my Carhart coat pocket and when I walked across the wire it got me good in the side. My wire went thru some white oaks and the deer were feeding in there all the time. When snow was on the ground they would not cross the wire and had a trail just at the edge of the shock zone. Only thing I could figure was they could sense the current thru the snow
 
I have what is called a radio fence no wires just a remote unit and a collar gives a circle around where the units sets on flat ground on a slope it gives a little extra room on that side, it works great we use it on a basset/lab cross she knows her limits and will not cross them the collar has a red light to show when the battery is getting low. we also have a hound/lab cross he knows his limits also he does not try the fence, and boy is he bull headed if he get lucky enough for the wife to take off his collar for a little while that dog goes def and forgets his name until he decides he wants to come back he has never ran through his collar though
 
I use one to keep my Timberwolf/husky/malamute mix dogs in the yard. Their breeding makes them want to run. They would dig under the fence when i got it high enough to not jump. I found a DIY site for those kind of fences. I went with a cheaper brand and a model that would work with stubborn, long hair dogs. It works!!! You do have to keep up on the batteries on the collars. I ocasionally take the collars off and walk near the No-Go zone. when the dogs hear the beep, they get real nervous and start backing to the center of the safe area.They don't like the shock that comes if they wait the 2-3 seconds after the beeping starts.
Tim in OR
 
I forgot to mention, one time the female got out while moving the mower out the gate, My daughter brought her back in the gate REAL SLOW. the dog got the message and only looks out when the gate is open.
There are several styles, I read a lot on that website to make sure I got what I really needed before I spent and money.
 
Daughter had one for her black lab that liked to wander. Worked well. It was wireless & you set the perimeter you wanted.
 
I have known a few people who have used them, some had success and some did not, all depends on the dog.

We had a dog years ago that would chew on plugged in live extension cords, it would twitch every now and again then just keep on chewing.

Some kinds of stupid can not be fixed.
 
As others have said it depends on the dog. We had a Great Pyrenees who would just tense up a bit and go on through. Didn't bother him a bit. Whan the Amish go by it riles the dogs. Our Boxer goes nuts and has crossed the wire in her excitement. She then can not get back across. Our other two ankle biters don't get close.
 
My son has shock collars on his 2 German Shepards...works very well. Unfortunately, they don"t keep the neighbor"s mutt out. There was an issue during breeding season and Mike had to have all 13 pups DNA tested...he was selling registered pups. About $70 each! We wish someone would run the mutt over. He"s constantly on the road.
 
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