If you want your dog to be safely within your property at all times, you can do this through a dog fencing...
Still, there are those who think this pet containment system doesn't work or is expensive in the long run.
Sometime were hear about doubts and concerns whether dog fencing really works; if you have such worries, this short piece covers them.
Ideally, a pet containment system allows some freedom while being limited in a certain area - with some training and a perimeter set up, the dog avoids moving out of the perimeter.
This could include your entire house or just a part of it, like your backyard - the area is encircled with buried wire.
In this set up, your dog is to wear a special collar that is sensed by the boundaries - when your dog comes too close to the boundaries (the wires), the collar emits a warning tone.
When a dog wearing a collar connected to that buried wire system walks past the boundaries, despite hearing the warning tone, the dog's collar sends out a static shock.
Besides invisible dog fencing, there are other types of pet containment systems.
When you have expensive furniture set up, rooms where babies sleep, or storage areas, you want to protect them from dogs who claw up or chew on indoor items out of habit or curiosity.
These scenarios are perfect for a smaller scale version of the buried wires approach - but the same warning tone is emitted in the collar of the dog should the dog move too close to the perimeter.
The tone, of course, is the signal for the dog to move away or get shocked.
Even so, the indoor set up is not going to work unless the dog is trained to move away at the tone (untrained dogs can still move into the perimeter braving the shocks that will follow).
This only serves to remind us that pet containment systems require the investment of the pet owner to train his or her pet to react the proper way, for the system to work.
Let's go over the key motivations for dog owners to prefer invisible dog fencing - (1) it bypassed zoning rules or any prohibition to build physical fences on one's property (if you're renting, that's all the more important), (2) it's more affordable since you won't be hiring a contractor, renting digging equipment, or forcibly remodeling your yard; and (3) your dog will not look like some caged-in cattle to outsiders.
Detractors on the claimed efficiency of dog fencing argue based mostly on these following (1) dogs ignoring the static correction (to approach other pets, other people, chase after cars), (2) the buried wire plus collar set up break down (allowing dogs to roam un-shocked), and (3) dogs developing a fear moving close to the "fenced" area.
Upon some analysis, these supposed shortcomings can be addressed with proper dog training regimen implemented in a timetable, and with routine check ups on the condition of both the collar and the buried wires.
There are ways to overcome insufficient training - if the dog owner has not enough time to properly train his or her dog, then dog trainers become a real option.
So this only means the dog's adherence to the boundaries can only be maintained if the dog is trained and when the boundaries are supported by a working system, which in turn can be kept in shape by routine maintenance.
Still, there are those who think this pet containment system doesn't work or is expensive in the long run.
Sometime were hear about doubts and concerns whether dog fencing really works; if you have such worries, this short piece covers them.
Ideally, a pet containment system allows some freedom while being limited in a certain area - with some training and a perimeter set up, the dog avoids moving out of the perimeter.
This could include your entire house or just a part of it, like your backyard - the area is encircled with buried wire.
In this set up, your dog is to wear a special collar that is sensed by the boundaries - when your dog comes too close to the boundaries (the wires), the collar emits a warning tone.
When a dog wearing a collar connected to that buried wire system walks past the boundaries, despite hearing the warning tone, the dog's collar sends out a static shock.
Besides invisible dog fencing, there are other types of pet containment systems.
When you have expensive furniture set up, rooms where babies sleep, or storage areas, you want to protect them from dogs who claw up or chew on indoor items out of habit or curiosity.
These scenarios are perfect for a smaller scale version of the buried wires approach - but the same warning tone is emitted in the collar of the dog should the dog move too close to the perimeter.
The tone, of course, is the signal for the dog to move away or get shocked.
Even so, the indoor set up is not going to work unless the dog is trained to move away at the tone (untrained dogs can still move into the perimeter braving the shocks that will follow).
This only serves to remind us that pet containment systems require the investment of the pet owner to train his or her pet to react the proper way, for the system to work.
Let's go over the key motivations for dog owners to prefer invisible dog fencing - (1) it bypassed zoning rules or any prohibition to build physical fences on one's property (if you're renting, that's all the more important), (2) it's more affordable since you won't be hiring a contractor, renting digging equipment, or forcibly remodeling your yard; and (3) your dog will not look like some caged-in cattle to outsiders.
Detractors on the claimed efficiency of dog fencing argue based mostly on these following (1) dogs ignoring the static correction (to approach other pets, other people, chase after cars), (2) the buried wire plus collar set up break down (allowing dogs to roam un-shocked), and (3) dogs developing a fear moving close to the "fenced" area.
Upon some analysis, these supposed shortcomings can be addressed with proper dog training regimen implemented in a timetable, and with routine check ups on the condition of both the collar and the buried wires.
There are ways to overcome insufficient training - if the dog owner has not enough time to properly train his or her dog, then dog trainers become a real option.
So this only means the dog's adherence to the boundaries can only be maintained if the dog is trained and when the boundaries are supported by a working system, which in turn can be kept in shape by routine maintenance.
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