| Keeping your dog safe while it is outside on your | | | | 30 days to properly accomplish. It requires you to |
| property is a major concern for every dog owner. | | | | spend about 45 minutes each day carefully working |
| Invisable fences are designed to prevent your dog | | | | with your dog. Depending on the dogs personality it |
| from leaving your yard without having to spend a lot | | | | may require additional conditioning. It should be noted |
| of money on a physical fence. However, the terror | | | | that some dogs are not suited to invisible fencing |
| of stepping out in the yard and finding your dog gone | | | | systems. Citronella systems appear to have a higher |
| and not responding to your calls can make the | | | | failure rate than those that use electronic stimulation. |
| investment in physical fence seem cheap in | | | | In addition many dogs can condition themselves to |
| comparison. Invisible fences are designed to humanly | | | | both citronella spray and electronic stimulation allowing |
| keep your dog on your property. | | | | them to quickly run through the parameter |
| Basically there are two invisable fence designs. All | | | | stimulation zone making the system useless. |
| invisible fences use a wire that is buried along the | | | | Obviously invisable fence systems are not fool proof. |
| parameter of the area that you want to confine | | | | In addition invisible fence systems have several more |
| your dog to. This wire acts as an antennae and is | | | | flaws that make them less than optimum for |
| attached to a transmitter the produces a radio | | | | protecting your dog and keeping them on your |
| frequency. The special dog collar carries a receiver | | | | property. The most serious of these is that while |
| that responds to the transmitter's frequency when it | | | | your dog may stay within the confines of the |
| comes within range of the antennae. Invisable fence | | | | invisable fence it does not keep out stray dogs, |
| systems that use electronic stimulation respond by | | | | wildlife and other threats to your dog. There has |
| giving the dog a warning tone then if that is ignored | | | | been more than one report of dogs being attacked |
| it is followed an electronic correction. The second | | | | and killed by stray dogs or wild animals while within an |
| type of invisible fence system uses a citronella spray | | | | invisable fence system. |
| instead of an electronic stimulation. It also uses a | | | | Invisible fence systems are very popular however |
| tone warning as the dog and collar approach the | | | | they are limited in their ability to protect your dog |
| property parameter and antennae. Irregardless of | | | | from outside threats. A better alternative to an |
| which invisable fence system used you will need to | | | | invisable fence is a physical restraint like a fence or |
| train your dog properly to react to the chosen | | | | dog run. While building a fence around the property |
| invisible fence system. | | | | may be more expensive than an invisible fence it |
| Invisable fence conditioning and training takes about | | | | does a much better job of protecting your dog. |