There are considerable advantages but a few disadvantages to having electronic control fences for both the dog attached to it and their human owners. Electronic fences have several components working together to limit a dog's ability to wander from the yard. An underground wire runs along the yard's edge emitting a signal, receivers in the dog's collar pick up that signal when the boundary wire is approached too closely and produces a discouraging noise, a shock or an unpleasant scent spray.
There are very few options when you live under the rules set by your city ordinances or your community associations forbidding you to use regular fenced-in-yards other than using an expensive electronic fence. E-fences are a good choice when there are no regular fences allowed by strict housing rules or when you do not want an actual fenced-in-yard.
However, there are various possible disadvantages of having electronic fences.
Whether or not you have previously trained your dog, you will have to teach your dog how to handle the noises or shocks they get from an electrical fence. Your dog must understand they have boundaries as well as how to associate the boundary with the noise or shock they may get when crossing a boundary.
Usually strikes of lightning or more often some careless digging around the perimeter will short out a system. Boundary flags are initially installed, however after training the dog you may want to remove them. However, sometimes they are left in place and can be knocked down and by lawnmowers, children playing and other reasons. While in place, their tips point up and pose potential puncture hazards.
While chasing prey some dogs may rush past the boundary heedless of the momentary shock. The dog may become discouraged while on the wrong side of the fence from returning on its own.
Some dog owners do not consider electric shock humane nor a great means of producing the behavior desired in their canine companion.
There are many risks in life and they all deserve careful measuring. Confining your dog indoors with no opportunity to run freely, unless on a leash, may cause your dog to become mentally unhealthy. There are locations that provide dog parks and other areas where dogs can run freely yet safely. Allow your dog to run freely at times to keep it from becoming frustrated.
It is possible for some large dogs to jump over a regular height fence.... accidents do happen and your pet can become injured. Chain links can impale them wooden planks can lacerate them. If the dog bites or scratches at the wound no matter how minor, as dogs tend to do, they can cause infections or hot spots. This may lead to an unscheduled visit to the vet. Indeed, in some cases an electronic fence can be safer to use.
No one solution can satisfy everyone and every circumstance, every breed or training technique or every individual dog. You need to know the facts as well as any specific mental or physical health requirement of the dog you will train.
You should however, prepare to disable your fence if it seems to do more harm than good. - 31866
There are very few options when you live under the rules set by your city ordinances or your community associations forbidding you to use regular fenced-in-yards other than using an expensive electronic fence. E-fences are a good choice when there are no regular fences allowed by strict housing rules or when you do not want an actual fenced-in-yard.
However, there are various possible disadvantages of having electronic fences.
Whether or not you have previously trained your dog, you will have to teach your dog how to handle the noises or shocks they get from an electrical fence. Your dog must understand they have boundaries as well as how to associate the boundary with the noise or shock they may get when crossing a boundary.
Usually strikes of lightning or more often some careless digging around the perimeter will short out a system. Boundary flags are initially installed, however after training the dog you may want to remove them. However, sometimes they are left in place and can be knocked down and by lawnmowers, children playing and other reasons. While in place, their tips point up and pose potential puncture hazards.
While chasing prey some dogs may rush past the boundary heedless of the momentary shock. The dog may become discouraged while on the wrong side of the fence from returning on its own.
Some dog owners do not consider electric shock humane nor a great means of producing the behavior desired in their canine companion.
There are many risks in life and they all deserve careful measuring. Confining your dog indoors with no opportunity to run freely, unless on a leash, may cause your dog to become mentally unhealthy. There are locations that provide dog parks and other areas where dogs can run freely yet safely. Allow your dog to run freely at times to keep it from becoming frustrated.
It is possible for some large dogs to jump over a regular height fence.... accidents do happen and your pet can become injured. Chain links can impale them wooden planks can lacerate them. If the dog bites or scratches at the wound no matter how minor, as dogs tend to do, they can cause infections or hot spots. This may lead to an unscheduled visit to the vet. Indeed, in some cases an electronic fence can be safer to use.
No one solution can satisfy everyone and every circumstance, every breed or training technique or every individual dog. You need to know the facts as well as any specific mental or physical health requirement of the dog you will train.
You should however, prepare to disable your fence if it seems to do more harm than good. - 31866
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