Invisible fence for dog

[McChooky]

Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't .If you can't tolerate losses of dogs or chickens don't rely on a invisible fence alone to protect your chickens or dogs.In a highly excited state a dog will be tempted to cross one they wouldn't normally cross.If you are unlucky enough to love and own an escape artist be forewarned they will patiently wait for the perfect moment to escape.THis will lead to your dog getting out and possibly injured or killed.I rely on solid barriers to keep my dogs contained inside and everything else out

 

[Folly's place]

I could wish that our 'real fence' worked by itself to keep our cute little pittie in that time! She apparently had no problem digging under the fence to get out, and there isn't concrete under the fence to prevent digging. We wanted bunnies, cats, and squirrels to be able to get out and escape our dogs in the yard.
Mary

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I did have a invisible fence at one point, but the dogs were never left outside without supervision. If its for LGD i wouldnt recommend it.

 

[NatJ]

Just so people are aware, it appears they want it for a LGD. Personally, this changes my opinion because it’s a dog that is gonna be outside regardless and it can be hard to fence a LGD

In that case, I might suggest a physical fence and also an electric or invisible fence. Electric fence or invisible fence will keep the dog from spending time digging or otherwise trying to get past the physical fence. The physical fence will keep the dog from running right through the invisible or electric fence. (But if the dog gets a running start and jumps the physical fence, it will still be out, and the electric or invisible fence might keep it from coming back in.)

I'm saying "electric fence" to mean the kind with a visible wire that shocks any animal or person that touches it. I'm saying "invisible fence" to mean the kind where the dog wearing the collar gets shocked if it crosses the boundary, but no other animal or person gets shocked. For some purposes they work equally well, for some purposes one or the other is better.

When Invisible Fence works properly, the dog won't "run past it." The dog gets a shock as he crosses the barrier, and he continues to get an increasingly stronger shock as he continues to leave the property. He is strongly motivated to turn around quickly
and get back to safe turf. That's how it worked on my dog.

My problem was, the fence ran under our gravel driveway which is bedded in sharp stones, and the first time the trash truck ran over it the fencing was damaged and lost its integrity.

A relative was recently telling me about an "invisible fence" that uses GPS instead of a wire in the ground to determine where the dog is allowed to go. This person can use an app on their cellphone to set different limits for the dog (for example, take the dog to someone else's house and set the boundaries for their yard.)

I don't have personal experience with this, but I admit it does sound intriguing. It would certainly solve the problem of an underground wire being damaged.

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

Officially don't recommend "invisible fences"

I exercise around the area (exercise a leashed dog, as well)
One of the "safe" roads suddenly got 2 houses with aggressive adult dogs (why I've never seen or heard them before, do not know. It's like they both got them overnight)

I don't know for sure if either have invisible fences (their physical fences are decorative with zero containment for any animal) BUT, went up the street- no dogs.
Coming back, passed the houses I thought were safe, suddenly there's two dogs chasing us in the road away from their home. No warning when we were passing the house either way, no barking, no dogs.
One was a literal split second from biting us. Then, it yelped and ran back.
No human, and we did nothing to that dog, so only thing I can think is it had gotten out of an invisibile fence and then got a delay shock.

Quite literally almost too late. I'm talking it was less than 3 feet from attacking us. It had to go around something to get to us, and that's the only reason we weren't bit.

Proceeded to have a panic attack trying to get home.

 

[Folly's place]

Take pepper spray, at least and practice with it first, so you don't hit yourself if it's needed.
And did you report this incident? talk to the dog's owner, or send Animal Control or the police?
Mary

 

[McChooky]

I have a 4 ft welded wire fence for my dogs because one is an escape artist .My property is fenced so my dogs can patrol the area where my chickens free range . We have all the normal predators other people have such as raccoons, coyotes, foxes and bob cats .They could easily climb or jump the fence and kill my chickens if they were trapped but I don't cut their wings.They fly in and out daily but stay close by.

Edit:You're setting up your dogs for failure with an underground fence if they're trained to protect your chickens but have to get shocked to do so

 

[Folly's place]

Last I heard, the GPS type IF isn't as safe or reliable as the real thing, and the GPS is not accurate to the exact fence line desired. Things might be improved, but check very carefully before buying this type of system.
Nothing is perfect! Our real fence and IF work very well, except for that one disastrous episode.
Mary

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

Take pepper spray, at least and practice with it first, so you don't hit yourself if it's needed.
And did you report this incident? talk to the dog's owner, or send Animal Control or the police?
Mary

How do you talk to the owners (strangers) when you have to enter the property with the loose aggressive dogs to do so?

I've looked into various things, including pepper gel.
Spray isn't an option. Windy here, and I mostly bike. Bad combination.
I've also looked into cameras, for evidence in case I get attacked (or in case I need to spray a dog etc)

 

[Folly's place]

Pepper gel? Have to look that up.
I talked to a police officer about the gun that shoots pepper pellets that explode on contact, he said very bad idea! It's a one shot at a time, reloading after every shot. Terrible idea!
Mary