What is the best way to train a puppy with invisible fencing?

all suggestions welcome, this is for a friend, she has the fence, she tried to train her chihuahua mix puppy and when he got too close and got a little shock it broke her heart and is now thinking of ripping it out, i gave her all the clues i could, i used the fence with my rotties, big difference in chihuahua, it worked great, thanks|||As long as the dog is above the weight requirement and old enough (most say 6 months), an invisible fence should be fine. Did your friend do all the training steps the way that the fence manufacturer says? You have to start out with the warning flags and have the dog on leash and teach the dog %26quot;the retreat pattern,%26quot; i.e. to turn back when it hears the warning sound or feels a shock. You have to take your dog up to the boundary and teach it to turn around before it gets shocked.





One thing to try is to turn up the boundary warning zone on the fence. My model of fence allows me to do this. You can make the warning zone larger so the dog gets more warning time before actually getting shocked.





Another thing to try is to turn down the shock level. Many models allow you to change the intensity of the shock. You want the dog to feel it, but it shouldn%26#039;t be horrible. And with a small dog, you might want it on a lower setting.





All that being said, I do think it%26#039;s helpful if the dog is shocked once. Then they connect the warning sound with the shock and realize from then onwards that the warning sound means they will get shocked. Then they respect the fence because they know what it means. If your friends trains the fence correctly, there%26#039;s no reason the dog has to be shocked again.





Tell your friend to increase the boundary warning zone, decrease the shock intensity, and continue to train the dog. Train on leash until the dog understands what the fence is, that way she can pull it back into the yard instead of getting shocked repeatedly.|||Put him on a leash and walk him all around the yard where the fence is and when you hear the beep you pull him back and say no. A couple little shocks is heartbreaking but it does work. It takes time but it is a great thing.|||Ugh -- have her rip it out! I HATE electric fences, for a number of reasons (see articles below). Plus, there is NO reason for a dog this little to be outside unattended (the main reasons people put in underground electric fencing) -- that%26#039;s just asking for thieves, predators, bigger dogs, etc., to get her.|||Well, if your friend can%26#039;t handle seeing the dog shocked and %26quot;rips the fence out%26quot;, sorry, but she%26#039;s an idiot.





The dog has to receive the shock at some point.





I have a Chihuahua and an invisible fence. It works just fine, but at some point, the dog has got to receive the shock.





Your friend is going to rip out this fence because the dog gets shocked? Why did she buy it in the first place? Also, babying her pwecious widdle doggie this way, will result in the dog%26#039;s untimely death when, because there%26#039;s no fence, the dog runs into the road and gets hit by a car.





My dog loves her fence. She has been shocked maybe 3 times, now, sometimes when I let her out, I don%26#039;t even put her collar on. She knows her boundaries.|||The cumulative effects of a dog being shocked, over and over, have not been published - but I%26#039;m sure that is not good for a dog. Additionally, those collars malfunction and will punish the dog for no reason. Your friend%26#039;s right in getting rid of that horrible device.


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