My brother and i have been looking for a dog to keep our handicap mother company, but we are currently renting a house which allows pets, but is not fenced. The house and the yard are both very large and spacious. Are there any safe options besides putting a fence or electric fence in, because each of those require digging into the yard.|||Your best optiom would be an %26quot;invisible%26quot; type fence. The %26quot;wireless%26quot; fences often have dead zones where the signal is blocked by some object. You also have little control of the shape of the field which in most cases limits the area of the yard covered. And if staked out, your dog has NO chance of evadeing another dog coming into your yard and attacking it. The wire can be installed with clips above ground though it is better if protected (from lawn mowers etc,) when buried. You can take most of the system with you when you move as well.
I have had this type of fence for over 10 years now.
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The %26quot;Invisible%26quot; type of fence consists of three things. First is the wire which is buried an inch or two into the ground. Second is the transmitter which is mounted to the wall indoors and connected to the fence wire, and third is the collar that the dog wears. The transmitter sends out an AM radio band signal that the collar will sense if your pet gets to close to the electronic field. The collar will then deliver a correction. Some of the better ones will give a warning beep prior to delivering a shock. Though it is a strong shock it will not harm the pet in any way. Small marker flags are placed along the inner edge of the field about 5 to 10 feet apart during the training period and removed (every other one) as the pet gets used to the fence.
Huskies are escape artists. We have 14 of them. The only thing that I have found that they can%26#039;t go over or under is invisible type fencing. Some folks say that it doesn%26#039;t work on Huskies. They don%26#039;t know what they are talking about. You can%26#039;t buy the cheap stuff, like what they sell at Lowe%26#039;s or Home Depot or PetSmart etc. The best I have found is the Smart Dog 2100 by Innotek. You can find it on line at several sites, discounted for less than $300.00 with 2 collars. Extra collars are about $80.00. The kit has everything needed. The collars are rechargeable (unlike the %26quot;Invisible Fence%26quot; and most others where you have to buy the proprietary (one place to get it = expensive) batteries every 3 or so months), has battery backup for the transmitter, run through prevention, waterproof, etc. Innotek now owns Invisible Fence brand. Be sure to use heat shrink type splices in the wire if needed. They are available at marine supply stores. Do not use the %26quot;weatherproof wire nuts%26quot; from Lowe%26#039;s etc. They will not work for this application. Use an edger to dig the %26quot;trench%26quot; for the wire. The wire only has to be buried 1 or 2 inches down.
The key is taking the time to train your pet. I have known of people to pay big money to install a fence, strap the collar on their dog and then complain that the fence is junk when the dog blows right through it. Also, you do not mention the breed of dog. Longhaired breeds require a longer contact probe on the collar (these are included with the system above). Training may take awhile, one of ours took 18 months (she was a bit stubborn) before we trusted her, most were pretty good in a month or so and we have one that it only took 3 days! The amazing thing is that we can take the collar off, put them on a leash and when we head towards the perimeter their brakes come on immediately! You can also block off areas of the yard that you don%26#039;t want them in. When hurricane Isabelle came through we had no power for 3 weeks, the terrain was changed with all the fallen trees, and the underground wire for the fence was damaged and NONE of the kids even tried the fence. As I said earlier, the people who say that it doesn%26#039;t work don%26#039;t know what they are talking about. We have 14 Huskies (15 until we lost one over the summer due to medical reasons), all free to run around, contained in our 6 acre yard. And no I am not a dealer ..... just a satisfied customer with 14 hardheaded Huskies most of them rescued as adults. We can leave them outside unsupervised for hours with no problems. However, we do not leave them outside when we leave the house.
It will not keep other animals out including the neighbor’s brats. Neither will a 6 foot stockade fence ... this I learned when I lived elsewhere and was attacked by a neighbors dog in my backyard. As far as people being scared of dogs, well if a 15 to 20 foot barrier field isn%26#039;t enough, neither would a chain link fence be. Besides, if the pet stays on your property who cares if they are unreasonably scared. As far as a dog running through ... well yes, that could happen, however, with proper training it is unlikely. Huskies have an extremely high prey drive. Where we live we have a lot of wildlife, large and small. The kids will line up along the edge of the field and watch the rabbits, geese, deer etc. They won%26#039;t challenge the fence. The deer and geese have learned where the kids can and cannot go and will stay just outside %26quot;Husky country%26quot;. Sometimes within 5 feet of the kids. As I said it does work. The key is training. That is the most important part of the installation of the fence
Some people advocate the “wireless” type of fence. You have little control over the coverage area. The other problem with them is %26quot;dead%26quot; areas caused by obstructions to the signal by things in your walls, trees and such. Your dog WILL find these areas.
Others advocate tying a pet out “because “invisible” fences are so cruel!” Or “why do you want to electrocute your dog?”, however, think about what could your pet do if attacked by another animal while tied? Where is he going to go to get away? At least with an “invisible” fence or a conventional fence he has a decent chance of evading an attacker or fighting back.
25 years of being owned by Siberian Huskies. I currently have 14 Huskies most of whom were rescued by us from people who didn’t know what they were getting into|||Yes,there are wireless electric fences,or you could use a tie-out.
http://www.invisibleelectricdogfence.com...|||You can get electric fencing that doesn%26#039;t require the wires in the ground - I believe Invisible Fencing makes them. There is a base unit and the dog can go a certain distance from the base in all directions before the correction is made.|||I think that cable tie outs for exercise and potty are perfectly acceptable, just so long as the dog doesn%26#039;t get tangled in the tie out, and isn%26#039;t tied outside for extended periods of time.. the cable can be attached somewhere near the door to the yard so that the hook that attaches to the collar will be right at the door so your mom doesn%26#039;t have to actually take the dog out.. just hook him up at the door and let him out.. Good luck!|||you could keep it a house dog. just get a small loving dog and you can pay her neighbors to take it on walks|||Unfortunately, you really should have a dog if you have an unfenced yard. It is important that you know that this does not just protect the dog. It protects you. If your dog charged another dog happy or not and injured someone or another dog. you could get in big trouble.
You should get your mom a cat.|||You can get a dog house and have a leash tied to the dog.|||just keep it on a leash|||electric fence
cable tie out
dog house
small dog|||I have the Invisible Fence and you couldn%26#039;t even tell someone came out and dug in my yard. They do a great job and my dog took to it after 3 days. She won%26#039;t go past the line for anything. In fact, the other day she started barking for someone to come out and get her ball that had gone over the line. She doesn%26#039;t go near it and it only took one time for her to get shocked. We can%26#039;t have a fence in our yard so it was the perfect option for us. If you don%26#039;t want a fence or the invisible kind you will need to get a kennel or a cable tie. That really reduces where they can run. Not much fun for a dog when they have so much space to run about. Good luck!|||get a dog run or those easy fences you get from homedepo. or you might want to consider getting a part of your yard fenced in.
get like shrubs or bushes as a barrier
or just train your dog not to run away but that will be risky and take a while|||get a small house dog.|||You can train your dog to stay in his/her boundary. I have two dogs and no fence between them and a busy street. I have no problems letting them roam in the back, they know their boundaries. Even if a cat/ rodent runs across their path they will only give chase till they reach their boundary, then stop.
You can also use electric fencing, but if your a good trainer, you shouldn%26#039;t have a need for it. I didn%26#039;t use a training tool to train my dogs; except for my voice. Some people put their dogs a 20 foot lead and once they get close to %26quot;out of bounds%26quot; pull on the lead and say NO. This does work but you have to be consistent. Others have suggested a running line that ties on to the house and a pole or a tree, this works but you have to make sure you get swivel leads this will prevent your dog from getting tangled up. NEVER EVER leave your dog unattended when using a running line. The last thing you want is to find your dog choked it self on the line.|||They sell radio collar range collars. They take a battery in the collar, and the box sits in the building. They are about $200 and much easier than other electric fencing options.
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