Invisible pet fencing

Annie021063

Hi there
A little advice please. We rent a property and have been happily living here for nearly 2 years. About 3 months ago some new people moved into the house next door ( also rented) and they have 2 dogs. Our dog goes mad when she is let into garden if she knows next doors dogs are out, she barks and tries to get her nose under the fence in two places, the dogs next door don't bark much but growl, they are digging holes on their side which is why ours can get her snout under. They are big dogs and mine is a little jack Russell. We are considering getting the invisible electric fence along side the diving fence so that she can't get near the fence and hopefully it will stop her from barking as she only barks when she can get close to fence. Has anyone got these fences? We have had a quote for £500 :eek::eek: which is more than we would have liked to pay but my nerves at ragged and I hate her barking as I'm worried it will upset the neighbours.
Any other ideas would be appreciated
Thanks

krlyr

Personally I think electric collars in any form are cruel. I'm glad they're illegal in Wales, and would love to see it spread (worldwide!)

A much kinder solution would be to put up what's often called "redundant fencing" - a fence inside your fence. With your dog being little, you could do something quite decorative, e.g. white picket fence, or some of that expanding trellis type stuff. The idea being that it keeps the dog from the main fence, and stops the fence chasing behaviour.
http://dogsinneedofspace.com/2013/08/10/dog-fence-fixes/

You could also try the L-shaped mesh at the bottom of the fence, like in the above link, just as a bit of security to know neither dog could stick a nose or paw through.

Also a bit of training could help massively with the barking. Mine weren't used to having a dog the other side of a fence when we moved here, and it didn't help when the neighbours went and got a terrier that loved running up and down barking when it heard ours out in the garden. What I did was keep a pot of treats by the door, and all pee breaks were supervised - once next door's door started his dashng trick and my two looked ready to chase/bark back, I scattered treats nearby. Doing this consistantly (this is why it's important to supervise - to prevent the dog rehearsing the unwanted behaviour) meant my two associated the yappy terrier's presence with treats appearing. Over time, you phase out the treats, with the idea being that the dog's mindset has changed from being protective of the fence, to having positive, relaxed associations with the neighbour's dog - eliminating the need for them to bark anyway.

krlyr

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krlyr wrote:

Personally I think electric collars in any form are cruel. I'm glad they're illegal in Wales, and would love to see it spread (worldwide!)

That was a bit random. They were never mentioned.

Unless the electric fence is designed for small animals then a standar fence would probably be too powerful

Invisible fencing isn't a physical fence as such. You have posts that you use to set the boundary, and the dog then wears an electric collar. When it nears the boundary, the collar emits a warning beep - if the dog reaches it, they get a shock.

mtbbuxton

Invisible fences are horrible One of our neighbours used one to try and stop their Beagle chasing anything over the garden fence, but it didn't work - all that it resulted in was a dog with two burn marks on her neck, who once outside the property, refused to return inside and had to be carried over the threshold. Eventually after lots of pressure from those of us returning their scared dog, minus the offending collar, they stopped using it and started supervising her instead.

As Krlyl says, a second fence on your side, supervision and lots of reward based training are the way forward.

M x

ka7e

I have "successfully" used the Innotek spray collar with my barky Sheltie. He doesn't bark when he has it on - but he is very subdued and miserable. I certainly wouldn't go out and leave it on him. Merely the word "collar" or the sight of it will shut him up (for a few minutes!). It would probably be good as a training aid combined with positive reinforcement for your dog, just when she is in the garden.

teddysmum

You are willing to give your dog an electric shock !


It is a small dog, so what if the shock brought on a heart attack ?


Go with extra physical fencing, as suggested.

lostinrates

Some one I know used the invisible fence years ago. Their dog loved me and launched itself on me when I arrived so I always got the shock too. The dog didn't seem to equate the shock with the gate way it was 'fenced' from, and on being shocked would sometimes just panic. As it was a nervous temperament dog it can imagine it ending up in a very unfortunate situation.

I use electric fencing for horses but would not use one of these. We have an open gateway which our dogs are ohysically fenced from. When we are in the garden with the open gate way they are supervised and have a 'command word' for ' that is too close to that gate way, move'. .

If I can't supervise, they aren't there.