|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
04-18-2006, 10:39 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 95
| Do invisible fences work? We're going to be moving and are considering a large home in the country on 1.5 acres of land, which will be quite a change from our tiny condo. We would love for Lucky to be able to run free on all of that land, but she rarely comes when called when she is outside. If she hears or smells something, she seems oblivious to our calls. Therefore, we are considering an invisible fence. How do they work? Do they work? Lucky is an extremely courageous, smart, determined dog. |
Welcome Guest! | |
04-18-2006, 10:54 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 12K Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Council Bluffs Iowa
Posts: 12,552
| I know people who have them and yes they do work, but I don't believe they reccommend them for small dogs under 8 pounds. |
04-18-2006, 10:58 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member | I know someone who has one and it works for their dog That said, however, if your dog is as you described, it may not stop her. The shock is not continous....once past the line...they're home free so to speak. My brother's dog yelps once and is outta there. Seems once the dog realizes that, then you have a problem. I don't know if I'd let a yorkie have free roam on that large an area, I imagine there will be predators on the property to worry about too.
__________________ Deb, Reese, Reggie, Frazier, Libby, Sidney, & Bodie Trace & Ramsey who watch over us www.biewersbythebay.com |
04-18-2006, 11:12 AM | #4 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Posts: 37,147
| I am getting one of these at my next house. They do work. The dogs wear a special collar and it shocks them slightly when they go past their boundaries. My Husband said hes read you dont even need to put the collars on them once they get used to it. They will justnot go past the boundaries.
__________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427 |
04-18-2006, 11:16 AM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 95
| I appreciate your responses. Just for clarification, Lucky is actually a "teapot" (ha ha) yorkie, weighing in at around 11 lbs, so she is a bit quicker, stronger, and heavier than a little one. The land is pretty much flat and the woods and fields are a fair distance away, so she would not be really in too much danger in the yard itself. My main fear is that the fence wouldn't work and she would run onto the county highway which is about 1/4 to 1/2 mile away. We would never leave her outside unsupervised for very long, even with a fence, but she can cover a lot of ground in a few minutes. I now question if the fence would work for Lucky due to her incredible determination. I just wish there would be some way to let her run around a bit. She would love it! I'm not sure we can afford a real fence to surround the entire lot and it might look somwhat ridiculous. |
04-18-2006, 11:31 AM | #6 | |
and Ty too! Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denver, Nope, not Colorado
Posts: 1,235
| Quote:
| |
04-18-2006, 11:52 AM | #7 |
Little Boogers Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: virginia beach, va
Posts: 4,460
| my friend has one and her dog has figured out he can jump over it.....it does work but once the figure it out.....forget it
__________________ lisa lisa and the cult jam yorkies |
Bookmarks |
|
|
Thread Tools | |
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart