I'm gonna add on here because I have considered getting one of the invisible fences too. We inherited a second home out in the country that has acres that the girls (one yorkie, one collie) could run and I would love to let them do that at least in one of the fields but I would always be out there with them, they would never be alone but it would give them the opportunity to run around and maybe practice "come" and be able to play with the kids, which they love doing but on long leads, they always get wound around the trees or tangled with each other and Zoe always likes to be wherever I am so she complains if she can't be right there with me. I grew up at this place and back then we had a few dogs and they were never leashed but they always stayed right there with us but I don't trust either one of my current dogs to do that. Maybe Zoe but the collie would be gone in a heartbeat. She'd probably come back eventually but..... not a chance I want to take. Yet I don't want to hurt them and I can't shake the feeling that the collars are a little cruel. |