I know I will be critized for this, however I will post it any way since I do have an under ground electric fence for my two girls. When we first moved to our neighborhood, we noticed a lot of dogs running loose. We notified the proper authorities without any action taken from them. We had a chain link fence put up. Next we had neighbors move in next to us that had a HUGE Rottie that would lunge onto the chain link fence and try to get to our dogs and grandchildren. So, we built a wooden privacy fence a foot away from the chain link fence. This, however, did not keep our girls from going over to the fence to investigate the Rottie nor the new dogs that they got from trying to dig under the fence to get at our girls. This is where the under ground electric fence came in. We have a very big yard, so we were able to use the under ground fence on the other side of our yard away from these dogs. The neighbor dogs no longer knew that our girls where outside so, they no longer were trying to dig under the fence to get at them. Our girls weren't going over to any part of the fence, so when a stray dog or a stranger would come around they were not able to get to our girls. As to wearing the collars all the time, our girls only wear their collars about once every three months to hear the sound. Other than that we leave the orange flags up for them to see their boundaries and this works just fine. As to having collars that fit the smaller breeds...yes, they have them, you have to order them. Jasmine is only 3 1/2 pounds and she has a collar that is just for her. Yes, we tested the collars first on us before we put them on the girls. It is not an electric shock like most would think, it is more like a "static electric feel", like when you drag your feet on the carpet. We can turn our device up or down according to our "field need". When the batteries go down in the collar the device lets our a warning noise that is constant until it is replaced. Again, I understand this is not a poplular opinion, but it has worked for us. Have a Great evening!
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