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Originally Posted by LuvMyPuppE  i can see both sides of the argument -
the puppy i'm talking about at the moment isn't a yorkie - she is 8.5 lbs. and has about 1.5 months worth of growing to do.
i realize that the fence would only keep her in - and not keep others out - but my main concern is her running into the road. the fence would prevent that. also, it would protect me in the sense that she wouldn't go into other people's yards to reliever herself or jump up on a neighbor's white pants.
she LOVES being outside, and i do spend a lot of time outside with my kids, but it would be nice if she could come and go as she pleased. as of now, i put her in her crate if i'm not able to supervise her completely. it would be nice if she could be on the porch while i took a shower without worrying that she'd roam across the street and get ran over.
i still haven't made up my mind, but i do agree with the poster who said something to the effect of the "shock" doesn't hurt as much as getting hit by a car. i used the same theory for spanking. i have two kids - one is a calm, well behaved child. the other is WILD! he runs off every chance he gets - parking lots, streets - it doesn't matter how much we've talked about it. i'm not a spanker normally, but i did resort to spanking for running out into the road. when i was arguing the spanking issue with family/friends - i said the same thing - i don't condone spanking as a main form of discipline, BUT i think a spanking hurts a lot less than getting killed by a car. |
I understand you want to give your puppy what it wants, but I still don't think it's ok to do the shock fence. I agree, spanking hurts less than getting hit by a car. Kaji ran under my dad's truck (which was on) so I understand reacting in the moment, as I too reacted and just grabbed Kaji from what ever part of the body I could reach and quickly pulled him out. He scared me to death! But... static shock as some people call it is still an electric current, no matter how much they try to water it down. It will hurt and it is a very mean way to teach them it's not ok to run off. I went as far as undermining my roomie because she put a shock collar on her dog because he barked to much instead of taking the time to teach him not to bark. My opinion I guess.
How about buying an ex-pen you can set up outside for your pup? Buy two if you want and connect them together to give her space to run around and play in the sun.