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Originally Posted by Charlies Mamma  my suggestion is not to get one, sorry |
Agreed...not for a Yorkie. I have one...a wireless fence, which I got for and used briefly for a big Shep/Lab mix who weighed a neglected scrawney 75 lbs when we first got him and topped out at a slim roughly 120 lbs. After he fully understood all the training I gave him, the fence was turned off and he still respected his boundaries as though it was still turned on. To be honest, he would voluntarily stop more than 10 feet inside any boundary...sit down, and wait for you to come back.
He had no training when we got him BTW. When he went blind (cataracts) in 2008 I retrained him with left/right up/down etc. directions. He was a great, sweet, loving boy...adored by "his" kitties. We lost him in 2011 at more than 14 years of age.
A Yorkie is quite a different dog. I would no more think to put a Yorkie in an "electric" (wireless) fence...if you mean the kind with a "correction ('shock')" collar...not the cattle kind with a "hot" wire...than I would think to put a 6 month old human child in one.
I hope you consider all the alternatives available to you for your situation. I just do not think (my opinion only) they are appropriate considering a Yorkie's size and temperment...they are canine "kids"...dogs in form only.
For size differences, here is my big Shep/Lab boy with a kitty who adored him so much he'd have to hide to find peace...lol, for scale...Brody (and blurry 'golden' Mia...lol) with a slightly larger kitty, and 'Big Zig' squooshed into an oversized blush pink leather chair, all comfy and napping...
