[chattiesmom]

I am assuming that this thread is open to discussion from the other side. Hopefully people who disagree can post an opinion without getting toasted.

First of all, I would never ever use a "shock" collar on my yorkies, somehow it seems like "overkill". .... and I do not have a fenced in yard, so I don't have electric fences there, either. If and when I do have an fenced in yard, if my dogs abuse their priviledge or if I feel like some outside entity is threatening them, I will put an electric wire around it.

However, I can speak with much experience about electric fences in general, all of our pastures are electric. There are different types of chargers and different "strengths" of the electricity running through them. Ours are the pulse type -- meaning that tiny spurts of electricity runs through the fence. You can slip through the wires -- if you go quickly and not get shocked -- if you do get "hit" it is a very mild shock and then it stops. It isn't like sticking a paperclip in an electrical outlet. I think the fence chargers made for dogs are even much milder than the ones we use for our pastures.